In order to tackle the moisture issues in Pebble Beach, California, Keene Building Products installed their "Driwall Rainscreen 020-1" behind the stucco of a home.
The Construction Defect Center says, "We are now urging US homebuilders to only buy US made copper or pex plumbing pipe for their new residential home or condominium projects."
Construction spending slipped from December to January but increased modestly from a year ago, as private construction grew solidly but public infrastructure outlays tumbled, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America.
February U.S. housing starts rose 3 percent to a 1.288-million-unit seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to data from the Census Bureau and HUD, with all of the increase coming in single-family starts.
