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Construction Defects
Construction Defects
After fielding call after call at our firm during the recent winter storms, it reminded us of the title of an old documentary, "The Sky Above, The Mud Below". Things in San Diego weren't as bad as the jungles of New Guinea where the film was shot, but too many homeowners faced with water streaming through their roofs, windows, walls, and mud sliding from slopes and through their doors, it may have seemed that way. Things were so bad in some developments that owners were seeing leaks where they never had seen them before. Water was actually moving horizontally under roofing material before soaking through in areas several feet from the actual defect.
Unfortunately, we don't think the situation will get any better in the near future. The building boom of the 80's and 90's severely overtaxed the ability of cities and counties to properly inspect the   explosive growth in home construction. A combination of understaffed and unscrupulous contractors as well as the use of unskilled and... continued

   
 

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