Archives by Month: November 2015

What Can We Tell from This Photo? (Case Study 12)

Posted by in Apparent Mold/Biological Growth, Simple Forensic Methods | November 30, 2015

What does this photograph show? This photograph was taken of active condensation of excessive airborne moisture on the underside of a roof deck.  This photograph provides a significant amount of information about the consequences of condensation and even about the… Read More →

Happy Thanksgiving! (2015)

Posted by in Commemoration/Celebration | November 23, 2015

Thank you for your friendship, your kindness, and your consideration of Prugar Consulting for your forensic structural engineering evaluations throughout 2015. …. And together let us: “Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His lovingkindness endures forever. “ ….… Read More →

Spalling, Paint & Repointing

Posted by in Buying/Maintaining a Home, Cracking, Masonry | November 16, 2015

Spalling is a shallow delamination, bulging, and dislodging of thin slices of a material.  In the case of a masonry chimney spalling is the delamination and dislodging of thin slices of the clay brick material which often extends into the… Read More →

Please be careful this winter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by in Buying/Maintaining a Home, Roof, Shingles, Snow Loads, Weather Events | November 09, 2015

If you are chipping ice dams out of the gutters and valleys of your roof this winter, please be careful. I know it gets frustrating as we chip away at the ice in the cold, but a few slips of… Read More →

Observations Regarding Wind Damage to Shingles

Posted by in Shingles, Wind Damage | November 02, 2015

Just because a tree or portion of a large tree has been felled by wind doesn’t necessarily mean that the shingles have been damaged by wind (See the photos below of the undamaged shingles on the roof near a fallen… Read More →