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| I don't recommend buying a Lester Building at all. I bought one and just weeks ago I had to pay an Amish Crew from Graber Bldgs. to come in and fix the mistakes and poor workmanship on it. These are the mistakes and poor workmanship on my Lester Bldg. I paid Lester Bldgs. extra for them to install dripstop on the house roof portion of my bldg. but they shorted me and didn't install it on the portion from the front porch that goes back into the house to the ridge. I also paid them extra for 3/4" plywood to be installed on "All Exterior Walls" but again they shorted me and only ran it up to the bottom of the soffit. After I turned them into the Better Business Bureau they admitted that they only engineer the plywood up to the bottom of the soffit, even though I told them specifically I wanted it on all exterior walls, my interior ceilings are taller than the exterior soffit so the wind would blow thru the soffit track and soffit vents and down my walls.
They also provided me with a Lester Dealer/Builder and said he could build my building in my timeline and that he did "good Work", but they lied. Just weeks after this Lester Dealer/Builder built my bldg. and left town we had our first rain at which time I noticed that I had 25 leaks in my roof, I had puddles all over inside my bldg. Before This Lester Dealer/Builder left town he told me that if he had to come back for anything it would be a $500 minimum, well I wasn't going to pay him to come back and fix his screw up so I got on the roof and checked out the leaks myself, I found that this Lester Dealer had installed the roof screws missing the roof purlins. So, it took me 2 days to do it, but I fixed all that myself.
It took me 2 years to finish and move into my Lester Bldg. which is when I started noticing more serious problems with my Lester Bldg. and earlier this year I had an Amish Crew come in and check out my bldg., The Amish found several problems with my bldg., but before I paid them to fix it, I first called the Lester Regional Manager out to see if Lester Bldgs. would fix my bldg. since they are the ones that provided this Lester Dealer/Builder to me advising that he did "good work", but after talking to Lester Upper Managerment this Lester Manager said that Lester feels no responsibility for what they called "My Building Issues", so I paid the Amish just weeks ago to come in and fix my Lester Bldg. and this is what was found.
Eight Roof Purlins not nailed, not one nail in them, the Amish pulled one of them up and out to show me, and this would explain why on windy nights it sounded like my roof was going to blow off.
A lot of soffit only had one staple holding it on and when the staple tried to go thru the steel it bent only allowing 3/8" to go into the facia board, which would explain the rattling. Also Lester used vented soffit on the gables which should have been solid soffit.
Gaps/Openings in the roof valleys which allowed the wind to blow thru into my attic and blow my attic insulation away in those areas, it also allowed cold wind to find its way into my furnace plentum/duct work, and of course rain was probably coming in too.
2 bird blocks not installed and the ones that were installed were not nailed, again not one nail in them, I personally screwed them off myself.
Facia Boards barely on the trusses, we had to sister boards on the sides of some trusses and some of their nails missed the truss. Facia cover was not cut to fit properly allowing the ends to drop down an inch.
After I turned Lester Bldgs. in they responded by putting most of the blame on the Lester Dealer/Builder, C&C Construction, Willis Childress is the owner, this is the Lester Dealer/Builder that Lester Bldgs. recommended to me as doing "Good Work". Lester Bldgs. has know for some time now about the mistakes and poor workmanship on my Lester Bldg., and again has put the blame on this Lester Dealer/Builder, but I would be that this Lester Dealer/Builder is still a Lester Dealer/Builder. With all that in mind I would not want to see anybody else go thru what I did with my Lester Building, so I would not recommend buying one. I would recommend buying a Graber Building, their built by the Amish who, on my building, showed great attention to detail, unlike Lester. | |
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Anybody have a Lester building?
