Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Structural guarantee - an indicator of build quality? 6Sep 10, 2011 7:17 am The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Structural guarantee - an indicator of build quality? 8Sep 11, 2011 10:22 pm eyspy acl - what I'm wondering is, is the length of the guarantee somehow an indicator of the level of build quality? Simple - NO Couldn't agree more. It is completely a marketing ploy, and as you can see it would work on some people. Besides the above comments that the builder may not be around in 50 years, the extended warranty is also not transferrable to any future owners. So builders all work on the fact that most people will on-sell their home before the 7yr (or 6.5yr depending on where you are) statutory warranty is up, which means they will still have to fulfil the statutory warranty but the extended warranty becomes null and void. Assuming you've modelled the TB8, TB10, TB12, TB2 & J1 joists/LVLs there, it appears as per drawing to me. There maybe should be an additional J1 between TB10 and T12 if… 3 31820 interesting situation what happened after builder issued final invoice? did you list as defect or not does the building surveyor have any responsibility? ie. issuing… 13 46960 |