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Old 11-19-2013, 08:54 PM
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But what exactly does "taken care of" mean? We had several huge cracks in our lanai and called warranty. They sent T&D out, and they said they would do nothing except for putting a layer of "painted something" on if we would pay a certain amount, which would have been $200.

We dithered, and finally declined, and had the lanai tiled with a textured Spanish red tile, and we are so glad. It looks fabulous, isn't slippery, and voila, cracks gone.

When we had the living and dining rooms tiled and they pulled up the carpet, we saw that there were cracks in the concrete that we never would have known about. Apparently all cracks were from settling. The tiler filled them. All is well.

It cost a bit more for the lanai, but the esthetics are well worth it.
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