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standard for Code compliance.
1.13 Handrails shall remain securely If handrails are not firmly attached to the Surfaces altered incident to any repair
attached to concrete stairs. concrete stairs, the Builder shall take such will be finished or touched up to match
steps necessary as to attach the rails the surrounding area as closely as
securely. practical.
1.14 Concrete stairs or stoops shall not If the stairs or stoops settle or heave, or Surfaces altered incident to any repair
settle or heave in an amount equal to or separate from the Home in an amount will be finished or touched up to match
exceeding 3/8 of an inch. Concrete equal to or exceeding the standard above the surrounding area as closely as
stairs or stoops shall not separate from Builder shall take such action as necessary practical.
the Home in an amount equal to or to bring the variance within the standard.
exceeding one inch, including joint
material.
DRIVEWAYS 1.15 A driveway will not have a negative If a driveway has a negative slope due to Surfaces altered incident to any repair
slope unless due to site conditions, the site conditions, it shall have swales or will be finished or touched up to match
lot is below the road. drains properly installed to prevent water the surrounding area as closely as
from entering into the garage. If a driveway practical.
has a negative slope that allows water to
enter the garage in normal weather
conditions, the Builder shall take such
action as necessary to bring the variance
within the standard.
DETACHED SLABS 1.16 Concrete floor slabs in detached If a concrete floor slab in a detached Surfaces altered incident to any repair
garages, carports or porte-cocheres garage, carport or porte-cochere does not will be finished or touched up to match
shall not have excessive pits, meet the standards, the Builder shall take the surrounding area as closely as
depressions, deterioration or such action as necessary to bring the practical.
unevenness. Separations or cracks in variance within the standard.
these slabs shall not equal or exceed
3/16 of an inch in width, except at
expansion joints, or 1/8 of an inch in
vertical displacement.
2. FRAMING
WALLS 2.1 Walls shall not bow or have If a wall does not meet the standard, the Surfaces altered incident to any repair
depressions that equal or exceed of Builder shall take such action as necessary will be finished or touched up to match
an inch out of line within any 32-inch to bring the variance within the standard. the surrounding area as closely as
horizontal measurement as measured practical.
from the center of the bow or
depression or of an inch within any
eight-foot vertical measurement.
2.2 Walls shall be level, plumb and square If a wall does not meet the standard, the Surfaces altered incident to any repair
to all adjoining openings or other walls Builder shall take such action as necessary will be finished or touched up to match
within 3/8 of an inch in any 32-inch to bring the variance within the standard. the surrounding area as closely as
measurement. practical.
2.3 A crack in a beam or a post shall not If a crack in the beam or post fails to meet Surfaces altered incident to any repair
equal or exceed of an inch in width at the standard, the Builder shall take such will be finished or touched up to match
any point along the length of the crack. action as necessary to bring the variance the surrounding area as closely as
within the standard. practical.
2.4 A non-structural post or beam shall not Warping or twisting shall not damage beam Surfaces altered incident to any repair
have a warp or twist equal or exceeding pocket. If a non-structural post or beam will be finished or touched up to match
one inch in eight-feet of length. fails to meet the standard, the Builder shall the surrounding area as closely as
take such action as necessary to bring the practical.
variance within the standard.
2.5 Exterior sheathing shall not delaminate If exterior sheathing delaminates or swells, The Owner shall not make
or swell. the Builder shall take such action as penetrations in the exterior finish of a
necessary to bring the variance within the wall that allow moisture to come in
standard. contact with the exterior sheathing.
2.6 An exterior moisture barrier shall not If an exterior moisture barrier allows an The Owner shall not make
allow an accumulation of moisture accumulation of moisture inside the barrier, penetrations through the exterior
inside the barrier. the Builder shall take such action as moisture barrier that permit the
necessary to bring the variance within the introduction of moisture inside the
standard. barrier.
CEILINGS 2.7 A ceiling shall not bow or have If a ceiling has a bow or depression that is Surfaces altered incident to any repair
depressions that equal or exceed of greater than the standard, the Builder shall will be finished or touched up to match
an inch out of line within a 32-inch take such action as necessary to bring the the surrounding area as closely as
measurement as measured from the variance within the standard. practical.
center of the bow or depression running
parallel with a ceiling joist.
SUB-FLOORS 2.8 Under normal residential use, the floor If the floor makes excessive squeaking and Surfaces altered incident to any repair
shall not make excessive squeaking or popping sounds under normal residential will be finished or touched up to match
popping sounds. use, the Builder shall take such action as the surrounding area as closely as
necessary to bring the variance within the practical.
standard.
2.9 Sub-floors shall not delaminate or swell If a sub-floor delaminates or swells to the Exposed structural flooring, where the
to the extent that it causes observable extent that it affects the flooring covering structural flooring is used as the
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