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6. NEW BUSINESS h. Continued Mr. obinson: In other words, originally, there was some negligence on t e inspection tour, the first time around, or something, in order for ill of a sudden four months later -- the floor certainly didn't dete iorate in that short a period of time to that degree, so therq had to be negligence someplace. The hair: I think you have to bear in mind in any of these circum- stances, that the occupants of the houses are not all that well versed in how to maintain property, and there is an accelerated rate of dete ioration. Mr. righton: As far as. the adding, for instance, the floor in this unit I'm not too sure it's a question of negligence as it is that on t e original bid we were trying to keep the price as low as possible. When we find the bid is coming in at a relatively low amount, we will want to add something to it., Or, if it becomes absolutely necessary to a d something to it, I think is:what brought about'this Change'Order. J.J. says that floor is in really bad condition. We are trying to corr ct all major violations. The hair: A lot of these older homes in that area, and in many other area for that matter, they did not install sub flooring, then hard- wood flooring on top of it. Many of them are just a single floor oper tion. The thing I always wonder about this is, I can under - stan putting a 3/8" underlayment, although I think most of the arch tects' minimum specs call for 5/8 ", what kind of shape are the floo joists in? Mr. ohnson: This house is on a slab. There is some crawl space under the bathroom where we had to replace some of the sub floor. The rest of it should be on a slab. The hair: Then you are putting a 3/8" underlayment on top of the slab? Mr. ohnson: There must be some sub floor on top of it. I have not look Ed underneath the floor. They hadn't taken it up when they gave us t e bid. So, we look at the condition from the top of it and the ontractor gives us an estimate of what he is going to do. Ile has indicated for some reason they do need underlayment in this in- stan e. The hair: It's a good deal. He can put his tile down a lot easier on a smooth sheet of underlay and collect the price for putting the underlayment down. Mr . and get ohnson. Then they have to guarantee these things for a year, hell have a lot of trouble with tile popping up ff they don't t down there securely, but a slab should do in most cases. -14-