So I had a great opportunity to install a floor for a luxury custom home builder...until he told me the floor needed to go down in two weeks. No windows, no doors, no paint, and no HVAC yet. Oh yeah, and it's 90 degrees and 95% rh outside, and homeowners wanted 5" oak planks.
I gave him my spiel, and he gave me his (25 years building homes, never had problems, this is how everybody does it), but it was obvious we weren't getting anywhere. My question is...how do you even work in new construction? GC is absolutely right that everybody's doing it, and it's worked fine for him for 25 years. Every new home builder is going to say the same thing. In the 5% of cases where something goes wrong they can palm it off to the installer.
edited by A_the_P on 8/28/2014
I gave him my spiel, and he gave me his (25 years building homes, never had problems, this is how everybody does it), but it was obvious we weren't getting anywhere. My question is...how do you even work in new construction? GC is absolutely right that everybody's doing it, and it's worked fine for him for 25 years. Every new home builder is going to say the same thing. In the 5% of cases where something goes wrong they can palm it off to the installer.
edited by A_the_P on 8/28/2014