Garages & Exteriors

14.2

Garage Doors Do Not Operate Properly

Acceptable Performance/Condition
Overhead garage doors shall manually operate with relative ease without binding. An automatic garage door opener supplied and installed by the builder shall not interfere with the emergency manual operation of the door.

Warranty
One -Year Work and Materials
Damage caused by improper maintenance or additions, deletions or alterations by the homeowner is not covered by the warranty.

Action
Garage doors not meeting the acceptable performance shall be repaired.

Remarks
Proper operation of overhead garage doors should be confirmed at the walk-through and any malfunction should be noted on the Certificate of Possession Form to avoid any dispute about whether the damage was caused by the builder. The builder is not responsible for the door operation if the homeowner has installed a garage door opener.