Home builder won't follow plans

[geneva]

Our blueprints say housewrap and he says he only does what code says he has to do. He wants 1/2" on roof where our plans say 5/8" with clips. Drywall says 5/8" he says he doing 1/2". His bid does not say he can alter the plans, but says that's how they build to code. The house is custom not a spec home. His housewrap was only only the bottom and then the block laid was off square and the framing is sitting 3" off at an angle and they said it was still structurally sound. What do we do?

 

[chappers]

get a new builder

 

[Chud]

Code is an absolute minimum, your plans are obviously spec'd to a higher standard and that is what the builder should be following. As per Chappers I'd suggest getting a new builder that can actually follow plans.

 

[londoner1]

mine did not follow it either, we had to compromise as he had started the job.

 

[John D v2.0]

You're lucky, our drawings basically specced to building regs, but the builder didn't even manage that at first. Hopefully things will be OK in the end. I don't think small building companies every do it exactly, you'd basically pay double for a company that does it to a tee

 

[bernardgreen]

get a new builder

get a builder, this chap sounds like a bodger.

 

[Sam Short]

He sounds like a lazy bum just trying to do the bare minimum.

 

[KenGMac]

I hate to point it out BUT?

The O/Post came from America? according to the Logo on the O/P tag?

Can we here in the UK give meaningful responses? given we here [in the UK] do not understand the USAs codes?

Ken.