Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Warranty of Pond Build from Contractor

Fish n chips, no disagreement at all. That's exactly how I feel. You do the damdest to do your best work possible, and do your due diligence to make sure you know as much as possible about doing the work right.

I think that a persons word should be stronger than a written contract, but sadly in this day and age, it doesn't seem to be, at least not around here. Doing it right takes time, money, knowledge and manpower.

If the owner wants to tell the builder how to do it, the pond builder shouldn't have to warranty the work if it's done how the owner wants it done. At that point the owner takes it upon himself to warranty the work. The owner turns into the general contractor, and the builder just turns into a machine operator at that point.

It's the "written" warranty that I have an issue with. Doing that takes time, an attorney and money. How will the pond builder recoup those costs? I doubt that a warranty can be made broad enough to cover all ponds, and still have enough teeth to protect both parties equally without costing an arm and a leg. Will the pond owner be O.K. with footing the bill for the warranty, or will the dollar rule and he go with a cheaper pond builder if the builder just hides it in the costs? I'm not an attorny, so I have no idea how one would be worded.