NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville's 2-year-old judicial building is showing signs of being much older, the I-Team reported.

Video - I-Team: Downtown Building's Problems Continue

After several problems, the I-Team has discovered another problem with the A. A. Birch Criminal Justice Building and why thousands of taxpayer dollars have had to be spent because of it.

The building’s past problems include flooded computers, carpets and desks from a faulty sprinkler, flushing sounds from a courtroom’s adjacent bathroom heard in court and elevator delays.

All of the problems have impacted Judge Leon Ruben.

"Must have been anywhere (from) two to three inches of water," he said of the sprinkler incident.

The I-Team reports that recently, the garage door broke to the judges’ underground parking area last month.

The problem may not seem like a big deal, but because the door was now permanently open, additional security had to be posted there 24 hours a day for two weeks.

The security’s cost to the city was an estimated $5,727 in overtime for security.

"Anything that causes additional costs to the government is of course going to be scrutinized," Ruben said.

"To the general public, it looks like there’s been a lot of problems. Do you see it that way?" I-Team reporter Jeremy Finley asked Metro General Services representative Dianna Stephens.

"No, I think, as we discussed, with a facility that large, there are always things to be expected. (It’s) like buying a new house and working out the kinks," Stephens said.

In the wake of all the problems, the city has called together the builders of the building.

"We do have the original contractor, the architect, the mechanical engineer and some other subcontractors at the table right now with us working through some of those last issues with operations," Stephens said.

"You just learn to put up with it, I guess," Ruben said.

Finley reported that to keep the flushing sound out of courtrooms, additional insulation had to be put in the walls. After the sprinklers went off by accident and pipes burst, carpets and other equipment had to be replaced.

The total cost of the extra security to taxpayers was not clear by the deadline for this story.

One company installed the garage door that broke and another company put in the heating and air system that has had problems.

Building officials said they think a heating and air issue caused the flooding and sprinkler problems.