These guys were subcontractors on a job to install an egress window in our basement bedroom and also cut bigger holes for windows in the main room in the basement.
In short, the experience was terrible and led to me not using the same contractor for other work we need done. Because the basement was unfinished, they didn't do any work to mitigate the mess in the basement.
After they left, I went downstairs to check on the work and discovered that they had flooded the entire basement. There was standing water 20 feet from the windows they were cutting. We had a lot of boxes stacked and covered in the basement about 8 feet from where the windows were being cut and the water seeped under the entire "protected" pile of our stuff. A futon mattress and fiber-board desk were ruined. I spent at least 4 hours after they left trying to clean up the mess and save my stuff from damage.
In short, I couldn't not believe how careless they were and never dreamed they'd leave a job site in that condition.
But wait, there's more! When the contractor actually went to put the window in, he discovered that the hole wasn't the correct size. A different crew showed up the next day unannounced at 7am and just started cutting to fix it. I had no idea when they were coming and I'm sure all the neighbors were thrilled to hear concrete sawing that early in the morning.
On top of all of this, the work was poor. If you look closely at the windows, the cuts aren't even close to level or straight. The contractor had to compensate in the framing for the crooked cuts. We'll also have to compensate in our finishing for the poor cuts.
In the end, there's a bunch of guys in Denver with concrete saws. I can't think of any reason to choose Hawley Coring over any of the others. read more