Thank you for your kind words. Actually I am a Licensed General / Small Commercial contractor and this was a job I took as a favor to my plumber (it was his brother) and yes, you are correct it was an insurance job.
I have cleared everything thru all codes depts and local truss engineers etc and again, you are correct, this was actually a difficult job indeed.
The scabbing etc has been done and when I met with this man for the final draw he seemed happy until I gave him a copy of the engineer letter stating truss was broken. The truss was not actually broke only a hairline crack on one side. He (homeowner) demanded that I have that changed (I did) and I trued at that point to reinstate that the letter had a remedy for an actual broken truss being .......etc.....and that his was simply cracked (which he saw as I asked him to do a visual prior to the scabbing) so therefore this made the job we did and my direction much more than actually needed.
I asked him at that time.....________, what do you want me to do at this point? How can I make you feel better about this? His reply was simply that had he known about any broken trusses other than the ones we replaced, they too would have been replaced, etc.. I agreed and stated again that this was only a 1 sided crack etc. I also stated that I had been in contact with the Head Building Code official and all work was approved and signed off on by him.
He gave me my check...straight to the bank for cash for me.....I haven't spoken too since (been 1 week) and I still have his garage key.
What I need advice on is how to handle the key. I honestly am done with trying to reason with him and I don't want another face to face.
Thanks for your reply and I do welcome any additional suggestions. 