Maybe paint the rest of the floor red, get a peppermint colored drum set, and take up playing the electric guitar with a lot of reverb? Just a thought.
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Well if it was because the wrong material was used…non pressure treated lumber vs. pressure treated lumber, did you actually spec that pressure treated lumber would be used? You got 9 years out of it. Did you just reimburse the contractor for the cost of the wood? If so, you didn’t pay the costs of pressure treated lumber, as it is more expensive.
Too many questions without answers for us to give you a fullsome answer/opinion.
We did a variation on that–metallic floor epoxy (80 gallons worth!). It’s pretty trippy. Quite the process–grind all the floors for adhesion, mask off EVERYTHING, then spread epoxy that has a pot life of about 20 minutes, then top coat with a 2 part polyurethane that needs a wet edge at all times. We hired pros and even they struggled a bit.
Not on-site treatment. Here is what the contractor told me today:
Weird. I gather from “TW Perry” that you’re on the E Coast. Kind of a harsh environment, but not extreme. Will the contractor work with you on the labor? It’s not his fault, but I’d be embarrassed as hell. I would definitely be looking for name-brand “ground contact” rated PT as a replacement and I might even flash the top of each joist with bituthene or the like. Can you get Georgia Pacific PT?
The contractor is coming back Monday to give me a quote for the work, so I’ll bring this up. Yes, I’m in Northern Va. and I think TW Perry is a local or maybe regional company.
It’s not my trade but we’ve run into similar problems with material warranties, on much shorter warranty periods.
I will usually start with working with my suppliers and tasking them with wrangling good results from their suppliers. It’s in my suppliers best interest to help me resolve issues like these because we do a lot of business with them. Ditto for them and theirs, but I don’t have a relationship with the higher levels and that makes things a whole lot harder. Stick with who you spent your money with if you can.
That said it’s always a time consuming pain in the ass that requires a lot of documentation and follow up.
Hopefully you’re dealing with a good mid sized contractor. They’re more likely to have both the resources and the desire to help you resolve this.
Once lawyers are hired everyone looses the desire to help, if they ever had it, and unless your contractor really messed up the buck is going to get passed up to people with a lot more bucks. Bucks that they’d now rather spend on lawyers than on fixing your deck.
The chemical companies $650, plus a contractor willing to do the work at or closer to cost may wind up being a hell of a deal if you can swing it.
Our deck was built 8 years ago in Northern Va as well and we are having the exact problem. TW Perry was where the wood was purchased and our contractor said the wood was treated incorrectly and that is why we have rotting pieces. I just filled out a warranty with the wood supplier and have to wait to see how much they will give us and then my deck guy will do the work at cost but I have to pay him for the job. I also have to get all new composite wood that wraps my entire deck. To say I am mad is an understatement. To pay that much and only have the deck stand up to the elements for 8 years is unacceptable and to only maybe get money back for the rotten wood makes no sense! I feel like someone should be responsible! Ughhh!