Your Solmar Warranty: What's Covered
Your home enjoys a comprehensive warranty provided by Solmar and backed by Tarion Warranty Corporation. It is required to meet or surpass the structural requirements and standards of the Ontario Building Code.
Tarion is a non-profit, private corporation established in 1976 to protect new home buyers according to the terms of the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act.
The One-Year Warranty
The one-year warranty requires that your home be:
- Constructed in a workmanlike manner and free from defects in materials.
- Fit for habitation.
- Free of major structural defects.
- Constructed in accordance with the Ontario Building Code.
The most common warrantable occurrences in the first year include the effects of shrinkage of materials, such as nail pops and cracks around door and window frames.
The Two-Year Warranty
Your home is guaranteed for two years from the date of possession against the following:
- Water penetration through the basement foundation walls.
- Defects in materials, including windows, doors and caulking, or defects in work that results in water penetration into the building envelope.
- Defects in work or materials in the electrical, plumbing and heating delivery and distribution systems.
- Defects in work or materials which result in the detachment, displacement or deterioration of exterior cladding, such as brickwork, aluminum or vinyl siding.
- Violations of the Ontario Building Code affecting health and safety including, but not limited to, violations relating to fire safety and the structural adequacy of the home.
- Major structural defects.
The seven-year warranty
Your home is guaranteed against major structural defects for seven years from the date you take possession. A major structural defect is defined as any defect in work or materials that results in the failure of a load-bearing part of the home's structure or materially and adversely affects its load-bearing function or adversely affects the use of the building as a home.
The seven-year warranty covers
- damage due to soil movement
- major cracks in basement walls
- collapse or serious distortion of joints or roof structure
- chemical failure of materials
