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Title
April OMG Meeting
Summary
Inspecting Residential Brick Veneer by Mark Parlee
Description
Sponsor: Bill Fabian with Monroe Infrared
Mike's Monthly Minute: Testing proper receptacle wiring using conventional testers
Nationally know speaker, EDI certified building envelope specialist and forensic investigator, Mark Parlee, The Building Consultant, will be presenting a case study on a house with siginificant water intrusion issues due to improper installation and insufficient maintenance.
Mark Parlee is a Building Consultant with over 40 years in the construction trades, having worked as a framing and siding carpenter, homebuilder, remodeler, and exterior renovator. While working in these trades he has built or dismantled and replaced the exteriors on several hundred homes. This has allowed him to see what works, and to also see the problematic details that have led to moisture intrusion into the building envelope and to effect corrections.
Mark currently uses the expertise gathered over his life’s work as a consultant on construction defects and moisture intrusion as an expert witness, and as a seminar presenter. He is EDI (Exterior Design Institute) Certified as an EIFS Inspector/Moisture Analyst/Quality Control and is also certified by EDI as a Building Envelope II, Steep Slope Roof Inspector and was one of the instructors of the first EDI Stone Veneer Inspection Certification Seminar. He is a certified Level I Infrared Thermographer and Certified Residential Thermographer. Mark has been a guest lecturer for Architecture Forensics at Iowa State University. Mark has also attained certification as a Building Envelope Investigator through BESI (Building Envelope Science Institute).
Mark’s articles in Journal of Light Construction have been numerous, including “Rescuing a Manufactured Stone Wall” (Dec ’08), “Repairing a Rotting Roof” (June ’10), “A Rot Resistant Chimney Chase” (Nov ’11), “Mixing Cladding and Stick-On Stone” (Aug ’13), “Best Practices: Adhered Masonry Veneer” (Oct ’13), “Best Practices Stucco” (Dec ’14), “Common Siding Failures” (Oct ’15), “Getting Kick-Out Flashings Right” (Apr ’16), “Common Roofing Errors” (May ’16), and “How to Destroy a Wall in Two Easy Steps” (Sep 17).
Mark has culled his archives of thousands of photos of exteriors in need of repair and addressed the needed proper correction in power point driven presentations to the National Association of Home Builders Remodelers Council, the American Institute of Architects Iowa Convention (2011 and 2012), Minnesota Society of Home Inspectors, American Society of Home Inspectors National Convention (Inspection World 2015, IW 2016, IW 2017, IW 2018, IW 2019 & IW 2020), and Alliant Energy Builder Training (2015, 2016 & 2017), among others.
Date And Time
04/01/2020 08:00 pm
Details
Resources
RESIDENTIAL DETAILS: A GUIDE TO INSPECTING RESIDENTIAL BRICK VENEER
Hardie With The Building Consultant and Dylan Chalk
James Hardie Installation Details
LP SmartSide Installation Details
MVMA Manufactured Stone Installation Guide
Adhered Natural Stone Installation Details
Rain Screen Materials and Details