It’s never good when your building is known as “the leaky building.”
That was the reputation of Windsor Over Peachtree, a 22-story, 265-unit condominium building in Atlanta. The vapor barrier on the 53-year-old building’s existing steel and copper piping had deteriorated, and the condensation forming on the pipes was causing them to break down from the outside in. The combination of leaks caused by age, and damage caused by dripping condensate, was an ongoing challenge in the building. Maintenance staff had been chasing leaks for years. It needed an upgrade.