Pioneering Use of Sheetrock as Exterior Material
A reader performs a little citizen journalism in documenting this bit of shoddy workmanship on Madison between Bedford and Nostrand. I’ve seen a few sheets of poorly installed and finished sheetrock in my time, but this takes the cake, man. The use of this product that hates water on an exterior, even for two minutes,…
A reader performs a little citizen journalism in documenting this bit of shoddy workmanship on Madison between Bedford and Nostrand.
I’ve seen a few sheets of poorly installed and finished sheetrock in my time, but this takes the cake, man. The use of this product that hates water on an exterior, even for two minutes, is totally outrageous. They didn’t even use greenboard!
Looks to us like somebody forgot a window!
UPDATE: We added a close-up photo below.
let them FINISH TAPING THE JOINTS? of the SHEETROCK? get a grip, sister.
A hot mess it is. About the third window, I doubt they’ll cut a whole for it. If I’m not mistaken the house to the left of it doesn’t have a third window on the top floor either. I believe this mold habitat is closer to the corner of Nostrand than Bedford on Madison St.
It’s really disheartening to see this. Where is the DOB on this one. DOB has all these codes on paper and I bet they’re all being ignored here. I believe that there should be an inspection for every phase of construction and not after materials like this have been covered up by those ugly bricks they use. The developer/builder of this beauty should be called out on “Help me Howard,” “Shame on You,” or “7 on Your Side”, take your pick. This is criminal.
You people are so quick to judge! At least let them finish taping the joints.
I didn’t mean hardibacker, I meant vertical hardiboard in the plain finish. There is no labeling on the exterior of it.
Either way, this is sheetrock and not hardiboard. What the hell could these people be thinking? Is it possible for people to afford to buy and renovate a building and be that stupid? Why is there no such thing as real estate darwinism? Whatever happened to natural selection in the real estate market?Shouldn’t the failure of these types of developments force the developers to starve to death so that theire DNA will be removed from the gene pool?
Amazing. Please Bronwnstoner! We need constant updates on this one.
Wow,what a mess! Hardly surprising, unfortunately. Betcha they don’t cut a third window on the top floor. Jimmy Legs is right, they didn’t even align the other windows up. Amazing.
The criminal thing is that they will cover it up with whatever final surfacing they use, finish the house and sell it to some poor sucker for at least $800K, who will find out down the road, and probably within a couple of years, that they have been sold a POS of grand proportions.
Where are they doing these things? In Bed Stuy and other “fringe” nabes, where every empty lot is fair game, and “affordable” housing is desparately needed. In my opinion, anyone developer/builder who condones and approves this is as much a criminal and menace to the community as the dealers and other hoodlums, and deserves to share a cell with them.
has anyone thought to call 311..maybe
report it.
does anyone know the address? look it up on DOB BIS.
its clearly just interior sheetrock thrown up on the front.
have to rip it off and put the right stuff up.
Oh Lord,
Send us some pics!
What goes under stucco?