Hey Gents,
I live in central Illinois. The builder building my garage screwed up the floor the first time. It's a floating slab w/thickened edge, 26x32. It as obviously so bad, they agreed to fix it. They opted to put a cap on it. While I'm not sure they put the right thickness on it, they purported to put a cap the length of the garage from 3" sloping down to 2"- 2 1/2". They used a binder but did not use a moisture barrier of any kind.
The cap was poured during the day and that night it cracked. It has continued to crack and is now 30+ days old. The floor looks like a jigsaw puzzle and a few of the cracks are out of alignment and there are quite a few pop outs. The owner of the company came out this time and looked at it. He agreed that it was unacceptable but blamed the concrete company. He did take some responsibility for the first screw up but blamed some of that on the concrete company as well.
The garage was put up already.
The builder wants to tear out the old cap and do it again. It won't cost him much because he plans on getting his concrete free. He will do the exact same thing as before. I'm supposed to trust him. I have another concrete guy who will tear out the hold floor and put a 4" cap with wire mesh and a moisture barrier and he will charge $4,400. The builder disputes that a moisture barrier is necessary and says that you can't glue it if you use the moisture barrier. He also believes the 4" is unnecessary. He thinks the contractor is just out to get a job. The builder is a well known company that builds garages in this area.
I'm at a loss. I know it won't cost me anything one way or another but I don't know the right approach. I don't have a lot of faith in the builder at this point but I also know nothing about the contractor. Can you help with any insights or recommendations? Thanks.
May it be blessed,
Todd
I live in central Illinois. The builder building my garage screwed up the floor the first time. It's a floating slab w/thickened edge, 26x32. It as obviously so bad, they agreed to fix it. They opted to put a cap on it. While I'm not sure they put the right thickness on it, they purported to put a cap the length of the garage from 3" sloping down to 2"- 2 1/2". They used a binder but did not use a moisture barrier of any kind.
The cap was poured during the day and that night it cracked. It has continued to crack and is now 30+ days old. The floor looks like a jigsaw puzzle and a few of the cracks are out of alignment and there are quite a few pop outs. The owner of the company came out this time and looked at it. He agreed that it was unacceptable but blamed the concrete company. He did take some responsibility for the first screw up but blamed some of that on the concrete company as well.
The garage was put up already.
The builder wants to tear out the old cap and do it again. It won't cost him much because he plans on getting his concrete free. He will do the exact same thing as before. I'm supposed to trust him. I have another concrete guy who will tear out the hold floor and put a 4" cap with wire mesh and a moisture barrier and he will charge $4,400. The builder disputes that a moisture barrier is necessary and says that you can't glue it if you use the moisture barrier. He also believes the 4" is unnecessary. He thinks the contractor is just out to get a job. The builder is a well known company that builds garages in this area.
I'm at a loss. I know it won't cost me anything one way or another but I don't know the right approach. I don't have a lot of faith in the builder at this point but I also know nothing about the contractor. Can you help with any insights or recommendations? Thanks.
May it be blessed,
Todd
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