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Close-Out and Warranties
The last ten percent of a project protects the other ninety. This guide covers the walkthrough, the paperwork you must collect, and how warranties really work, including who you call in year six.
Free to read. Free to download. Print the toolkit pages for the kitchen table.
What is inside
- 1The final walkthrough is not a formality, and the whole sequence on one page
- 2Punch lists: how to use them so they speed the finish instead of stalling it
- 3Documentation that matters, and photos as protection
- 4Warranties: what is real and what is marketing
- 5Registering and storing warranty information
- 6Lien waivers at close-out: conditional first, final after
- 7Final payment and a balanced close-out
- 8Post-project check-ins: the first rain, the first freeze, the first wind
The toolkit pages
- Close-Out Checklist
- Warranty Registry
Printable and fillable. Built to be used at the kitchen table, not read on a screen.
What this guide protects you from
Making the final payment and discovering the warranty was a handshake.
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