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1. Expert Member
   BILL WICHERS | Nov 01, 2020 08:42pm | #1

   Привет Mike, я не сделал знаю ты русский.
   это не очень хорошо. Но... It’s not exactly a “great” installation.

   I would check that the tape is actually fully adhered and not skipping over folds in those wrinkles. I’d also check that there aren’t any tears. As long as the house wrap is intact without holes and with properly applied tape, it should be ok.

   My guess is someone rolled out, then re-rolled by hand, then next unrolled and applied the housewrap here. My biggest concern is if this housewrap was previously used and may be weathered a little. It’s certainly not what I’d think of as a professional job of putting the housewrap up.

   Bill

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   MikeTXMS | Nov 01, 2020 09:40pm | #2

   Thank you, Bill.
   You have good first steps with Russian language. Almost like my Spanish :)
   I'll be honest with you. It was last step before contract cancelation.
   Terrible builder. I didn't expect that I can get something like this in the Texas. I had only good opinion about our rednecks :) All other homes are fine in this community and only in my case builder is doing some bullshit like this.
   I have suspicions that they are using used materials. Some marks, abrasions and etc...
   I already have few posts on this forum. Terrible experience :(

1. Expert Member
   BILL WICHERS | Nov 02, 2020 09:50am | #3

   haha, yeah, my Russian isn't the best but I can get by. My wife is fluent in the language and we want our daughter to learn.

   It can be difficult to find out if you're getting used materials, but it's certainly possible. It's not necessarily a bad thing if it's old stock stuff from earlier projects, but some materials really shouldn't be reused (such as housewrap that's been exposed to weather for a while). Many things have date codes printed on them, so if you can find those, see if they're all from around the same time. If one date code is a lot different than the others, then that product is suspect if you're concerned with used materials.

   It's common for lumber to get some marks and abrasions as it's dragged around the jobsite so it's harder to know with that. The thing I see in your pics that really surprises me is all the insect damaged materials that were installed. Materials with such obvious damage as that really shouldn't be used, they should have been scrapped.

   Bill

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   MikeTXMS | Nov 02, 2020 11:29am | #4

   You're right.
   Something strange is going on with this home.
   I got email from senior constriction manager that he was in this home, saw all these moments and completely understand my questions and concerns. Also: "We are not experts in this field as builder does not engineer the trusses, this is done by our lumber provider, and they will provide a letter regarding your lumber concerns."
   Seems, they understand that somethings is going on in to wrong direction and try to avoid some additional questions.
   My question about wrap is ignored by builder...
   Funny moment. Now I'm sure that I should cancel this contract.

1. Expert Member
   BILL WICHERS | Nov 02, 2020 01:13pm | #5

   My impression of this is that if they are OK with all these issues, what other issues will they be OK with as you get further along? You don't want someone who will try to get you to overlook hidden problems.

   They're right about the trusses, those will be engineered and the contractors aren't supposed to make any changes to them. What the contractors should do though is to see something like a split chord (the long, bottom piece of the truss) and think "this looks like a problem, we should set this truss aside and ask our supplier about it". Your contractor appears to have just installed everything without concern for any problems. That's dangerous.

   Bill

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   MikeTXMS | Nov 02, 2020 04:14pm | #6

   lol... I had call from construction manager. he told that this wrap was unwrapped on another object somewhere(he doesn't know where exactly) , but they decided to wrap and bring it to me home and install. He told that "it's ok".
   Facepalm.

1. Expert Member
   BILL WICHERS | Nov 02, 2020 07:14pm | #7

   It's probably OK if it wasn't damaged physically (holes or tears), although it does look pretty unprofessional. The purpose of housewrap is primarily to keep water out and act as a WRB, and it also helps a bit as an air barrier although it's not usually detailed properly to really count as one.

   This does look like another in a long string of "uncaring contractor" moments on this project though.

   Bill