Exterior Envelope Moisture Infiltration Consulting
Find out where the water is really coming from — before you spend on repairs.
Water rarely shows up where it gets in. A stain on a living-room ceiling can start at a parapet two stories up; a damp wall can trace to a window flashing six feet away. Repairing the symptom without finding the entry point wastes money and leaves the real failure in place — which is why moisture-infiltration consulting is its own discipline.
Rick Fogg has spent 41 years diagnosing how water moves through building envelopes, working directly with architects, designers, and owners’ representatives on both fixes and new designs. Fogg Construction offers that experience as a consulting service: systematic detection of where moisture is entering, an honest read of how serious it is, and corrective solutions scaled to the actual problem.
On the AT&T store facade, careful demolition and discovery revealed water penetrating at a beam above the glass aluminum storefront — a failure no surface patch would ever have fixed. That’s the value of diagnosis before repair: the fix went where the water was, and the leak stopped for good.
What this capability covers.
Infiltration detection & diagnosis
Systematic inspection of the envelope — cladding, flashings, penetrations, and transitions — to locate actual water entry points, not just visible symptoms.
Exploratory discovery
Controlled removal of finish materials at suspect locations to confirm the failure path, document conditions, and define the true repair scope.
Corrective solutions & scope definition
Clear, prioritized repair recommendations — what must be fixed now, what can wait, and what each path costs — in language owners and architects can act on.
Design & pre-construction consulting
Envelope detailing review for remodels and new construction: barrier selection, flashing details, and stucco assembly design that prevents the failures we get called to fix.
From the wall, not the brochure.
Asked before. Answered straight.
When should I bring in a moisture consultant instead of just a repair contractor?
When the leak keeps coming back, when you can see damage but not the source, when you’re about to spend significant money on repairs, or when a transaction or remodel needs a clear picture of envelope condition. Diagnosis first keeps you from paying to fix the wrong thing.
How do you find where water is entering?
We read the evidence — staining patterns, crack locations, flashing and penetration details — then confirm with controlled discovery: removing small areas of finish at suspect points to see the actual condition of the barrier and framing. On the AT&T facade project, discovery pinpointed water entering at a beam above the storefront glass.
Do you work with architects and property managers?
Yes — Rick has spent his career working with architects, designers, owners’ representatives, and owners directly. We’re comfortable producing findings that slot into a larger project team’s process, and equally comfortable explaining them to a homeowner in plain terms.
Can the same company that diagnoses the problem also fix it?
We can, and there’s a real advantage: nothing is lost in translation between diagnosis and repair, and one contractor is accountable for the outcome. If you prefer an independent repair bid, our findings are documented clearly enough for any qualified contractor to price.
Is this only for stucco buildings?
Stucco and plaster assemblies are our specialty, but envelope water management principles apply broadly — we’ve diagnosed and corrected infiltration in brick facades (avoiding a full demolition in one case) and mixed-material exteriors.
Adjacent scopes, same standard.
Request an assessment for moisture consulting.
Tell us what the building is doing and where. We’ll diagnose the cause, then scope the correction honestly — proportionate to the actual problem, not the worst case.
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