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Originally Posted by EdVinMass
Warranty or no warranty, if the defect involves a code violation, you can usually get it corrected if you take the right approach.
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Your situation of a 4" toilet drain going into a 3" pipe is pretty obvious as a code violation, which was not the case in our situation. For us, the bottom line was that the issue of the missing sprinkler head was never addressed by anyone. It was not even considered a construction defect! The premises of the powers-that-be in TV (who if push had come to shove could always deny that the sprinkler head was missing from day one) was that there was a warranty period, that period had passed, and that was the end of the discussion.
Had hundreds of homes in TV had missing sprinkler heads and there was a lawsuit won by the homeowners, as with the siding issue, then legally it would have to have been addressed by the developer, long after the warranty period, because then it would have been mandated by the court rather than out of any goodness of heart or goodwill or whatever one may term it. Apparently legal action would be the only way to get an issue like this addressed. It didn't help to be the lone voice with this problem, and fortunately for us it was not a serious problem. It's really best left as it is with our having learned that this is what I can expect from any/all offices within TV management.
Again, it's our hope that if there is another villager with this problem, our posting might help him or her become aware of it.