ᐅ What should you know proactively about poor workmanship in construction?
Created on: 15 Jan 2012 14:25
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Jopi
Hello everyone,
We are planning to build a house. Unfortunately, you often hear about poor workmanship in construction. Therefore, we have decided to involve an independent expert in the project.
In the meantime, we have done some research and realized that many things can go wrong. We have a few questions and hope for some answers.
1. Suppose you sign a contract with a construction company. During the build, you discover poor workmanship, for example, no expansion joints installed around the heating pipe penetrations in the screed. What can you rely on in such cases? Is there a mandatory regulation, such as a DIN standard or similar in Germany, that all construction companies must follow? We want to avoid the builder saying, “We always do it without expansion joints, and that’s fine.” Or does this have to be specified in the contract? Would that mean mentioning every single screw and joint? There seem to be countless excuses possible.
2. Slightly off-topic: Can someone explain the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of clay versus concrete roof tiles? What justifies the price difference?
Thank you for your answers.
We are planning to build a house. Unfortunately, you often hear about poor workmanship in construction. Therefore, we have decided to involve an independent expert in the project.
In the meantime, we have done some research and realized that many things can go wrong. We have a few questions and hope for some answers.
1. Suppose you sign a contract with a construction company. During the build, you discover poor workmanship, for example, no expansion joints installed around the heating pipe penetrations in the screed. What can you rely on in such cases? Is there a mandatory regulation, such as a DIN standard or similar in Germany, that all construction companies must follow? We want to avoid the builder saying, “We always do it without expansion joints, and that’s fine.” Or does this have to be specified in the contract? Would that mean mentioning every single screw and joint? There seem to be countless excuses possible.
2. Slightly off-topic: Can someone explain the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of clay versus concrete roof tiles? What justifies the price difference?
Thank you for your answers.
Surely, a lot has changed since 1969. I have to say, the environmental hype really gets on my nerves. Even environmental protection has diminishing returns, but whatever.
@lonip, how much do you pay your building inspector? How often does he visit? We bought a book about construction defects, and it contains a lot of information.
@lonip, how much do you pay your building inspector? How often does he visit? We bought a book about construction defects, and it contains a lot of information.