Hurd Window and Homeowner Debate - Home and Window Inspection Case Study
This web site should establish that for all the window company's in the world the problems resulting from Hurd should show this as one window manufacturer to avoid.
A single family home with a complaint of rain water infiltration at Hurd windows of component panel design at several locations in the home. Other windows in this house composed of two window brands of panel, awning, casement and fixed windows do not demonstrate any rain water penetration. The same house and windows received three distinct home inspections with varied results.
Over the course of 9 years rain water penetration of this home at only Hurd window locations incurred thousands of dollars in water damage, necessary and unnecessary repairs. A major contribution at the delay at finding the corrective action to stop the rain water penetration was the inexact nature of two of the three home inspections.
Within the pages of this web site are all facts that can be demonstrated in pictures or by paper correspondence. It will be left to the web site reviewer to draw his own conclusions.
Hurd Window Inspection Summary:
Inspection #1 |
Conducted by the Hurd window manufacturer recommended home inspection company and paid for by the homeowner. Findings were the newly installed cedar siding to allow water to pass through into the house frame window openings. Following the home inspector's recommendations the homeowner first attempted to seal the cedar siding using acrylic/latex caulk at all possible openings without attenuation of rain water penetration again at Hurd window locations. The siding was later removed along with house wrap. Water damaged rotten wood (Hurd window locations only) was replaced, window nail fins lifted, window insulation integrity insured, nail fins along with house wrap and window seal reapplied. On top of that was applied 3/8 inch insulation and sealed with edges taped. Vinyl siding was applied on top of that. Rain water continued to appear at the Hurd component panel window locations only unabated from pre cedar siding removal rate of infiltration. This home inspector would not evaluate why the Eagle windows in the same house did not pass rain water. See Hurd window inspection 1
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Inspection #2 |
Conducted by a homeowner selected company and paid for by the homeowner. The house inspection conducted a water test covering the entire house construction of siding and windows inclusive of all windows. It determined the Hurd component panel window to allow water to infiltrate the home interior. This inspection was at the point that the homeowner sealant experimentation began that eventually lead to a final corrective action that successfully stopped all rain water penetration through the Hurd windows. Home and window inspection 2.
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Inspection #3 |
Conducted by the same home inspection company as inspection #1. This inspection was contracted by and paid for by the Hurd window manufacturer as a response to inspection #2. The window inspection successfully created interior to the home water penetration at several Hurd windows suggesting a varied number of sources for rain water penetration other than the suspect Hurd component panel windows. Homeowner actions after this inspection demonstrate the alternate water infiltration sources not to be a correct assessment. Hurd window paid for this house inspector and he refused the homeowner's request to conduct the same test at the other windows not manufactured by Hurd. Quote from the Hurd paid for window inspector:
This statement is key why this Hurd window inspection results are in dispute. Hurd inspection 3. |
Pictured at right is the house.
This house has two window brands installed.
One window set is manufactured by Eagle windows. The other window brand we identify as the suspect component panel windows or the Hurd windows.
The remainder of this web site will show as best we can the three window inspections, the observations and how over the course of time several significant indicators combined to develop the corrective action that did stop rain water penetration of the Hurd component panel window.