Typical warranty length for floorboards/joists?

I've just finished a Council Grant job replacing some floor boards and rotten joists.

I usually give a years warranty on any work, but as this is a thing that should last 50+ years, what warranty would be reasonable for such a job?

Thanks Alan.

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A.Lee
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I would think that to be approved to do the work by the council they would already know what warranty you give. IME councils will only pay grants if an approved contractor has been used. That may have changed as its been a few years since I looked at it, although I have just got a heating grant for someone and that has to be an approved contractor, the grant agency are appointing one to do the work so I have no say.

What do you intend to warranty? materials, workmanship? Can you stand the financial strain if it goes pear shaped in five years?, ten years?

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dennis

Try...A life time ie if the surrounding building work is of a sound nature ie damp course,brickwork, then the boards won't rot again. .

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George

It would depend very much on the exclusions relating to failure to maintain the surrounding building - dampness, poor ventilation, leaking pipes, failing to treat infestations etc.

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dom

and not exceeding load limits, excluding modifications, fire damage & impact damage

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dom

I've put it down as 5 years now, as the house owner doesnt GAF, and it was only because of their incompetence/cluelessness that the boards and joists originally rotted away. Firstly the washing machine outlet was just stuck in a 40mm pipe that went through the wall at 90 degrees to the wall - the washing pipe outlet must have been a max of 35 mm, so when the machine was pumping out the water, there was always a bit leaking out, running down the wall, and soaking the floor. Secondly, the drain outside the kitchen was nearly blocked, full of fat, dog hair (dog shit on the cover) and a few stones, along with a plastic bag. To compound it, the concrete around the gully was gone, so it would overflow, the water woudl go over the top, eroding the soil around the brick wall, then working through the mortar, hence inside, behind the drain, was always damp, and had eventually rotted the joist abutting that wall, and an area of maybe a square metre of flooring.

I'm making enough on this to cover myself a few times over if it does go again, but TBH, it should outlast me now it is all sorted. Alan.

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A.Lee

It is nice to see that grant money is spent so wisely! A new house usually only comes with a 10 year warranty and that is not usually worth the paper it is written on.

Adam

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ARWadworth

Dear Alan It does you credit that you are normally issuing a warranty at all but why are you? As MD of a firm that has been specialising in timber treatment etc where there is a commercial culture of offering such warranties/ guarantees we used to have to in order to comply with the requirements of the client's building society / lender who for some incredible reason seemed to think that they had some value. In thirty years of work we never had to service any guarantee claim. Most have now run out since we stopped contracting in the mid 90s

Other firms offering guarantees - and I have worked for two of them - did so to cover what was in effect the bad design or workmanship of the staff who did the job and in many cases the exclusion clauses were so onerous as to make the paper meaningless.

In your case if you are not actually asked for one I would not bother to offer it. Consumer law is such that if you do a defective job you can be sued anyway. If, as I suspect, your job is A1 you wont be called in. The thing to be sure of is to ensure you specify to them that they must not change the environment of the timber eg by blocking up air vents or bridging the dpc Chris

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mail

Ah! But according to your theory in a previous thread - it depends on whether the workman is fat or thin with regards to quality of workmanship.

So how can you make the above statement without first identifying how big the OP is - or are you just talking bullshite again?

Tanner-

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Tanner-'op

Alan,

Unless you are using materials that are guaranteed by the manufacturer for "X" number of years (dry rot treatments etc), then one year is a sufficient warranty period against faulty materials and defective workmanship (and that's all you need to cover) - although as a 'selling point' you could offer up to six years as a latent defect period (as used under SoGA) if you are confident of your abilities and materials.

Tanner-'op

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Tanner-'op

Damn! the woodworks creaked You must be a fat git if you have replied to that thread.

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George

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