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Posted by RicodJour on April 14, 2009, 8:56 am
> The question I would have is what took almost a year to discover? =A0That
> would give me pause if I were the builder certainly as to how seriously
> I'd take it.
A three car garage with one door 25% narrower and it wasn't noticed
for seven months...? How could anyone _not_ notice that?
In the slim chance that the OP is not trolling, contact a lawyer -
you'll need one.
R
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Posted by Steve Barker on April 13, 2009, 8:53 am
0x9H wrote:
> I recently bought a new construction home in September of last year.
> I noticed recently that my 3rd car garage is supposed to be 8ft from
> door frame to door frame and is actually 6 ft. I noticed after my
> neighbor said "Why do you only have three windows on your door and we
> have four?" I spoke with my wife and we are talking about having the
> builder come out and fix it. Sense the 3rd car garage is attached to
> the house and has not structural value to it, we can have them knock
> down the wall and push it out 2 feet.
>
> What does the group think of this, is there anything I should look for
> or use as ammunition to remedy this problem? We are still within our
> one year window of the home beeing built.
>
> -Paul
Never heard of a six foot garage door. Sounds like a troll to me.
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Posted by Dioclese on April 14, 2009, 9:03 am
> 0x9H wrote:
>> I recently bought a new construction home in September of last year.
>> I noticed recently that my 3rd car garage is supposed to be 8ft from
>> door frame to door frame and is actually 6 ft. I noticed after my
>> neighbor said "Why do you only have three windows on your door and we
>> have four?" I spoke with my wife and we are talking about having the
>> builder come out and fix it. Sense the 3rd car garage is attached to
>> the house and has not structural value to it, we can have them knock
>> down the wall and push it out 2 feet.
>> What does the group think of this, is there anything I should look for
>> or use as ammunition to remedy this problem? We are still within our
>> one year window of the home beeing built.
>> -Paul
> Never heard of a six foot garage door. Sounds like a troll to me.
Same thought here.
http://www.doorsandopeners.com/html/standarddoorsizes_.php
Could be for a golf cart or similar sized.
Just saw the "Smart car" on the TV news regarding it survivability in an
accident. Won't go into that specific. The dimensions of that vehicle are
approximately 5' high and wide and 8' long.
My Ford Focus' exterior mirrors clear the 8' door opening on the garage by
less than 6" on either side. That door width size is minimal even for my
small car. Not much margin for error.
--
Dave
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Posted by RicodJour on April 14, 2009, 9:45 am
On Apr 14, 9:03=A0am, "Dioclese" <NONE> wrote:
> Just saw the "Smart car" on the TV news regarding it survivability in an
> accident. =A0Won't go into that specific. =A0The dimensions of that vehic=
le are
> approximately 5' high and wide and 8' long.
Yep, those things are tiny. They're not common around here, and one
passed the house yesterday (and rolled right through the stop sign -
so much for "smart" driver).
> My Ford Focus' exterior mirrors clear the 8' door opening on the garage b=
y
> less than 6" on either side.
Should be a fair bit more than 6" either side.
From the Ford site: Width (in.) including mirrors 78.4
Maybe your house was built by the OP's builder with the new, improved
Inch Saver Garage Door. ;)
R
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Posted by Cwatters on April 13, 2009, 11:12 am
>I recently bought a new construction home in September of last year.
> I noticed recently that my 3rd car garage is supposed to be 8ft from
> door frame to door frame and is actually 6 ft. I noticed after my
> neighbor said "Why do you only have three windows on your door and we
> have four?" I spoke with my wife and we are talking about having the
> builder come out and fix it. Sense the 3rd car garage is attached to
> the house and has not structural value to it, we can have them knock
> down the wall and push it out 2 feet.
> What does the group think of this, is there anything I should look for
> or use as ammunition to remedy this problem? We are still within our
> one year window of the home beeing built.
> -Paul
What was on the plans? If that showed a 6 foot garage then hard luck.
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> would give me pause if I were the builder certainly as to how seriously
> I'd take it.