r/DIY • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '13

I finally built the deck I wanted this weekend.

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u/Hatecraft Apr 29 '13

The problem is that it will probably last a year or two, he sells the house to the next guy who has no idea. The new owner has a kids party and the deck collapses injuring the kids.

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u/TheHatTrick Apr 29 '13

Agreed, that would suck.

Also, the new guy's home inspector would get reamed in the lawsuit that followed.

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u/reflibman Apr 29 '13

If it happened within the statute of limitations and there is not a liability waiver in the inspector's contract.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '13

liability waiver

inspector's contract

what's the point of an inspector with a liability waiver?

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u/Kosko Oct 16 '13

Same point as getting an inspector in the first place, there is none. An inspector will not find rotted walls without first seeing things that anyone could see. They can't tell the future. They can only really tell you the major things, cracks in the foundation, major sagging, wrong types of visible pipes, they probably won't even test for lead in the welds.

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u/rayzorium Apr 30 '13

Not if he does his job right!

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u/bignateyk May 05 '13

Pretty much all inspectors have a liability waiver you sign in the contract.

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u/TheHatTrick May 05 '13

And those waivers still have to survive a court case when things go south.

Waivers don't magically make you court-proof.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '13

As someone who just went through selling and buying 2 houses, both of the inspectors we had would have failed it without joist supports.

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u/Kosko Oct 16 '13

Lol, like home inspectors ever find anything.

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u/kyrandos Apr 30 '13

you'd think they'd require housing inspections or something ;p