[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Gun Safe Delivery Disaster (Page 1 of 5)
Posted: 3/27/2013 2:56:19 PM EDT
So I got the call from the local safe shop yesterday that my Browning Deluxe Pro Series I ordered was in. I have been waiting a few months so I was excited to say the least. I hurried down to pay the remainder as well as the cost for in home delivery. I went home on my lunch break today to supervise the installation, everything was going smoothly until they lowered the safe onto the first step going into my lower level. Thats when the step buckled and caved in. See photo below. First of all has this ever happened to anyone? The delivery guy told me that he has never seen this before and said my steps are made of "particle board". The safe is the smallest in the Browning Pro line weighing in at 750 lbs. so I never even thought this would be an issue. What should I do at this point? I know moving companies are licensed/bonded/ insured for this reason. Who is responsible for the repairs to my stairs as well as the resulting scuffs to my $3500 Black Cherry Toy Box?
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So I got the call from the local safe shop yesterday that my Browning Deluxe Pro Series I ordered was in. I have been waiting a few months so I was excited to say the least. I hurried down to pay the remainder as well as the cost for in home delivery. I went home on my lunch break today to supervise the installation, everything was going smoothly until they lowered the safe onto the first step going into my lower level. Thats when the step buckled and caved in. See photo below. First of all has this ever happened to anyone? The delivery guy told me that he has never seen this before and said my steps are made of "particle board". The safe is the smallest in the Browning Pro line weighing in at 750 lbs. so I never even thought this would be an issue. What should I do at this point? I know moving companies are licensed/bonded/ insured for this reason. Who is responsible for the repairs to my stairs as well as the resulting scuffs to my $3500 Black Cherry Toy Box? http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums/b482/tacalvo/image_zpscc453d91.jpeg Uh...you? |
Looks like your builders Mexican crew is on the hook on this one, did they get the safe in place? Your lucky no one was injured or ended up in the basement with a safe on their skull.
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There's no way Jose the illiterate $5/hr carpenter didn't build that up to code. It's unthinkable. You may be lucky to have gotten out of it with only a broken step. Somebody could have gotten squashed. And the resulting injury lawsuit would have been YOUR reaposibility too. Fucking corner cutting contractors. 
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If they took reasonable* care, I'd say You are on the hook for all costs. No way the movers can know the construction quality of your property.
Exception might be if you can prove substandard or sub-code construction of the steps, and go after the builder. *reasonable = the movers didn't DROP the safe onto the step. 750+ lbs free-dropping 3-4 inches might be enough to break some non-commercial steps. |
The house was built in 1985 so who knows what was going on then since I was still dangling between my daddies legs at that point. I'm not looking to sue the mover or builder or anything like that. I'm happy as hell the safe didn't make it down to the basement only for the stairs to give out a few minutes later when someone was walking on them. I just know that movers have to carry insurance and I figured this is the type of thing insurance protects again. Luckily I have a long weekend and lowes has 2x10s on sale. Anyone have any experience and pointers with the touch up paint included with safes? I'm more upset about the scuffs on the safe than anything 
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Particle board treads are a disaster waiting to happen. Here I use at a minimum 1 1/8 ply wood. Stairs only require 2 stringers unless they are 36 inches wide or more. I put 3 at around 30 inches. Especially stairs down to basement, you just know there will be some appliances, reefer going down there. Call your homeowners insurance. The movers did nothing wrong. |
| Thats a tricky one. Your stairs don't look like they were up to code, which you didn't know about. On the other hand, they did damage your stairs. Run it up the flagpole with the movers and see what happens. They will more than likely tell you your stairs are poo poo built, which they appear to be, and not help you out. Never know till you try. I'd give the county a call and report the stairs and ask them how it is that your stairs don't have a center stringer and how did that pass inspection. And while your on with the county, why are the treads made out of particle board? Thats just plain dangerous, as you now well know. |
