tracdoc
Platinum Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I do know they have changed the story more times than I can count and they wouldn't be offering anything unless there was something wrong. I just don't think I should be able to stand on the side of a building this expensive and see dips on the roof line. )</font>
Your gut is telling you what is real. Listen to it, and act accordingly. You have everything documented, including the chameleon behavior of the Morton folks. No matter that you may not know the details of the construction biz. A good attorney has the resources to dot the i's and cross the t's.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( A plastic surgeon can make a scar go away, but if the surgery that was done to correct a problem was done incorrectly, even though the scar no longer shows, the pain of the incorrect surgery will still remain. )</font>
As a plastic surgeon, I have grappled with this concept for many years. Scars are permanent. Once human skin is injured into the deeper layer (dermis), the dermis heals by laying down collagen, aka, scar. Currently, we have no way to stimulate regeneration of natural dermis (working on it, though). The "job" of the plastic surgeon is to camouflage scars as much as possible, what is referred to as cicatrix optima which is Latin for optimal scar.
Back to your building debacle, <font color="green">Junkman </font> is quite correct. You can try to optimize and camouflage the builder's bungles, but at the end of the day, you will still know it's not what you paid for.
Fortunately, building a barn is not like healing human skin. You CAN start over or go back to the last correct step and get it done correctly. IMHO, I would focus with my attorney on the outcome which you expect, namely a properly built and up to Morton standard/spec barn. If Morton cannot deliver that outcome, then they can take it down and refund your money.
Keep us posted...
Your gut is telling you what is real. Listen to it, and act accordingly. You have everything documented, including the chameleon behavior of the Morton folks. No matter that you may not know the details of the construction biz. A good attorney has the resources to dot the i's and cross the t's.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( A plastic surgeon can make a scar go away, but if the surgery that was done to correct a problem was done incorrectly, even though the scar no longer shows, the pain of the incorrect surgery will still remain. )</font>
As a plastic surgeon, I have grappled with this concept for many years. Scars are permanent. Once human skin is injured into the deeper layer (dermis), the dermis heals by laying down collagen, aka, scar. Currently, we have no way to stimulate regeneration of natural dermis (working on it, though). The "job" of the plastic surgeon is to camouflage scars as much as possible, what is referred to as cicatrix optima which is Latin for optimal scar.
Back to your building debacle, <font color="green">Junkman </font> is quite correct. You can try to optimize and camouflage the builder's bungles, but at the end of the day, you will still know it's not what you paid for.
Fortunately, building a barn is not like healing human skin. You CAN start over or go back to the last correct step and get it done correctly. IMHO, I would focus with my attorney on the outcome which you expect, namely a properly built and up to Morton standard/spec barn. If Morton cannot deliver that outcome, then they can take it down and refund your money.
Keep us posted...