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PLRD-82-89 1 (1982-05-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdkr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE REGIONAL OFFICE SUITg 00, 1275 MARKLM STREVT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94103 (415) S66200 gotNm It Re* To, MAY 2 1 1982 Major General D. K. K. Lowe Commanding General Sacramento Air Logistics Center McClellan Air Force Base Sacramento, California 95652 118793 Dear General Lowe: Subject: Survey of Military Family Housing Major Maintenance Costs (GAO/PLRD-82-89) During our recent survey of military family housing costs at McClellan AFB, we were advised that the base has replaced wood veneer parquet flooring in 510 of the 540 Capehart housing units with solid oak parquet flooring. The flooring was replaced because sanding, which may have been excessive, had reduced the thickness of the original veneer flooring to the point where it could no longer be refinished. The average yearly cost to replace these floors, since replacement began in about 1974, has ranged from $2,440 per unit in FY 1976 to $5,031 per unit in FY 1981. The trend in new military family housing has been to use vinyl tile in many units where carpeting is not authorized or installed at the option of the contractor. However, we were told that the base did not consider replacing the Capehart floors with materials such as vinyl tile, which are less costly than veneer or solid oak parquet. In view of the high replacement and maintenance costs of parquet floors and other wooden floors, we believe that in the future, the base should consider the economic advantages that could be gained by using less costly materials to replace the hardwood or parquet floors in the remaining Capehart and other units. The following is a summary of the information we obtained on the replacement and maintenance of parquet floors at McClellan AFB. Floor replacement In about 1974 McClellan began replacing floors in its Capehart housing. The floors in these houses, which were constructed in 1960, were replaced with solid oak parquet because the original 5/32-inch veneer had been sanded to a point where the adhesive was bleeding through and the plywood laminate was exposed. As discussed below, this problem may have been caused by too frequent or improper sanding prior to refinishing. (945605)

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