Tag Archive: leaks

After last week's record-breaking rainfall caused flooding, power outages and widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure, the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) released a set of precautions building owners and property managers should carefully follow when surveying storm...

Leaks, drafty windows, cracked balconies, loose floorboards, and mold are not things you would expect to see in a newly constructed or newly converted building. Unfortunately, they're not uncommon in the wake of the country's building boom over the last...

Over the years, various boards of directors at Parkside Assocation, located at 549 41st Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, resolved to replace the leaky roof of the 89-year-old building. But best intentions aside, they managed only temporary fixes and patchwork repairs....

A moldy basement, leaking roofs, and oatmeal-like mortar are scary things no one should ever encounter in a newly renovated building. Unfortunately for one cooperative in Harlem, a less than stellar gut renovation, which included a new roof, windows, and joist...

One of RAND's recent projects was supposed to be a routine roofing replacement job, until contractors discovered sand where there should have been concrete. Village House, a 75-unit, 14-story Greenwich Village condominium located at 60 West 13th street and built...

The roof is one of the most critical elements of a building in preventing leaks. Many property owners and managers will at some point find it necessary to replace the roof of their building to keep it watertight. In RAND’s...

Short-term fixes rarely bring long-term relief, especially when it comes to building maintenance. Case in point: the Kensington House, a 195-unit co-op at 200 West 20th Street in Manhattan, which had been doing patchwork repairs for years in a futile...

Water is a formidable foe, and keeping it from infiltrating a building is a constant battle, as one New Jersey cooperative knows all too well. RAND recently completed a major exterior repair program at Northbridge Park, a 14-story residential co-op...

When inspecting a building for defective conditions, the saying “there’s more than meets the eye” is particularly true. That’s because a number of potential problems that could threaten your property aren’t always visible, such as water that penetrates under roofing...