We had a well-known, established, licensed contractor replace the roof on
our house in Rock Hill, right before we left for Iran. It didn't rain the
whole time we were gone. When we got back, RH had a torrential rain with 6
inches in 2 hours. The roof leaked so much that it was raining as much in
the house as it was outside. They are going to have to replace the whole
roof again.
The painting contractor that we hired to do the woodwork in the farmhouse
was so bad that Tom had to scrape all of the paint off and do it again
himself. He didn't even move the windows up and down to paint the trim!
What a mess! We have not been able to find any contractors that we would
ever hire a second time. We're looking for one now to do the porch on the
farmhouse and haven't found anybody even willing to bid on the job. What
unemployment!!
Tina
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> I feel your pain (or your neighbor's). A job like that should be done by
> a well known and established contractor. If not then you had better hire a
> reputable private building inspector hired and paid for by you. And they
> should come to the job site every day.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Having storm damage occur at this time of year is pretty uncommon,
> > but we had some Wednesday night. I was returning home from cycling to a
> > free BBQ lunch when I spotted a couple of asphalt shingles lying in the
> > street. I looked around and saw that they had come from my immediate
> > neighbour's roof, and there was quite a bit of damage to be seen:
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/26249126253/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/26249127893/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> > I knew that the previous owner (a rental landlord) had the place
> > re-roofed by a Mexican roofing crew, so I was not surprised. A look at
> one
> > of the shingles in the street tells the story fairly well:
> >
> >
> >
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/26785840591/in/dateposted-public/
> >
> > The first thing you'll notice is that the plastic strip covering the
> > adhesive stripe has not been removed. This adhesive gets soft when
> heated,
> > and helps the tabs stick to the layer beneath. Taking the plastic strip
> > off is extra labour, and many of these crews just don't bother. Also,
> the
> > holes in the shingle reveal that they had been fastened with staples, as
> I
> > had observed when the work was being done and which is not really proper
> as
> > the Unified Building Code (UBC) only allows galvanized roofing nails, or
> at
> > least they were the last time I looked. These shingles are also a
> > relatively thin variety, and coupled with the lack of adhesive and the
> > staples is just damage waiting to happen. I'm only surprised that it
> > didn't happen earlier.
> >
> > It is very likely that his insurance company will NOT cover this due
> > to the UBC violation(s) and the failure to remove the plastic strip.
> >
> > People uniformly take comfort in hiring registered contractors, but
> > the truth of the matter is that the Registrar of Contractors in this
> state
> > is a joke, nothing more than another ineffective rubber stamp
> beaurocracy.
> > There are no random field checks, and the homeowner is left with the
> burden
> > of discovering the violations. Then there's the inspection, and the
> > possibility of having to hire a lawyer for the hearing if the violations
> > are not corrected. All you need to obtain a license is take a short
> > multiple-guess test and post a $1,000 bond.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> > - Hunter S. Thompson
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