Hi, in just under two weeks, our house construction will begin with the foundation slab.
We are building with a general contractor (GC) or a general builder? I’m not sure anymore. It’s a turnkey house built with solid construction, including architectural services, and the trades are subcontracted by them. The tradespeople come from all over Germany.
We had the front door including the side panel excluded from the contract and have sourced it ourselves, or actually ordered it this week.
In an email from the house building company it says:
"Please note that the front door must be delivered and installed by you when our windows are being installed. The shell must be fully enclosed for us to continue work. If you install a temporary site door, additional adjustment costs for the later installation of the 'final' front door on site will apply. These costs must be paid separately by you on site based on actual effort."
I don’t understand one thing: I have the contract for the complete plastering of the house and the entire screed.
Why do I have to expect additional costs in this regard if the actual front door is only installed at the end and the workers then have to plaster or lay screed again?
Theoretically, it should only be the travel costs that I have to pay again, right? Because material and labor are included anyway.
But many charge well for travel, especially if they come from Hannover and we are building in Lampertheim.
The site manager said on Tuesday that I would only have to pay about 100€ for the temporary site door. But of course, I don’t have this in writing.
If I understand correctly and install a temporary site door, I pay for that, and then at the end the actual door with frame will be installed and plastering, screed, etc. will be redone, right?
How can I avoid this?
A colleague of mine who also sells front doors said:
If there is no other way and to avoid costs and damage to the expensive front door, I should just install it from the start, pack it well, and lock it!
The construction workers would then simply enter the house from the back through the terrace.
Is this possible? Can I insist that they access the house from the side or back to protect the door?
Attached is our construction schedule and the floor plan with the “entrances.”
Thank you in advance!
Best regards
We are building with a general contractor (GC) or a general builder? I’m not sure anymore. It’s a turnkey house built with solid construction, including architectural services, and the trades are subcontracted by them. The tradespeople come from all over Germany.
We had the front door including the side panel excluded from the contract and have sourced it ourselves, or actually ordered it this week.
In an email from the house building company it says:
"Please note that the front door must be delivered and installed by you when our windows are being installed. The shell must be fully enclosed for us to continue work. If you install a temporary site door, additional adjustment costs for the later installation of the 'final' front door on site will apply. These costs must be paid separately by you on site based on actual effort."
I don’t understand one thing: I have the contract for the complete plastering of the house and the entire screed.
Why do I have to expect additional costs in this regard if the actual front door is only installed at the end and the workers then have to plaster or lay screed again?
Theoretically, it should only be the travel costs that I have to pay again, right? Because material and labor are included anyway.
But many charge well for travel, especially if they come from Hannover and we are building in Lampertheim.
The site manager said on Tuesday that I would only have to pay about 100€ for the temporary site door. But of course, I don’t have this in writing.
If I understand correctly and install a temporary site door, I pay for that, and then at the end the actual door with frame will be installed and plastering, screed, etc. will be redone, right?
How can I avoid this?
A colleague of mine who also sells front doors said:
If there is no other way and to avoid costs and damage to the expensive front door, I should just install it from the start, pack it well, and lock it!
The construction workers would then simply enter the house from the back through the terrace.
Is this possible? Can I insist that they access the house from the side or back to protect the door?
Attached is our construction schedule and the floor plan with the “entrances.”
Thank you in advance!
Best regards
It is quite manageable (three-digit) what would need to be plastered or repaired "in the second construction phase" if a standard site door were installed.
Site doors do serve a purpose, especially when you see how they are handled.
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Site doors do serve a purpose, especially when you see how they are handled.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
EveundGerd7 May 2017 20:12Our door was installed along with the windows and then wrapped up. Only the lock was replaced later.
We did not have any damage to the door. Therefore, in my opinion, there is no reason not to install the door directly.
Additional costs for replacing a construction door with the front door after completion of the work will probably not be covered by the builder.
We did not have any damage to the door. Therefore, in my opinion, there is no reason not to install the door directly.
Additional costs for replacing a construction door with the front door after completion of the work will probably not be covered by the builder.
EveundGerd schrieb:
We did not have any damage to the door. Therefore, in my opinion, there is no reason not to install the door directly. If there is a glass panel next to it, I would prefer to use a particleboard there during the construction phase. However, if the windows are installed all around, the worst part is already done.
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