Recent content by 92stang5oh

Just hoping the next contractor can salvage the footing after I take down the blocks. He over sized the footing, 2' wide by 20 inches deep, using 15 yards of cement. Probably by accident, he seemed to struggle with ordering the correct amount of materials

He'll never admit it but he knows how messed up his work was. Once I told him how I was going to post the pictures with his info in them he knew his only option was a full refund.

He claims to be licensed, wish i could say who he is but part of our agreement for a full refund is keeping his name and location anonymous.

They didn't seem to grasp the concept that the blocks have different ends for a reason.

Sadly it is not an optical illusion there were countless joints with no mortar, his excuse was he can fill it in and plaster over it They started by building the 4 corners, except they did not attempt to make them all the same elevation. Needless to say all 4 corners were at different elevations.

The "mason" came back this morning while i was at work to fix everything. I had my father, who had his own construction business for over 20 years, meet him there to go over the issues with the mason because apparently I was not getting through to him. Using a framing square and some string he...

They plugged as much as they could with broken pieces and extra mortar. They did not use any dowels or rebar in the foundation, just when they poured the footing.

Yes, he poured the footing and did all the digging. I should have known something was off they just eye balled the level of the footing as it was poured.

Thanks for the quick responses, glad to know its not just me. I've tried talking with him about the work and he basically says that I have no clue what I'm talking about and have never seen a foundation in progress. He goes on and on about how he does at least 10 foundations a year for multi...

Sorry in advance for the long post. I recently started working on my garage after months of planing and paper work and am having some issues with my mason. I think his work is extremely sloppy and needs to get redone, but he keeps saying I don't know what I'm talking about and am being too...