visualk
10-13-2016, 09:22 AM
Hi, I am looking for any recommendations from beyond members on contractors they have used to fix and repair a water leak on a house.
A little bit of background - the water leak we have is coming from the side of the house which has brick on the exterior. My hunch is the brick has lost it seal over time as this is an old property (about 30 yrs old) and there is no water pipes in the vicinity. Over the summer with all the rainfall we noticed the drywall was getting soft to touch and had someone come in and tear out the drywall and insulation. We discovered that the 2x4 were water damaged as well as the interior wood panel (basically flaking away). The amount of water is small but looks like this was happening over a long period of time.
I have searched on this site and tried to reach out to some of the OP that had a similar issue but did not hear back (these posts were pretty old). Anyways hoping any of you guys could help. Luckily there hasn't been any mold growth yet.
A little bit of background - the water leak we have is coming from the side of the house which has brick on the exterior. My hunch is the brick has lost it seal over time as this is an old property (about 30 yrs old) and there is no water pipes in the vicinity. Over the summer with all the rainfall we noticed the drywall was getting soft to touch and had someone come in and tear out the drywall and insulation. We discovered that the 2x4 were water damaged as well as the interior wood panel (basically flaking away). The amount of water is small but looks like this was happening over a long period of time.
I have searched on this site and tried to reach out to some of the OP that had a similar issue but did not hear back (these posts were pretty old). Anyways hoping any of you guys could help. Luckily there hasn't been any mold growth yet.