Oregon Contractor Board June 08 update maintenance schedule for new homes
This article is reprinted here-in by AAA Home Drainage, for public information from the Oregon Construction Contractors Newsletter, (CCB), with respect to a subject that I wrote about some months ago. The information is pertinent to all homeowners buying a new home or contracting with a home builder to construct a new home in Oregon.
New residential structures will require a maintenance schedule beginning July 1, 2008.
Contractors that complete a new residential structure on or after July 1, 2008, will be required to provide the owner or first purchaser with a recommended maintenance schedule (ORS 701.335)
Oregon law requires the Construction Contractors Board (CCB) to adopt rules that contain the minimum information that a Maintenance Schedule must include. By law, it must include the following:
1. Definitions and descriptions of moisture intrusion and water damage.
2. An explanation of how moisture intrusion and water damage can occur.
3. A description and recommended schedule for maintenance to prevent moisture intrusion.
4. Advice on how to recognize the signs of water damage.
5. Appropriate steps to take when water damage is discovered.
A number of public meetings were held in April, where a workgroup consisting of contractors and industry representatives drafted rules and developed a moisture intrusion and water damage information sheet and recommended Maintenance Schedule that contractors can use. A hearing on the draft rules is expected at the June 24, 2008 Board meeting.
The draft rule and developed information about maintenance schedules is available on the CCB website under “current topics.”