Well as the title states I really need some help in regards to continuing moisture damage which is evident to both floor & side wall areas at the rear of an IP.
Bit of a sticky one as it's a unit in a strata building which I purchased from the developer. Currently there is a big legal battle going on as the units should all have HOW / HWI certificates but don't (residential building that is no greater than three storys, etc). Basically on completion the builder and developer went into liquidation and the only person still standing is the private certifyer so the body corporate is going after them.
The problem I have is that due to defective building / materials on common property, my unit (and others) are suffering greatly. From what I can tell this issue is certainyl to do with common property and should fall under Section 62 of the Strata Schemes Management Act but nothing is being done. Whilst the body corporate has a good case against the private certifyer, they're holding off on any repairs as they state that if items are repaired it would be hard to prove if they were defective originally or if they have been damaged after the fact.
I'm at the point where I just need to get it fixed ....
On first inspection my assumption was that water appeared to be entering at the joint under the sill. I attempted to remedy this by applying silicone caulking the entire length of the joint under the sill as there was a visible gap between which did not appear weather-tight.
Unfortunately as the problem persisted, I have now removed a section of the rotting floating solid timber floor boards to get to the root of the problem and it would appear there is a complete lack of waterproofing measures carried out to stop water entering between outside tiles and door sill to ensure sill is weather-tight. Not only this, but the slab actually stops a good 3" (three inches) away from the inner edge of the door sill, so from the end of the slab, under the sill to the tiles is merely a combination of very wet sand / dirt with a very thin rough layer of concrete on top in some sections. I believe this is allowing water to easily permeate under the courtyard tiling and into the unit, possibly from even as far as the garden box in the courtyard as there would seem to be no moisture barrier whatsoever.
Any ideas? Photos below which show the problem described above -
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Bit of a sticky one as it's a unit in a strata building which I purchased from the developer. Currently there is a big legal battle going on as the units should all have HOW / HWI certificates but don't (residential building that is no greater than three storys, etc). Basically on completion the builder and developer went into liquidation and the only person still standing is the private certifyer so the body corporate is going after them.
The problem I have is that due to defective building / materials on common property, my unit (and others) are suffering greatly. From what I can tell this issue is certainyl to do with common property and should fall under Section 62 of the Strata Schemes Management Act but nothing is being done. Whilst the body corporate has a good case against the private certifyer, they're holding off on any repairs as they state that if items are repaired it would be hard to prove if they were defective originally or if they have been damaged after the fact.
I'm at the point where I just need to get it fixed ....
On first inspection my assumption was that water appeared to be entering at the joint under the sill. I attempted to remedy this by applying silicone caulking the entire length of the joint under the sill as there was a visible gap between which did not appear weather-tight.
Unfortunately as the problem persisted, I have now removed a section of the rotting floating solid timber floor boards to get to the root of the problem and it would appear there is a complete lack of waterproofing measures carried out to stop water entering between outside tiles and door sill to ensure sill is weather-tight. Not only this, but the slab actually stops a good 3" (three inches) away from the inner edge of the door sill, so from the end of the slab, under the sill to the tiles is merely a combination of very wet sand / dirt with a very thin rough layer of concrete on top in some sections. I believe this is allowing water to easily permeate under the courtyard tiling and into the unit, possibly from even as far as the garden box in the courtyard as there would seem to be no moisture barrier whatsoever.
Any ideas? Photos below which show the problem described above -
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