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November 24, 1997
TO: Tom Marx. Building Inspector
FR: Ron Frieh
RE: Reply to september 19,1997. Letter - RE: Installation of siding
FAXED November 24, 1997
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I am writing this letter of response regarding your correspondence dated
September 19, 1997, The fOllowin'g responses will coincide with your letter:
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Your reply does not address why thert~e nails";issue regarding my home are
~ot caulked?, Please recall from your review of this issue the numerous
u-n-caul\(ea-nails used to correct siding irregularities and the other nails used
to attach the siding to the house for the lack of caulking, From your
observations you and your assistance witnessed numerous uncaulked painted
nails, Again, as you recall from your observations, the nails were painted the
same color as the siding, It appears when they painted the siding, the
painters painted the nails witt:LQuLfirsJ caulking them as re.quired per L'P
Installation Instructions, (Your reply does not address this J,_oint..Jln addition,
the four-year-old siding haS aegraaea and decayed around nails that they did
not caulk. I am asking you to reevaluate this issue, I will arrange to have the
L-P representative present at your reevaluation. Please ar1vise me when your
schedule is open so I can make the necessary arrangements,
Further. regarding the practices of the contractor who buiit my home. the
following houses built by the same contractor have the same siding issues as
my house, The contractor built some houses before m{ house, many were
built after my house, The addresses are: 7264 Holly, 7248 Glacier, 679, 667,
672.613,691,885,825 South 73rd,
2. End Joints:
Your reference to "contractors contended" is an opiniJn regarding siding
moisture content. What do the research laborat"ries state? What
calculations did you complete to say "presently a percentage Of the end gaps
appear to be correct. , ,7" Please send me that data? Further, the caulking
used by the contractor has failed and it does not meet ASTM Standard C 920
for elastomeric sealants nor water-based sealants c 834, necause of the failed
caulking, the siding decay has occurred at siding ends, especially exposed
butt-gaps,
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3, Overlap:
Please reevaluate the overlap, Currently the siding has an overlap of one inch
to 7/Sths inch. L-P'S installation directions call for 1 '12 inch, overlap, Why was
the house's siding allowed to be installed incorrectly? Please refer to L-P's
Instruction and Finishing Requirements for L-P Lap siding regarding overlap
issue, Mr. David Puent has a copy of this document,
4, Roof Rake:
Please refer to L-P'S Instruction and Finishing Requirements for L-P Lap siding
reqarding roof rake requirement Again, Mr, Puent has this documentation,
The siding is in direct contact with the roof. The siding has absorbed rain
because of the improper installation, The siding has degraded because of its
contact with water, Please reevaluate.
5, Nails:
TI1e non galvanized nail is not an acceptable fastener to attach the siding to
the house as are the other uncaulked nails used to correct siding
irregularities and attach the siding.
6, sealant Failure:
The sealant should not have failed within two years, Further, building
inspectors' practices should, in the future, include an evaluation of sealants
used to seal L-P siding. TOO many contractors are using 99 cents caulking
where the job calls for higher quality.
7, warranty.
Please review guidelines from L-P regarding installation practices that void
the siding'S warranty, Your office staff can interpret their statements
concerning warranty issues, Again, I would invite you and any other City of
Springfield administrators to review and compare the installation problems
of my home's siding to L-P'S Installation documents along with an L-P field
representative, Should you like to see written documentation regarding this
issue, please ask, Further, the L-P field representative would prObably be
happy to review the other houses listed above regarding their installation
and warranty too,
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I would appreciate you and your assistance again reviewing my issues that
were not addressed in my communication dated September 12,1997, If I can
be Of assistance. please do not hesitate to contact me,
Thank you,
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November 24. 1997
TO: Tom Marx. Building Inspector
FR: Ron Frieh
RE: Efforts to Resolve Building Issues
FAXED November 24. 1997
When you and your assistance made an evaluation Of my home's siding issues,
YOU asked me what I wanted. I shared with you and your assistance, the need
to be able to place my home on the real estate market without being liable
for substandard building practices by the home's contractor coming back on
me, You asked if there was any way of resolving my issues without the
involvement of attorneys, My reply was yes, When you left, it was my
understanding that someone would talk to my home's contractor,
Several days after our conversation, Mr. Charles Ellis, Charles Ellis ERA
telephoned and said my contractor was willing to offer me $3000,00 and for
me to complete the repairs on my home, I shared with Mr, Ellis, that
numerous other issues of substandard building issues have surfaced and that
$3000,00 would not be sufficient, Mr, Ellis asked if $4,000,00 would be
SUfficient? I told him I would get back to him as my attorney Mr. Harold Gillis
arranged for another building engineer to evaluate my home regarding the
correction of those issues with my home,
I have enclosed a copy of issues I have forwarded to Mr, Ellis for your and
others to review,
Please know I appreciate your efforts concerning the resolutions to my
home's building issues, Nevertheless, please know, Mr, Ellis,' and presumably
Mr, Williams too. Offers have only been verbal.
Untii we reach closure on my home, I will continue to bring not only my
homes further building issues, but other Williams' built homes in my
neighborhood to your office as well.
Please feel free to contact me Should YOU or other City of Springfield
personnel wish to discuss this and/or other issues with me,
Thank: you,
enclosure: summary building repairs
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