Dominion Homes

Dominion Homes DHOM, Dominion Homes of Dublin, Ohio. Dominion Homes of Louisville, Kentucky Mold, Stucco, poor customer service, Dublin, Ohio

1st of Jul, 2011 by User586009

Our Dominion Home was built in 2001. We have had problems from the beginning. So many problems that VP's from the company came to meet with us at our home before we closed. The VP offered for the Dominion Homes to pay for an independent home inspector to check out our house and to repair anything that was found. When we presented them the bill (after we had closed) they declined to pay for it unless we produced paperwork saying that they had offered this! Of the many problems we had with Dominion Homes (garage on wrong way, torn tar paper, osb exposed to rain) we pointed out that our stucco seemed to be prematurely cracking extensively during the first year we were in the house. Dominion responded by "painting" the stucco with a special type of stucco sealant. We not realize that all this did was mask a much larger and more insidious problem. The stucco was not applied properly by Bernardo Stucco for Dominion Homes and is not cracking catastrophically. This problem is endemic through our neighborhood and many neighbors have already had to have walls replaced. My next door neighbor had to have two walls replaced already! Here is a an excerpt from an engineers report that was put together after an engineer came to our property to evaluate the extent of this problem: The water/moisture intrusion into the south wall of the subject home (master bathroom and garage) was likely caused by deficiencies in the water management system for the exterior stucco wall system, in particular, the water- resistant barrier. Note that all wall systems are supposed to be designed to allow for some penetration of moisture; the key is that the penetrating water is managed within a wall and is moved back out of the wall system. In the case of stucco, a properly designed and installed water-resistant barrier between the stucco and the OSB, along with proper flashings at openings and openings at the bottom of the stucco would constitute a water management system. The deficiencies observed in the water management system allowed any water/moisture entering through cracks in the stucco finish to intrude into the exterior wall system and affect the wooden wall construction members (OSB sheathing and wall studs) and cause water-damage and probable visible mold growth. Evidence to support this conclusion follows: You can read the full report along with pictures of the destructive testing here:

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