Spalling brick and crumbling mortar: 4 ways Ottawa’s freeze-thaw quietly breaches your building envelope A condo board called me out after a chunk of brick face landed on the walkway by their front entrance. Nobody was hurt — but the wall had been telling… Continue reading
Exterior paint keeps failing on Ottawa buildings — the five reasons I see most A south wall peeling in sheets two years after it was painted. The cause is almost never the paint — here are the five reasons I see most on Ottawa… Continue reading
