ChiefInspector69
ChiefInspector69 t1_j6kb175 wrote
Reply to Shower Surround Pulling Away From Wall by [deleted]
Yeah I'm home and 4 trade residential and commercial building inspector. Here in Florida houses are built on slabs which essentially means your plumbing is buried under that. Even if the plumber slopes the pipes correctly the concrete people many times Disturbed the pipes so you don't even get proper flow from the beginning. Wood was a much better quality years ago now it is very weak. The wind and seismic provisions in houses are much much better than the past. But here shingles only laugh seven or eight years and HVAC heat pumps only last from 5 to 12 years. Stucco is a massive problem because it is not applied correctly per ASTM standards and even if it was stucco on wood frame is a bad idea.
ChiefInspector69 t1_j6j97bh wrote
Reply to comment by winnipegsmost in Shower Surround Pulling Away From Wall by [deleted]
That's cuz most of them are built like shit
ChiefInspector69 t1_ixxl2pb wrote
Reply to Best insulation in rafters for pitched roof? by _CadX
closed cell foam on an air space.
ChiefInspector69 t1_ixxizfp wrote
Reply to Help with screw tightening by blzmwt
Possibly an electrical wire, plumbing pipe or protection plate.
ChiefInspector69 t1_j6kbkv9 wrote
Reply to Shower Surround Pulling Away From Wall by [deleted]
Also when I was in Canada on both coasts I never really looked at the new construction but I assume it's 2x6 construction with r13 in the walls and maybe r45 in the attic .You don't have the mold and moisture problems we have here which is almost tropical. Anything wood rots here. But it was 84° here today Fahrenheit