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I heard a homeowner call into a radio show about her dilemma.
Her and her husband wanted to put cedar siding on their home, but wanted to save money so they decided to be their own GC, they would buy the siding direct and hire a sub to install.
They took only the measurements of the house to the siding supplier and together they came up with the siding order.
Turns out they ended up with 3500 ln feet of extra siding. They want the siding supplier to take it back, he told them no way, you ordered it prestained to save money on not having to pay someone to stain it so I can't take any of it back.
So now they are stuck with a ton of extra material and are pissed because they blame the siding supplier of selling them the wrong amount of material.
Callers were split about 50/50 with half thinking the siding supplier was at fault for ordering too much siding. The other half said the couple is responsible since they took on a GC roll and have a higher degree of culpability than just a retail customer off the street, that like any GC your risk is it is up to you to know what you are doing and knowing what materials you need is part of that responsibility.
I tend to side with the latter and think that as unfortunate as it is for them, they bought it, they own it.
Her and her husband wanted to put cedar siding on their home, but wanted to save money so they decided to be their own GC, they would buy the siding direct and hire a sub to install.
They took only the measurements of the house to the siding supplier and together they came up with the siding order.
Turns out they ended up with 3500 ln feet of extra siding. They want the siding supplier to take it back, he told them no way, you ordered it prestained to save money on not having to pay someone to stain it so I can't take any of it back.
So now they are stuck with a ton of extra material and are pissed because they blame the siding supplier of selling them the wrong amount of material.
Callers were split about 50/50 with half thinking the siding supplier was at fault for ordering too much siding. The other half said the couple is responsible since they took on a GC roll and have a higher degree of culpability than just a retail customer off the street, that like any GC your risk is it is up to you to know what you are doing and knowing what materials you need is part of that responsibility.
I tend to side with the latter and think that as unfortunate as it is for them, they bought it, they own it.