Comments on: How 4mm Cost $4,000 https://www.refinedrealestateteam.com/how-4mm-cost-4000/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: jeffreyluciano https://www.refinedrealestateteam.com/how-4mm-cost-4000/#comment-615 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:01:08 +0000 http://jeffreyluciano.com/?p=477#comment-615 In reply to Terry Carson.

Hi Terry.
Interesting point. I wondered about whether the stack effect influenced the result. I still think that if we had noted the actual deterioration prior to this happening, it could have been avoided. When the plumber opened up the drywall near the piping, he could actually see daylight coming in from the hole. It has been filled with insulation from the inside now to address it.
Thanks!
Jeff

]]> By: Terry Carson https://www.refinedrealestateteam.com/how-4mm-cost-4000/#comment-614 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 19:42:15 +0000 http://jeffreyluciano.com/?p=477#comment-614 Jeff,
Your freezing pipes were likely caused by the third floor windows being left open causing an unusual stack effect pressure that sucked air from lower levels as well as from the interstitial spaces in the exterior, drawing in cold air from the exterior. I blame the tenant, not the brick. There is nothing you could have done preventatively in this situation.

Regards,
Terry Carson, RHI, CET BSSO
Guardian Home Inspectors Inc.

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