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Arnold wrote at 2007-12-31 20:45:03
I only ran across your response since I am looking into doing a repipe at my daughter's home.
Your response should have included advising the questioner that an optional recourse is to file a claim against the plumber's "bond". The plumber would be required to respond and prove his installation was proper otherwise the the "bonding" company would assess a penalty and pay the homeowner to the extent of the "bond"
Peter Elliott wrote at 2008-02-05 07:45:50
Hi Arnold,
Thank you for your input. Your comment is valid if the plumber will give you details of his bond. I had a situation recently where the developer would not give me details of his insurer so that I could claim for repairs against his policy.
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First response to queries regarding extensions of time, variations orders, site instructions and payment using FIDIC and other forms of Conditions of Contract, based on English Law, and derivatives only. Anyone who needs advice about EoT should download and study the SCL Delay & Disruption Protocol www.eotprotocol.com before submitting a question.
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It's unwise to pay too much, but it's unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing you bought it to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. It can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it's well to add something for the risk you run.
And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.
. . . John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
"We are too poor to buy something cheap"
.Romanian Proverb 2002
A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.
George Herbert (English poet 1593-1633)
I said it in Hebrew, I said it in Dutch,
I said it in German and Greek:
But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much)
That English is what you speak!" Hunting of the Snark - Lewis Caroll
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The joy of food lasts but an hour, of sleep but a day, of a woman, but a month, but the joy of a building lasts a lifetime. Syrian proverb.
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