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> Another oddity around here is vanishing eaves. Up here in Vancouver, they decided to start counting the area under the eaves as part of the permitted square
by seryoiupfurds 2y ago
> Another oddity around here is vanishing eaves.
Up here in Vancouver, they decided to start counting the area under the eaves as part of the permitted square footage back in the '90s. No surprise, eaves immediately disappeared from new construction and we had a decade of water damaged buildings that needed expensive remediation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_condo_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_condo_crisis
- wiredfool 2y agoSome of that was inappropriate materials (EEFIS?) and really stupid detailing, apart from the Eaves thing. Essentially, the water would collect inside the wall and rot out the structural support. When I was a civil engineer in the Pacific NW, our company had a rule: No work on condos. Not worth the risk.