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About Wet Building Solutions

Get Expert Advice and Retro-Fit Solutions to Fix and Prevent Moisture Intrusion. If your building is wet, leaks, stinks or has white stains, you've come to the right place. Wet Building Solutions evaluates wet buildings of all kinds and designs solutions specifically for each one. We diagnose leak sources, prioritize and recommend repairs. We design building envelopes, flashing details, ventilation, rain screens and recommend innovative materials to prevent leaks. Wet Building Solutions founder, Bob Kelly, has 35+ years of building evaluation and repair design experience in Chicago and on Chicago's North Shore. Bob is the leading moisture intrusion repair specialist in Chicago and the inventor of WickRight Parapet Vents and Low-Slope (Flat) Perimeter Roof Vent, as well as 365 Construction Tents. Bob is a General Contractor, Master Carpenter, Building Science geek and Historic Preservationist. The first 20-years of his career, he repaired historic homes on Chicago's North Shore. Since 2012, his focus has been leak diagnosis and inventing practical solutions to repair and prevent moisture / water intrusion and damage. Bob started Wet Building Solutions to provide existing building owners, sellers and buyers accurate leak diagnosis and repair recommendations and to assist architects, builders and developers in re-designing building envelopes and fabricating custom solutions. Bob visits wet buildings, diagnoses leak sources and provides detailed reports, including repair order and recommendations, materials specifications and cost ranges. Bob also works with architects, builders and developers to plan effective building envelopes, flashing details, wall and roof ventilation and rain screens. He helps building owners understand the complex nature of building envelope assemblies, so they can ask appropriate questions about their restoration projects and ensure their project is moving in the right direction at all stages.