[ytriples-l] ot:basements

[Ben Vahl]

Not well versed on basements either - though I know lots of them around here 
that have sump pumps to help keep the water level low.

I did get versed on home inspector's liability, though.  At least here in 
Washington State, they are pretty well (read Entirely) protected from 
responsibility for mistakes.  Now, if you could somehow show that they 
knowingly left out something on the report with intent to defraud, you might 
have something.  Sure, you can sue either way, but I didn't get very far 
with that when it was my turn.

Ben



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harold Curtice" <gotparts at cbmma.net>
To: "Yamaha Triples" <ytriples-l at cerebro.cs.xu.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [ytriples-l] ot:basements


> Not really too well versed, but I do know that if the inspector passed the
> basement as 'dry', you can sue him/her.
>
> Otherwise, and I know this sucks, wait for it to dry out, sometime in 
> July,
> and use some waterproof paint over the foundation. If the basement is
> finished, that means either digging the outside or removing the 'finish' 
> on
> the inside, which if the water level is rising, you're going to have to do
> anyway. There's almost no way to get that wet musty smell out of the wood
> and sheet rock after it's been flooded. In fact, there is no way to get 
> rid
> of it, except to move....
>
> Um, good luck ::ducks::
> Harold
> 1978 XS 750 SE
> Nickname = Money Pit
> "Got parts?"
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Wolf" <wolf at Yamaha-Triples.org>
> To: "Yamaha Triples" <ytriples-l at cerebro.cs.xu.edu>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:41:19 -0500
> Subject: [ytriples-l] ot:basements
>
>> I need to talk to someone particularly well versed in leaky basements.
>> Unfortunately my wife says that tying up the home inspector that
>> inspected our house previously to buying, in the basement and let him
>> panic as the water rises, as a lesson in integrity is out of the
>> question. expecually if it includes letting some of the faulty wiring
>> wang barely over the serface.......
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