Originally Posted by
Marcus_Ti
In my (newer) neighborhood, for example, to save money/time the developer poured the concrete basements/foundations in winter back 15-20 years ago. Which home owners have discovered due to all the flooding the last few years, as those winter-poured concrete basements leak. Homeowners (even the original ones) are SOL. And make no mistake, those concrete workers knew they were doing wrong pouring when they did--but their boss and their bosses boss said to pour, so they did.
Exactly the situation in my home purchased/built over the winter of 1992/1993 for a spring 1993 closing. We sold the home in 2014, but not until the wettest spring on record had forced water through settling/curing cracks that had been present since the foundation was poured. Another $1500 (fortunately) for a repair suitable to our engineer and the buyer's engineer.