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Who's responsible for the damage? gobofraggle 08-08-2008
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Posted by on August 8, 2008, 9:40 am


I just had a tile floor installed in my kitchen. The job was done by
a subcontractor of my general contractor. A few days after the tile
was installed, the electrician (another sub) chipped a piece of tile
due to carelessness.

The general contractor acknowledges the damage and has accepted
responsibility for having the tile repaired, but he stated that he's
going to be attempting the repair himself, rather than bringing back
the tile company. (Certainly as a cost-saving measure.) I would
prefer that the tile company come back to make the repair, because I
know that they'll do a better job than the contractor, who's good, but
not a tile guy.

Can I insist that he bring back the tile company to make the repair,
or is "a repair a repair", and if the contractor does it himself, it's
considered "repaired", and that's the end of it?

If he refuses to bring back the tile company to make the repair, can I
get my own tile company to do it and then withhold the money from my
contractor?

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Posted by ransley on August 8, 2008, 9:45 am


On Aug 8, 8:40=A0am, gobofrag...@gmail.com wrote:
> I just had a tile floor installed in my kitchen. =A0The job was done by
> a subcontractor of my general contractor. =A0A few days after the tile
> was installed, the electrician (another sub) chipped a piece of tile
> due to carelessness.
>
> The general contractor acknowledges the damage and has accepted
> responsibility for having the tile repaired, but he stated that he's
> going to be attempting the repair himself, rather than bringing back
> the tile company. =A0(Certainly as a cost-saving measure.) =A0I would
> prefer that the tile company come back to make the repair, because I
> know that they'll do a better job than the contractor, who's good, but
> not a tile guy.
>
> Can I insist that he bring back the tile company to make the repair,
> or is "a repair a repair", and if the contractor does it himself, it's
> considered "repaired", and that's the end of it?
>
> If he refuses to bring back the tile company to make the repair, can I
> get my own tile company to do it and then withhold the money from my
> contractor?

Being a new floor its easy, but he has a right to fix it first and you
cant butt in. If he does a poor job then you could demand it, by why,
its not heart surgery. Even you could do it easily.

Posted by on August 8, 2008, 10:00 am


> On Aug 8, 8:40=A0am, gobofrag...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I just had a tile floor installed in my kitchen. =A0The job was done by
> > a subcontractor of my general contractor. =A0A few days after the tile
> > was installed, the electrician (another sub) chipped a piece of tile
> > due to carelessness.
>
> > The general contractor acknowledges the damage and has accepted
> > responsibility for having the tile repaired, but he stated that he's
> > going to be attempting the repair himself, rather than bringing back
> > the tile company. =A0(Certainly as a cost-saving measure.) =A0I would
> > prefer that the tile company come back to make the repair, because I
> > know that they'll do a better job than the contractor, who's good, but
> > not a tile guy.
>
> > Can I insist that he bring back the tile company to make the repair,
> > or is "a repair a repair", and if the contractor does it himself, it's
> > considered "repaired", and that's the end of it?
>
> > If he refuses to bring back the tile company to make the repair, can I
> > get my own tile company to do it and then withhold the money from my
> > contractor?
>
> Being a new floor its easy, but he has a right to fix it first and you
> cant butt in. If he does a poor job then you could demand it, by why,
> its not heart surgery. Even you could do it easily.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I agree. It's not rocket science to replace a tile. Even if he
botches it up, to further fix that is pretty much the same process, so
it can be done over again. Give him a chance and if its' not done
right, then take it up with him.

Posted by Tony Hwang on August 8, 2008, 10:48 am


trader4@optonline.net wrote:
>> On Aug 8, 8:40 am, gobofrag...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> I just had a tile floor installed in my kitchen. The job was done by
>>> a subcontractor of my general contractor. A few days after the tile
>>> was installed, the electrician (another sub) chipped a piece of tile
>>> due to carelessness.
>>> The general contractor acknowledges the damage and has accepted
>>> responsibility for having the tile repaired, but he stated that he's
>>> going to be attempting the repair himself, rather than bringing back
>>> the tile company. (Certainly as a cost-saving measure.) I would
>>> prefer that the tile company come back to make the repair, because I
>>> know that they'll do a better job than the contractor, who's good, but
>>> not a tile guy.
>>> Can I insist that he bring back the tile company to make the repair,
>>> or is "a repair a repair", and if the contractor does it himself, it's
>>> considered "repaired", and that's the end of it?
>>> If he refuses to bring back the tile company to make the repair, can I
>>> get my own tile company to do it and then withhold the money from my
>>> contractor?
>> Being a new floor its easy, but he has a right to fix it first and you
>> cant butt in. If he does a poor job then you could demand it, by why,
>> its not heart surgery. Even you could do it easily.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I agree. It's not rocket science to replace a tile. Even if he
> botches it up, to further fix that is pretty much the same process, so
> it can be done over again. Give him a chance and if its' not done
> right, then take it up with him.
Hi,
I had similar thing happened to me when my house was being built.
Plumber damaged vanity cabinet in the bathroom doing his job.
General contractor fixed the damage and he id an excellent job.
As long as he says he is responsible let him do his thing.

Posted by Chris Hill on August 8, 2008, 10:51 am


On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 06:40:05 -0700 (PDT), gobofraggle@gmail.com wrote:

>I just had a tile floor installed in my kitchen. The job was done by
>a subcontractor of my general contractor. A few days after the tile
>was installed, the electrician (another sub) chipped a piece of tile
>due to carelessness.
>
>The general contractor acknowledges the damage and has accepted
>responsibility for having the tile repaired, but he stated that he's
>going to be attempting the repair himself, rather than bringing back
>the tile company. (Certainly as a cost-saving measure.) I would
>prefer that the tile company come back to make the repair, because I
>know that they'll do a better job than the contractor, who's good, but
>not a tile guy.
>
>Can I insist that he bring back the tile company to make the repair,
>or is "a repair a repair", and if the contractor does it himself, it's
>considered "repaired", and that's the end of it?


You are assuming that the guy will do a bad job. This is dumb. He
probably wouldn't do it himself if he didn't think he could handle it.
You should wait until the repair is finished and look at it then.
Don't borrow trouble.


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