The engineering department of our building suggested having all our restrooms waterproofed. This entails having to remove the old tiles, waterproofing, and installation of new tiles. They suggested about 3 or 4 contractors. All of them gave me estimates for the aforementioned. A maintenance person stated that he knew an engineer that does good work. I asked the engineer to re-grout one shower stall. I saw that his employee did not remove all the old grout. He just placed new grout on top of the old grout. The engineers reasoning was because the employee could not remove the grout, because it was hard like cement. The engineer also stated that I would have to remove all the tiles anyways, so what he was doing was just temporary. I just wanted to see the workmanship of his employee. When I told my aunt what happened, she referred me to the contractor that built her house that was designed by Architect Antonio (one of the top ten architects in the Philippines).
When I contacted Madrigalejos Construction Services, I was pleasantly surprised that he would be able to help me with my project. Joseph Madrigalejos was the only person that told me that I did not have to do waterproofing. He stated that I only had to re-grout my tiles with epoxy, and that should maintain a seal. He also told me that I did not have to remove the cracked tiles, because they could just fill the cracks with epoxy. I was elated when he told me that I did not have to remove the tiles that were slowly lifting off the walls. If I had to do that, I would have had to remove all the shower tiles, waterproof, and install new tiles. Instead, he could inject something in between the tiles and wall that would fill the gaps. Then, the shower stall would only have to be re-grouted. Since he saved me a nice amount of money, I asked him to change a toilet, bathroom fixtures, kitchen faucet and install bidets in all the restrooms.
Finding an honest contractor is like having to find an honest mechanic. Once I find that special company, that is the only company that I'll be using. Madrigalejos Construction Services is the only company that I'll be referring people to if they need a handyman, plumber, electrician, or need someone to build their dream house. read more