Serious question, a homeowner in Tacoma tried to add a 'weather delay' clause that would have let them cancel my roofing job without penalty for any rain forecast within 10 days.

I spent three hours last week rewriting it to specify only measurable precipitation over a quarter inch that actually stops work, after a forecast last spring cost me a whole week's pay on a different job.

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lee58229d ago

How is that fair to you? A forecast isn't the same as rain actually falling and stopping work, so your rewrite makes total sense. I'd have pushed back too, that original clause was way too broad.

david_palmer28d ago

Yeah exactly, it's like companies trying to charge you a fee for a late payment that hasn't even happened yet. Ngl, I see this everywhere now, terms that punish you for something that might occur. They write the rule hoping you won't question it.

corap6128d ago

Glad you fixed that. Honestly, I make them point to the weather service definition of a "rain day" for our area. Tbh, you need it in writing that a delay only starts once the crew has to pack up and leave the site.