Daniel is a nice person and licensed. I hired his company to pour about 3,200 sqft of concrete for my driveway. He understood that money wasn't my primary concern as I wanted quality and a clean job. I never argued with his price but I did repeatedly stress how I wanted a nice job. Daniel said "ok".
It appeared to me Daniel was in a rush to complete the job within a weeks time. This was a $48,000 job. Since the weather was warming up I let Daniel know we can postpone the pour or can we do it in two sections (pouring in two days or mobilizations). He insisted the warm weather (95 degrees at noon) was not a problem. He asked what type of control joints I wanted, I said the 45 degree ones. I got the typical "no problem" but I will need to pay for two more finishers, $700. I agreed.
When it was time for the pour everything was going well until it wasn't. The concrete started to setup and there wasn't enough finishers! Even with the two additional finishers I paid for to help out. Additionally he didn't slope the concrete correctly and water was flowing into my keystone wall. Daniel came back the next day to cut out the incorrectly poured concrete to repour it. Now that the concrete was cut open, the 1/2 steel rebar was on the dirt! It wasn't elevated into the concrete. UGH!!!!!! Words can't express my frustration with the project and job. The sections that came out good look good. The sections that came out bad look horrible. The cost to correct the problem is cost prohibitive for me. Plus I don't want to deal with all the noise and mess breaking 1200sqft of 5" thick concrete
Daniel ended up working with me on the price. I ended up paying $41,000 for the job. I would have easily paid the additional $7000 for the job I wanted. I'm not a picky guy, but at least give me a B+ job. Especially for the money.
Maybe Daniel is good for smaller projects. This may have been too big for his experience. read more