| Date | Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:11:16 -0500 |
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I agree; assuming you’ll eek by isn’t
a safe way to play. Personally, we
don’t take on a lot of CCU. We are fortunate enough to keep very busy
without it most of the time. There are, however; those times when being the CCU
contractor is the best way to set yourself up for the
ongoing contract and, at such times, we do take the work. The more I read about
this problem, and the WCs that have had issues with it, the more I think that we
should have standard literature to provide our prospective CCU customers. I am
going to start working on a brochure specifically designed to educate prospective
CCU customers about the fab debris problem and intend to start handing it out
at the same time I’m getting my waiver signed. Michael D. Brinegar President Pride Master, Inc. www.pridemaster.com -----Original Message----- Instead of educating their builders
about the possibility of fabricating debris on some poor quality tempered glass
surfaces, and telling builders it's impossible for the window cleaner to
warrant the surface quality of tempered glass, some window cleaners sort
of skirt the issue by first finding scratches on a new building, showing
them to the customer, and getting the customer to sign a waiver saying they are
not responsible for any scratches. They say they always check all
the windows, and you can always find a scratch, so they can get a
waiver signed without ever having to explain fabricating
debris issues. I guess that is
working for some individuals who aren't running into much fabricating
debris in their area, and don't really expect much damage if and when
they do run into it. And I guess they have builders who will sign a waiver when
shown one scratch. (These builders apparently don't complicate matters by
asking for a complete inventory of a complete inventory of all
pre-existing scratches that were found when the window cleaner thoroughly
inspected all of the windows.) The problem is that nobody gets much
of an education on this issue, and I kinda think they - builder and
window cleaner - will be shocked the first time a house full of itchy tempered
glass gets scratched. If the stakes are high enough -
let's say $25,000 to replace all the windows;
I understand why people are
reluctant to start believing fabricating debris is real, and I
suppose nobody can hold that against them in
court - you can't believe everything you read on the
Internet. But whether they believe it or not,
fabricating debris is real. One day the window cleaner who regularly
only points out one or two pre-existing scratches in order to get a waiver
signed will have to deal with a houseful of fabricating
debris damaged tempered glass - and a builder who feels cheated. Thanks, |