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    Rain seepage stain removal on bare CMU walls and sealing

    The first picture is an unaffected unit. The flash sticks out about an inch. The second picture shows the flashing is flush with the stucco, so the water is not deflected and it runs down the stucco and directly onto the brick. I don't have a picture of the repaired wall yet, but it looks just...
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    Rain seepage stain removal on bare CMU walls and sealing

    That metal has the 2nd floor slab poured into it. It is solid. Actually, you are right that there is water getting into the top too. The flashing is bad. The pictures you are looking at are from several different condos and one of them has bad flashing where rain water is getting in from the...
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    Rain seepage stain removal on bare CMU walls and sealing

    Hi! Thanks for your questions. Sorry that I a not a masonry guy. I probably used wrong terminology. The floor inside is polished concrete and the ceiling is that metal. It's a poured slab on the 2nd floor. The wall is single block width and is a load bearing wall for two floors above it. I...
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    Crumbling/cracking problem with new driveway

    Wow with a picture like that, you should go straight to lawsuit. I do not know where you live, but in my state, I was able to file a lawsuit under $10000.00 pro-se (without lawyer) and won $8000.00 from a former client who owed me money. It cost me about $300 in various filings and fees, but...
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    Rain seepage stain removal on bare CMU walls and sealing

    Hey all! Nice message board here. I am a home owner with a problem and looking for advice. I live in a condo and a number of us home owners are having this issue. We are about to go all law-suity on the builder and architect over this. My condo has brick walls. The exterior is supposed to be...
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