Water Intrusion: Prevention and Cure

Water intrusion through a building’s envelope—whether it be the walls, windows, roofs, or foundation—is one of the most common and costly issues property owners and managers face.

Preventing and solving water intrusion problems during the life of the water management system is actually pretty simple. Only a few principles need to be adhered to:

1. Everything leaks. The entire building envelope including the roof, walls, fenestrations (doors, and windows), penetrations, plaza slabs, and foundations leak.
2. The entire building envelope needs to have at least 3 layers of water management. The exterior layer should shed the bulk rainwater, the secondary layer should drain the water that passes the other layer, and whatever remaining moisture that reaches the interior of the building gets evaporated within the building’s conditioned air.

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Schedule Your Building Envelope and Water Intrusion Inspection Today

No one likes surprises. Having a building envelope inspection and report done only to realize during the restoration that the budget you were given isn’t enough to complete the project can create unnecessary problems and possibly damage reputations.

We take a very holistic and thorough approach to building envelope inspection, forensic investigation, reporting, and estimating of repair costs. Innovative Engineering’s staff includes engineers with expertise in both structural and building envelope engineering. They also have relationships with reputable restoration contractors with real-time pricing. If you or others have tried unsuccessful to solve water intrusion issues, contact IEI. Chances are they have dealt with similar conditions. If not, they have the education, certifications, experience, and a quiver full of specialized diagnosis tools to diagnose and solve the water intrusion issue.