Joshua fought the battle of Jericho...And the walls came tumbling down!

Actually, it's more like: Aaron and Jennifer fought the battle of a leaky wall...

AND TODAY THE DEMOLITION BEGINS!!!

Yes folks, you read it correctly! The company that came out to take a look at the situation has issued us a proposal (which ended up being quite a bit less than I was prepared to pay...hooray!) and they are coming this morning to remove some brick from the wall to match up the color at the brick company. Then they will come back and begin demolition.

They will tear down all of the brick on the leaky wall, as well as the siding on the dormer and the shingles that are in the way. They'll create new soldered customized flashing and kickouts for the roof valleys that will push water away from the house (instead of down into the wall). Because they'll be soldered, there will be no caulking to maintain. Then they will pull the windows, apply the Tyvek house wrap, tape and seal, and reinstall the windows. Then the brick, siding and shingles go back up...and we have a 20 year warranty that water in my dining room is a thing of the past! This process is supposed to take a week.

I'm going to try to take pictures of the process, if possible. But I can't even tell you how stinkin' excited we are that this is FINALLY getting done.

Oh, and just a side note. I think some of you wondered if insurance would cover this expense. That answer is no, because the water damage is due to a structural/design flaw incurred by builder error/negligence. Homeowner's insurance only covers water damage due to a sudden, accidental burst of water or something like that. (Like a busted pipe or something.) Anyways, I'm not super disappointed because I wasn't really expecting them to cover it. Our issue was covered under the 1 year builder's workmanship warranty. He did have his subs come out and "fix" it numerous times, but apparently, none of them actually knew how to fix it. Every fix was just a band aid. Punks.

But I'm letting that go. I'm getting a new wall this week. A leak-free one. HALLELUJAH!