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| Nov 12, 2015 at 5:41 | comment | added | DMoore | @JoePhilllips - Very true. This is more common IMO with a GC. With a GC they are more than likely to hire the cheapest trades they can find within reason to maximize their profit. This isn't true with all GCs but more than half. So the GC hires cheap trades and the trades are often at the house unsupervised. This sums up the reason why I quit hiring GC for my houses and just do that myself. The GCs on this site are also not the "norm". Most GCs don't have the knowledge of the guys on this site so... you get what you get. | |
| Nov 12, 2015 at 4:11 | comment | added | Joe Phillips | It drives me nuts when I see "experts" get angry when an owner is micromanaging them or watching them. THIS is why homeowners do it! It's because they have no idea if you can be trusted. Obviously many people can't be and the expert should not be taking it personally. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 17:00 | comment | added | DMoore | @Tester101 - To the contrary. The plumber is 100% responsible and actually liable for all damages (midwest US). I see this 10-15 times a year - usually it is just plumber/drywall guys have to provide cleaning of some sort. If the homeownder hired the guy that is why you hire someone who is bonded. This plumber needs to make ammends with the damage. Homeowner has no idea jackhammer causes concrete powder to go everywhere. The plumber would have to prove he warned homeowner and homeowner was liable for covering things. If that is met then homeowner is at fault. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 10:56 | comment | added | Tester101 | It doesn't sounds like there's a GC on this job. So you're saying what everybody else is, the homeowner is 50% responsible. You're coming from the perspective of what the crews you work with would do, which is slightly skewed since you only work with good crews. | |
| Nov 11, 2015 at 5:40 | history | edited | DMoore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2015 at 5:20 | history | answered | DMoore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |