Protected: The Scope and Purpose of Your Home Inspection
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When I inspect and report the surface conditions of brick and concrete, and use the term efflorescence, it has more aesthetic rather than structural consequences.
Brick is porous. When water freezes, it expands. Put these two together and you have a recipe for surface spalling and freeze-thaw weathering. Freeze–thaw weathering is caused by moisture freezing inside masonry and then later contracting. Upon freezing, the water expands, causing spall,
Try this. Close the bathroom door and take a steamy shower. Does the mirror fog up? Of course! If you leave the bathroom door open the adjoining room will fill with moist “shower air”. Now you have two rooms filled with moist
If you attempt this type inspection on your own – first and foremost…please be careful – it requires you to know and understand where you’re walking in the attic. If you live in the Jackson, Mississippi metro and need help identifying this