Originally Posted by kane

If it really is faulty craftsmanship you still might be able to sue. Especially if there are multiple homes with the same problem. Case in point. When I was in high school one of my bests friends moved into a new housing complex. All of the homes in this complex were brand new builds. Within about 3 years many of them started having some serious electrical problems including my buddy's family. After talking it over they found about 10 homes with the same issue and they were all told by the builder that the were outside the 24 months warranty so they were on their own. One of them paid to have the work done to fix the problem and they were told by the electrician that it was a mix of faulty craftsmanship and shitty materials. All 10 of the families got an estimate for repairs and filed a claim in small claims court for the cost of the fix (it was around $1500, but this was also 1988). Rather than deal with 10 small claims court appearances where he would have to explain over and over again why he used shitty materials and did the work incorrectly, the builder just paid to have the problem fixed.