Caught a framing issue that cost me 3 extra days on a small house

I was setting floor trusses on a 1600 square footer in Denver and realized the foundation guys poured the stem walls 2 inches out of square. Took me almost 10 hours to shim and adjust everything to get it close to level before I could even start laying subfloor. Has anyone else dealt with foundation screw-ups that just blew up your entire timeline?

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grant.kevin1d ago

Is it just me or do foundation guys get away with murder out here? I had a 1400 square footer in Lakewood where they poured the whole slab 1.5 inches low on the north side. Spent two full days building up mud pads and packing out bearing points before I could even set a single wall panel. The worst part was the extra lumber I burned through just to shim everything, like 30 sheets of 3/4 plywood cut into strips. Never got that time back either, whole job ran three days over and the GC just shrugged.

river1831d ago

My buddy Dave had this happen on a 1200 square footer in Aurora a couple years back. They poured the slab like 3 inches too high on one corner and he had to grind down concrete for two days just to get his mud base right. He said it was the most frustrating thing because the framers were already booked and he had to push them back a week. Ended up costing him almost 2 grand in extra labor and materials to fix it.