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Avoiding Patio and Deck Building Construction Nightmares

August 1st, 2011

One of the worst things that could ever happen to anyone who is building a patio or deck is overpaying your contractor for an inferior product. If you’re not planning on getting at least three estimates, it’s your own fault. That doesn’t mean that you can’t complain about it, but how many times does someone need to tell you.

I hate to sound so uncaring, but I wouldn’t be writing these articles, if I didn’t care at all. About two weeks ago a woman called me up and I gave her an estimate for a patio cover that was going to be difficult to build. I have to admit, that there was going to be a lot of work in the foundation and an inexperienced contractor might not have enough information about this type of patio cover construction and this would result in a lower price to the homeowner.

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How to Avoid Some New Home Construction Defects

August 1st, 2011

If you have a problem with something that you purchase in a store, you can simply return the item most of the time and get a refund or another item that isn’t damaged. In the new home building construction business, this isn’t exactly how it works, all of the time.

All of the products that are purchased are brought to the job site and assembled into the new home. If any of these items are damaged, there’s a good chance that they will need to be removed, if possible and returned to the store that they were purchased from to make the exchange.

That’s okay and usually works… sometimes. If you install a couple of boxes of floor tile and you notice that there is a flaw of some sort after you have installed them, I don’t think the store is going to be happy or interested in having you return floor tiles that have tile grout or adhesive dried on to the back of them.

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