Addressing Water Ingress in Building Envelopes

For any company that provides building envelope and restoration services, water ingress is a major topic that has to be addressed regularly. One of the purposes of the building envelope is to protect the building from water ingress, and older buildings can have water ingress problems for several reasons. In today’s blog article, we are going to briefly go over how professionals address water ingress problems in order to repair an ageing building’s envelope.

Assessment

The first order of business would be to determine how and where water is coming in. Water could be coming inside the building in many different ways, so one has to figure out is this one problem or several problems. The problem or problems have to be identified before they can be fixed.

Where is the water coming from?

Depending on the type of building and how and when it was built, water could be entering the building in multiple ways. Examples of this include but are not limited to in and around windows and doors, through the roof, through ice dams, at a chimney flashing, gutters not working properly, improper grading around the base of the building, and improper drainage around the building.

What needs repair?

Next, for each problem identified, the restoration company figures out how to fix the problem permanently. Maybe new windows are needed. Maybe a roof needs to be fixed or replaced. Maybe a multiple-layer, stucco system is failing. There are as many solutions as there are buildings needing repair.

Water ingress is going to be addressed right away. One of the reasons why water ingress should be addressed urgently is to stop further interior damage. In addition, water ingress that is not addressed can lead to mold problems and interior air quality problems.

A professional building restoration company with long experience and expertise, like ours, Westerly Restoration, is well acquainted with water ingress problems. We work on both residential and commercial projects. Please feel free to contact us at (778) 881-2877.

Westerly Restoration provides building envelope and restoration services in Vancouver, BC, and throughout the lower mainland.

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