Concerns about quartzscape plaster on new build
Joan Fisher
13 years ago
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Comments (22)I'm having a very similar issue with my floor tiles. My builder stated that a tiler was unavailable during the construction of my house and said that his builder will do my tiling. He reasurred me that he was very good. Well job is done and there is lipping everywhere. He has tried to replace the worst ones (6 tiles.. making no difference) and regrouted everything but I'm still not happy. I haven't tried the card test yet but I will. He just keeps telling me "my tiles may even be worse then these, they are within standards" (he does not have polished porcelain with a rectified edge!) Its also the reflection that bothers me. I had an expectation that any reflection should be almost mirror image, but my reflections seem to jump all over the place, which is what alerted me to the lipping in the first place. Is this normal?? Do I have an unreal expectation that he should rip them up and start again? They are not all bad, but by replacing one, I feel it will cause lipping to the one next to it etc. Please help :( I dont know what I should accept and what I have a right to demand....See MoreBig new build next door & drainage concerns
Comments (8)I'm not sure if the revised plan simply added another floor or if the overall site plan was expanded - will have to check. Either way, I'm trying to figure out what if anything we should be doing to prevent any damage or to ensure that the sediment plan is a good one or that it is being implemented. It seems almost self-evident to me that putting a house that is 9x as big as the one that was there previously (and digging out a basement where one did not exist) is going to impact us. Especially since our properties are separated by a big difference in grade and a 20? year old retaining wall. I don't have a lot of confidence in the flipper/builder - he's a one-man show, not the usual big builders in this area and he has a lot of complaints on record with the county. There have been a series of bizarre things already, and I'm just trying to figure out what if anything we should be doing to protect our own property....See MoreElectrical work concern regrading licence - new build - New York State
Comments (17)Licensing and competence are two different, largely unrelated, things. Folks on this forum talk about contractors licenses as though they are some kind of magic bullet that guarantees properly done work. T'ain't so. House wiring, except in unusual circumstances, isn't rocket surgery. The code is reasonably clear, it doesn't take long to read the parts related to house wiring. Read it and then look and see if it's being followed. If you pay attention to box fill, support of the wires, grounding, how the connections are made, and correct use of AFCI/GFI circuits you'll cover most of the likely errors. There seems to be a correlation between neatness of the work and the likelihood that it's been done right. It irks the heck out of me to pay a licensed hack to do work badly when I know I can do better myself. (I've pulled my own permits in other jurisdictions where that's allowed and have gotten only compliments on the work from sometimes very skeptical inspectors.) In our state work can be done "under the supervision" of a licensed electrician, which means that most of the electrical contractors have one or two licensed guys and 20 people of unknown competence actually pulling the wires and making the connections. The licensed guy doesn't need to be on site to "supervise". Our previous (brand new) house had a half dozen readily visible code violations installed by a licensed electrician (or under his supervision). He was a buddy of the inspector, so the inspector didn't need to actually look at the work it seems....See MoreSlab foundation for new build. Should I be concerned?
Comments (11)“Even though we've complained, they just respond with that its all cosmetic.” What that shows is that they have no standards and don’t really care. If they let the foundation guys get away with sloppy work, what else do they let go? I started my career with production builders but couldn’t make it as I was constantly expected to go against my standards and beliefs of what “acceptable” work was. I found myself taking the side of the clients vs the builder almost always. At the end of the day, as long as they get your money in the end they really don’t care if you are happy or not. If you don’t accept it, they will throw a sign in the yard and sell it to the next guy. This is just the beginning. Like Mark said, take lots of pictures and document. I would request that the engineer that designed the foundation come and inspect before framing. They are the ones who need to carry the warranty. FYI - honeycombing is usually when the concrete is still flat but you can see a lot of the aggregate. That is just missing concrete/voids....See Morepoolguynj
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