Wind-driven rain penetrated this recently built brick house, causing extensive damage on the interior of the bay. (Tim Carter) Analysis by Tim Carter Dear Tim: As result of Hurricane Irma, I had a ...

Question: As result of Hurricane Irma, I had a leak in the ceiling in the bay area of our kitchen. It happened in the past with other intense storms. I suspect the problem could be water penetrating ...

Scaffolding was set up outside the Victoria County Bridge Street Annex after officials noticed 3-inch-sized clumps of bricks were falling off the about 40-year-old structure. And now they've diagnosed ...

I posted a few weeks ago about leaking windows and the problem is, as suggested, that the windows do not have sufficient flashing. Turns out they don’t have ANY flashing (gut reno 3.5 years ago).

From the early 60s to the late 90s, we seemed to lose the art of making decorative window and door openings. Prior to that time these openings would have at least a carved flat stone lintel, or an ...