New home has leaking/cracked tiles on terrace built over garage
tracydr12
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john_hyatt
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Plumbing leak from shower in new house...help!
Comments (3)Was the repair listed in the disclosure? Get a hold of your agent and start squawking. Is the shower floor tiled or a one-piece? If the latter is there any flex whatsoever in the shower floor, especially around the drain? What's closest to the hole in your ceiling? The tub plumbing/drain? the shower? For low-tech sleuthing get a light up there, if you can reach even unroll some paper towels, then turn on the tub. Try with the drain open and closed. Watch where the overflow lever comes out of the tub. Watch the trap itself. Same with the other fixtures. If you find nothing, then try running the water with someone standing on the tub and/or standing in the shower. Plastic shower pans and plastic tubs can flex around the drains. Plastic tubs can also flex causing the caulk to fail where the tub mets the wall. I've even seen shower head arms cross threaded, they slowly leak over time inside the wall. Time to put on your Inspector Detector cap. Mongo...See Morenew vinyl over cracking old vinyl?
Comments (1)Assuming none of the vinyl or adhesives contain asbestos, The Right Way (TM) is to pull up all the old vinyl and start over. If you suspect asbestos, you could remove layers except for the asbestos, and level what's left. Leveling after removing buckled tiles is a non-starter, IMHO, because it sounds like the adhesive has given up and it will only happen with other tiles beyond the ones you remove....See MoreNew Home with cracked tub
Comments (17)" It’s not obvious to the naked eye but once you really look you can see where it was" The reason you noticed is because you knew that something was there, or you would have never known. Most builders being this a tract home or a million dollar home by a custom builder such repairs are being made all the time if minor blemishes occur on the surface of a fiberglass or acrylic tub, shower pan, etc. The only thing in most cases it will be fixed before a customer will see it and after that nobody will ever notice that anything was there. The only person will know is a person who knows that the repair was done. That said these sort of repairs are done on minor scratches and minor "nicks" that is why you will never tell that any repair was done. If the tub body is actually cracked that would be considered structural and the professionals who do these repairs would never fix them because the tub must be repaired. As the professionals go who do these repairs most work for plumbing supply stores and are certified to perform these repairs by most known manufacturers. They will use the same paint brand and color number so the repair is seamless....See MoreHas anyone built a home with America's Home Place? How was it?
Comments (26)16 months—that’s how long it looks AFTER we moved in to get our house almost finished, but we ran out of time so we’re stuck with persistent problems. We chose America’s Home Place for our home build after a lot of research and review reading. The reviews were positive, so we moved forward—chose a floor plan and went to the store to start the process. Signed our contract in July 2019 with Chad. We chose our finishes but still had some design questions. He told us he’d help us the whole time. He quit in October and Thomas started. Things went really quickly and we were so pleased. Began asking our project manager, Shannon, about our design questions. We had customized a plan and some questions. Each time we talked, he assured us when it came time for those rooms, we would talk. I finally went back to the office to review the plans again. Thomas met with us and essentially laughed off our questions. Each time I talked with them I felt more and more anxious instead of reassured. We were given a May move in date. It was delayed—no big deal except it was delayed because workers stopped showing up. The handyman who was supposed to do trim and our deck and railings would take days off for other projects. Finally moved in on June 25 with no shelves in our closets, no stairs on our porches, no crawl space door, no screen under our porch, and a punch list that filed a page (cracked mirror, no window locks, etc.) but reassurance that it would get done. Greg came and knocked most of it out quickly. Then the joist lift started upstairs in almost every room, the floors started shifting when we walked. Each time I contacted AHP, a different person would tell me someone would call back. Then Thomas quit and Ryan started. Finally got a warranty walk through. Joist lift upstairs, stair treads not attached to the frame, subfloor not attached to the joists, still no window locks, gaps under floor moulding, broken attic door, broken garage door motor…the list continued to grow. Ryan couldn’t be bothered to look up from his phone while we walked through. The warranty manager, Mark, was very attentive and made his notes but pointed out that we didn’t have a warranty issue but a project manager’s issue. He did what he could and hired Jeff who was fantastic and fixed so many issues. He finally finished what was approved to be done in October 2021–16 months after we moved in! And guess what, more subfloor lifting under the carpet and hardwood and the warranty is up! Will never recommend them to anyone else. Poor customer service once you sign on the dotted line, poor workmanship and poor communication all the way around. We have a beautiful house on the outside that we’re having to put more money into to fix the problems on the inside....See Morejohn_hyatt
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