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Ducay · 06-25-2019, 09:31 PM

I can't comment on the legal liability side of things, but from a common sense standpoint, the neighbors and painter guy are responsible for the clean up. I would even explain the situation to the other neighbor in hopes of buying some time/leeway.

I think the neighbor is totally within their right to refuse your suggested fixes. If its latex paint, paint thinner is going to be of little help anyways. Alcohol can help, but I would likely think water and some light agitation (keyword on light) would work if you give the water some time to penetrate and soften the paint (ie moist cloth over area covered in something like plastic wrap to keep it moist for a couple hours).

But putting myself in the impacted neighbors shoes, they were not involved and now have painted shingles. Someone coming in and scrubbing on the shingles or using chemicals could indeed impact the efficacy of the shingles or their life. (Say you go up and scrubbed the heck out of them and removed a lot of the sand), so I don't think they're being unreasonable. I would say demanding they be replaced is a bit extreme and honestly a silly solution, since trying to patch in shingles is likely more likely to cause issues than the aforementioned fixes.

06-25-2019, 09:31 PM	#2
Ducay Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Exp:	I can't comment on the legal liability side of things, but from a common sense standpoint, the neighbors and painter guy are responsible for the clean up. I would even explain the situation to the other neighbor in hopes of buying some time/leeway. I think the neighbor is totally within their right to refuse your suggested fixes. If its latex paint, paint thinner is going to be of little help anyways. Alcohol can help, but I would likely think water and some light agitation (keyword on light) would work if you give the water some time to penetrate and soften the paint (ie moist cloth over area covered in something like plastic wrap to keep it moist for a couple hours). But putting myself in the impacted neighbors shoes, they were not involved and now have painted shingles. Someone coming in and scrubbing on the shingles or using chemicals could indeed impact the efficacy of the shingles or their life. (Say you go up and scrubbed the heck out of them and removed a lot of the sand), so I don't think they're being unreasonable. I would say demanding they be replaced is a bit extreme and honestly a silly solution, since trying to patch in shingles is likely more likely to cause issues than the aforementioned fixes.