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Originally Posted by Yippeekayay
What issues did you find? Just had mine built. May be good to list stuff I want to watch for if you would be game to share.
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One wall had no insulation in it.
Several doors were hung improperly.
Hardwood floor was shimmed to level it, but the boards were not set tight enough or something to they slid off the shims and left big gaps between some of the floor boards.
The basement is block. They were supposed to fill the cells with concrete and rebar every four feet. The only filled it to the level of the soil at the time the work was done instead of filling it all the way, and they did not fill the cells at all along one wall.
The placed light switches too close to doors so the moldings had to be cut out around the switches (obviously this was caught early).
The sub-drain was farm a drain a system that does not work worth a hoot.
Some of the siding was cut short and then installed anyway.
About half the doors were hung incorrectly.
The water heater venting was installed incorrectly. It slopes upward and it comes out too low and gets buried in snow.
The shower membrane was way too low and is incomplete. This requires we completely remove all the tile and replace the membrane.
The vent fan in the shower was not framed in, it was just screwed into the lath.
The steam shower and Jacuzzi pump were wired incorrectly.
A custom built door on the carriage house was built out of untreated lumber. Then the 250 pound doors were hung on hinges that were just lag bolted to the studs.
An exterior panel on the roof was made of untreated plywood. It rotted out in ten years. This is hard to describe.
The front porch was improperly fastened to the house and came apart after bout ten years.
An exterior wooden step up to one side of the porch was built of untreated lumber and had to be replaced (this is odd because four other wood steps were built of treated lumber and are fine.
The back porch columns were built of 1x6s rather than a solid piece they warped and twisted and pulled apart at he base.
The concrete deck around the pool both sank and lifted in some places it is more than 2 inches.
An interior wall was not properly constructed. When an angry kid slammed the door, the wall flexed and broke.
The foam insulation at the top of the basement wall had gaps that allowed air to come through.
Several kitchen outlets had no GFCI protection.
two showers have no access to the valve.
A pocket door was installed with no access and the runners were screwed into the top of the door with short screws.
An electrical outlet box was installed directly under the pipes for an outdoor shower
I am undoubtedly forgetting a few things.
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