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2013-05-22 07:03:04
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Hello!
Here's the situation: The construction contract is signed, the building permit has been granted, now comes the first change...
I received an email today from my general contractor / GC. The roofer has now informed him that the roof cannot be done as planned. The plan was a shed roof with a 12-degree pitch on the east side. This is also stated in the building application, in the drawings, etc. Technically not a big problem, right? A watertight underroof is possible, isn't it? The GC now says that this will cost more.
Can the GC demand more money after the offer was made and the contract signed? So he offered me a technically incorrect roof, didn't he? I will talk to him again to see if we can somehow come to an agreement. But changing everything again now and making the roof steeper is out of the question for me.
Question to the forum:
A shed roof with a 12-degree pitch and watertight construction is technically not a problem, right? It is stated like this in the drawings, building application, and the offer is based on that.
I cannot tell from my offer that it was made as a rainproof or watertight underroof. But according to the recognized rules of technology, this should have been clear from the start, since the pitch of 12 degrees is in the drawings, right?
Can someone estimate how high the additional costs (e.g. materials and labor) for the watertight execution could be? The roof is a shed roof with external insulation, size 5.88 x 12.86 meters.
I'm not a big fan of such surprises and that's why I'm a bit angry with the GC right now...
Here's the situation: The construction contract is signed, the building permit has been granted, now comes the first change...
I received an email today from my general contractor / GC. The roofer has now informed him that the roof cannot be done as planned. The plan was a shed roof with a 12-degree pitch on the east side. This is also stated in the building application, in the drawings, etc. Technically not a big problem, right? A watertight underroof is possible, isn't it? The GC now says that this will cost more.
Can the GC demand more money after the offer was made and the contract signed? So he offered me a technically incorrect roof, didn't he? I will talk to him again to see if we can somehow come to an agreement. But changing everything again now and making the roof steeper is out of the question for me.
Question to the forum:
A shed roof with a 12-degree pitch and watertight construction is technically not a problem, right? It is stated like this in the drawings, building application, and the offer is based on that.
I cannot tell from my offer that it was made as a rainproof or watertight underroof. But according to the recognized rules of technology, this should have been clear from the start, since the pitch of 12 degrees is in the drawings, right?
Can someone estimate how high the additional costs (e.g. materials and labor) for the watertight execution could be? The roof is a shed roof with external insulation, size 5.88 x 12.86 meters.
I'm not a big fan of such surprises and that's why I'm a bit angry with the GC right now...