San Jose East Foothills
This house was built about 2004/2005. The master bathroom on the second story shower was incorrectly installed — it leaked.
The builder sent a handyman to caulk the pan and subsequently accused the homeowner of not maintaining the grout.
This damage has nothing to do with homeowner negligence. This is builder negligence and poor construction!
The homeowner called us.
After demo here’s what we found:
What’s terrible about this is that the structural I-beams (TJI) supporting the second floor are damaged too.
You can see the brown paper of the drywall under Joe here.
This means work downstairs too to fix the I-beams.
The picture below show the kitchen ceiling. We had to relocate lights, plumbing, then rebuild the I-Joists with the oversight of an Archtiect/Structural Engineer/Building Inspector. All of this work took place above a fancy kitchen island while the family lived in the house and used the kitchen.
