Coping With Shrinking Wood Callbacks

Complaints about misaligned wood moldings, floor squeaks, and drywall cracks are like fingernails on a blackboard to a builder’s ears. Callbacks can lead to customer dissatisfaction that will threaten a builder’s reputation. Regardless of how you resolve these problems, you can always count on one thing: The cure will cost you money. Prevention is always the least expensive and most effective remedy. Here is a selection of callback complaints that builders ask us about over and over again. Each time the questions remain the same: What is causing this problem and how can it be prevented? Gaps in the Floor Boards Six months after a new home is occupied, large gaps may open up