{"id":412,"date":"2018-05-17T14:29:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T14:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/srandm.com\/?page_id=412"},"modified":"2018-06-05T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T15:39:08","slug":"visible-damage-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/?page_id=412","title":{"rendered":"Visible Damage is the Tip of the Iceberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-412 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/srandm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCF0211.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"The chimney\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/srandm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCF0211-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srandm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCF0211-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/srandm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSCF0211-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-744'>\n\t\t\t\tThe chimney \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Visible damage on a building, such as spalling brick, can be likened to a tooth cavity. If a dentist does not drill deep enough when he or she fills a cavity, the cavity will return.<\/p>\n<p>Visible damage is frequently a sign of larger problems hidden underneath. Masonry is far too expensive to risk the damage coming back. Seven brick below the last visibly damaged brick should also be removed. They are damaged but imperceptibly so. Many times we need to go deeper than anticipated to complete the repairs correctly.<\/p>\n<p>This is a large residential chimney where another contractor tore off the damage on top but stopped when the brick looked ok. They then rebuilt the top part again. Initially the chimney looked great, but in less than 5 years, the brick below where they stopped are now revealing their damage. The chimney\u00a0 already needs to be repaired again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Visible damage on a building, such as spalling brick, can be likened to a tooth cavity. If a dentist does not drill deep enough when he or she fills a cavity, the cavity will return. Visible damage is frequently a sign of larger problems hidden underneath. Masonry is far too expensive to risk the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/srandm.com\/?page_id=412\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Visible Damage is the Tip of the Iceberg&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":154,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/412\/revisions\/829"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srandm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}