Mmm.....similar senario....
I guess bad workmanship is hard to point a finger at...unless solid
proof is found.
Oh yes, you picked another industry full of cowboys too...mechanics!!
Before I get flamed, there are all so good ones but its the ones that
provide decent aftercare that are in the rarity!!


Joseph Meehan wrote:
wrote:
Hi,

Thanks for all the replies.
To let you know, I paid the builder to put the tile back up.
However, as pointed out, there are a lot of factors here and points to
learn....
I wasn`t sure of my warranty and obviously now was too late to be
talking about that!
In future, I`ll always ask for warranties on work done or moreover,
before work starts!
The builder should, in my opinion, have repaired it for nothing (what
ever the factors that caused the tile to fall off...two years seems to
short a life to me!).
Sadly for the builder, I wil no longer be recommending him. So
basically, the cost of replacing the tile has cost him his reputation
in our eyes....completely different builder to the one that did the
job in the first place.

Now, if the tile had hit one of my children ,we`d be talking in a
diffferent language....or at least the police/local authorities would
be talking to him..............

If you bought a used car that had new brakes put on it two years ago and
you did not get a written warranty and if you had a accident yesterday
because of a brake failure, you would not be able to go back the the
mechanic unless you could prove they did something outrageous.



Tom The Great wrote:
On 12 Jan 2007 01:32:43 -0800, wrote:

Hi. About two years after our extension was built, the end roof tile
came off and slid onto the roof...thank god it did`nt fall onto
someone or something or the following question would be slightly
different!! The question is, should my original builder fix it for
nowt (bad workmanship etc...) or will I need to pay? The original
tile is intact and just needs PROPERLY cementing on ...10 min job!!


IMHO, Depends....

Do you have a warranty? In writing? Is it possible that in 2 years
that wind, sun, rain, could have caused the tile to fail prematurely?
Have you had people walking on your roof? Hail? etc, etc, etc.

Just pointing out, many factures are at play here, to narrow down the
builder is at fault.

Just a suggestion, call the builder explain the problem, and ask how
you should proceed. Sometimes a tradesperson will be very friendly
to preserve their rep, and maybe hope in return a good word of mouth
advertisement.

Good luck with what you do, please keep us informed.

tom @ www.Texas-VOIP.com

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Joseph Meehan

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