Is a home construction contractor responsible for repairing damage caused by his actions
Hotshot
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Sunday, 15th of August 2010 10:47:04 PM
Say a homeowner hires a contractor to paint some exterior trim on a house. Hotshot As the contractor works, some of the wood being painted breaks off due to Registered User dry rot. the homeowner feels that the contractor should now repair the Joined: Monday, 17th of May 2010, 11:45:07 trim in addition to painting it. The contractor says he should not be held Posts: 1355 responsible for the condition of the wood he was asked to paint and since Viewed 17472 times repairing was not negotiated in the contract, he is under no obligation to
do any carpentry work.
Cheeks
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Monday, 16th of August 2010 04:02:45 AM
If they can proof it was dry wood the the Home owner is in Cheeks trouble. Normally the contractor should be the one making trouble not the Registered User home owner. He owner should have inspected the wood before he let another Joined: Monday, 3rd of May 2010, 00:38:03 human endanger their lives working on rotting wood without informing them Posts: 474 of danger underneath. Viewed 11082 times
sweet kisses
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Tuesday, 17th of August 2010 12:28:57 AM
The dry rot is a material defect in the trim, the contractor sweet kisses who was contracted to paint the trim is not responsible to repair all the Registered User dry rot on their dime unless the owner wants to pay to replace the dry rot Joined: Thursday, 3rd of June 2010, 17:18:02 Posts: 906 Viewed 6206 times The courts will not rule the contractor must replace all the dry rot at
their expense this would unjustly enrich the home owner for they would not
only get the trim painted they would also get all new wood in regard to the
trim; all for the price of painting the trim
The home owner would not prevail in court
jenna bare
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Wednesday, 18th of August 2010 09:46:09 PM
No. He should not be required to fix the siding. In order to jenna bare work out an agreement, meet in the middle. Find the siding, pay for it, Registered User and he will possibly put it back up, without charging a labor fee. But Joined: Tuesday, 27th of April 2010, 11:40:26 that comes with strings attached, since he may not be a professional in Posts: 1838 siding. ie sealing, etc. He may also not want to delve into the siding, as Viewed 3833 times he may find more underlying problems of rot, etc. Best bet would be find
the main problem, and fix it, then worry about the paint.
boyfiie
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Thursday, 19th of August 2010 05:51:53 PM
The contractor should not be held responsible for the condition boyfiie of the wood he was asked to paint and since repairing was not negotiated in Registered User the contract, he is under no obligation to do any carpentry work. Joined: Thursday, 20th of May 2010, 10:15:27 Posts: 551 Viewed 6868 times
Boo Boo Kitty
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Friday, 20th of August 2010 02:52:57 PM
Normally Yes. If you signed a contract with him review it that Boo Boo Kitty should give you your answer. Registered User Joined: Monday, 21st of June 2010, 01:33:14 Posts: 650 Viewed 4661 times
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