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Originally Posted by 4X4
Tighten floor joists... What does that mean?
But just for the heck of it, I want to further explore this whole idea of "tightening the joists". What exactly did they claim to do during this "joist tightening" session?
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Thinking about it more, and keeping in mind what you've said, if it was stated by the developer as being needed to fix the noisy floor, it had to have meant "tighten the floor joists to the subfloor". There's really no other interpretation, as I don't think anyone would suggest it meant they were going to torque each end of each joist away from the center.
One thing to know about small claims court: Anything can happen. Its important to not rely too much on technical arguments while still respecting the law. Spend more time showing you deserve to win, then secondly, focus on the technical part. I don't disagree with onetwo_threefour's analysis, I just don't think at small claims a judge will look at it in those terms. It is the intent of what was agreed to that is more important than the strict form of the wording of the transaction, especially where the wording is somewhat ambiguous and used by the developer to get you to agree to buy.
I call a victory to you, 8 times out of 10.