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porkchop
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i wonder is they purchased that house? lol
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BuilderBob
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No wonder the place was for sale.
The weight of just 3 people brought this deck down?
Sounds like the wall anchors only penetrated the vinyl siding.
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V for Vendetta
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wow BuilderBob, vinyl siding construction??? Read the article CLOSELY, the house was BRICK. Hope you don't skim through blueprints and architectural drawings like you do your newspaper articles..
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acc
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I'll take it!
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nowaykay
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"shoddy workmanship"
Are contractors working in the city required to be registered and insured?
'Course this was probably a fixem-up-as best-you-can job like most of the houses in town. Many buyers only sees the new paint and carpet.
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nowaykay
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The Housing Inspector better check the wiring too! and any other houses this "shoddy worker" worked on.
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Taxpayer
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BuilderBob wrote: No wonder the place was for sale.
The weight of just 3 people brought this deck down?
Sounds like the wall anchors only penetrated the vinyl siding. What vinyl siding. It's a brick home. Maybe next time when you want to make fun of something you will try to have some knowledge of what your talking about.
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Jeff
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OOPS!
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Sign Here
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Whoa, sorry about that. Forget to tell you about the porch. Maybe it was a weight issue. THEY can be rather large. Did they sign the sales agreement?
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Wonder if
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I found a guy out of one of those local papers.(i'm trying not to mention names.) He never got a permit, never dug footers, laid the worst cocrete ever, and it took him 6 mo to do a 2 wk job. If they find out the builder's first name is Steve, I would be intereted in helping any way I can. Yes I did report this guy to the BBB, but after you make a claim w/them and that claim is resolved, they will not accept another claim about the same guy.
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Report Now
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You may as well notify your local drug dealer of an infraction, rather than the BBB. Those cushy job people simply take information and nothing is ever done.
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Jeff
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That's going to leave a mark!!!! Seriously, will the YDR follow up on this & give us updates on this story??? This is serious & important news!!!
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Like many things
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problems may not manifest themselves overnight. Just off the top of my head, failed fasteners, weak/deteriorating brick, and ledger board failure, or some combination of the three could cause the problem. Without inspecting the deck, and knowing how old it and the dwelling was, it's difficult to point fingers intelligently.
Sometimes a minor detail missed by a contractor or a building inspector can lead to structural failure over many years. I've inspected and repaired many jobs that probably looked great 20 or 30 years ago when new.
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