Part-4, What Issues Keep Home Builders Awake At Night?

Part-4, What Issues Keep Home Builders Awake At Night?

Window and door seals. It’s just windows an doors, what can go wrong? A trained monkey can install a window or door. Yeah, right! It’s all fun and games just before something goes wrong. This may sound like overkill but I’ve learned to be careful the hard way. Every window and door gets field tested with a “Rain Bird” irrigation sprinkler before the homeowner moves in.

Bay windows, mitered glass panels, Lanai sliding glass doors, French doors, vertical mullions that join two windows together and single hung windows, they all can leak. Sometimes it’s a manufacturing defect, other times it’s an installation issue. The last thing a Builder wants is for the homeowner to discover a water leak issue, after they move in their new Custom Built Home. The only way to eliminate that possibility is to water test.

Careful, sure I am but after my trades get done being annoyed they say, “that’s the kind of Builder I want constructing my home”.