Now more than ever, it is vitally important to keep records of the maintenance performed on your decks, inspect them regularly and repair them promptly. Water intrusion into living units is costly, causes major inconvenience to the resident who suffers the intrusion and is avoidable! Contact us for a quote to schedule your decks for a professional inspection and recommendations to keep your decks in great shape for their life span. When you contract with us to do an inspection/evaluation of your decks, we provide you with a letter similar to this, containing our opinions regarding your coatings.
DeckExpert.com
PO Box 14438
San Luis Obispo CA 93406805-801-2380
August 2006
Dear Reserve Study Professional,
In regards to Happy Valley HOA and the deck coatings that are currently installed there, here are some figures to utilize in your next reserve study for them. If their reserve study isn’t due again for 2-3 years, we suggest that you at least update the current reserve study to schedule the deck coatings resealing to __3___years from the date of this letter.
It appears that, from records we have received from Management Company, an installer applied Desert Crete waterproof coatings to protect the decks in July 2004. Our research indicates that Desert Crete is manufactured by Hill Brothers Chemical Company, located in Orange County CA, telephone # 714-579-3333. Desert Crete is a lightweight acrylic modified coating, comprised of metal lath, cement troweled into the lath, fiberglass and bonder is placed over that with a second layer of concrete on the fiberglass. On these decks a knockdown texture is applied and then the deck was sealed with Hill Brothers water based Concrete/Masonry Floor Paint and Sealer.
We estimated when we inspected the decks that there is approximately 2760 square feet of coatings on the buildings total. A breakdown of each deck by building or by model/Plan type is available if you need that information. A copy of our report is also available for your files at no charge.
According to the manufacturer’s literature, the Desert Crete system should be resealed every three to five years due to UV degradation. Our inspection and review of the maintenance records, combined with the care given to them by the residents indicates that the decks should not need resealing for their maximum UV life span of five years. As it has now been 2 years from the date of installation, the decks should be resealed by July of 2009). The estimated life span of Desert Crete with normal use and care should be 25-30+ years.
I hope that this information is helpful; if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call. Thank you for the opportunity to be of service, we appreciate your business.
Sincerely,
Bill Leys
President/CEO
