Tuesday, December 19, 2006

foundation fiasco -- take #? (I have lost track)

Much to my dismay, but not to my surprise, the foundation isn't level. These pics don't do it justice, but there is either a nice bump toward the front, or the corner dips quite a bit. I had to take the chainsaw to cut three of the studs to make the rim joist sit anywhere close to level. Never mind that the whole reason I hired someone to do this rather than do it myself was because I wanted to make sure the foundation was square and level. What a waste of time and money! I was so pissed off when I discovered how bad a job they did (for some reason I thought they would at least get the pour correct) that I called and told them I wanted some money back. They agreed to give me the $250 that I paid above the contact price back (because they underbid and then dug the footers too deep and wide and thus had to order a lot more concrete than they expected). Deborah agreed to that after I played the lawyer card. I was supposed to get the refund on Friday, but of course Deborah didn't return my phone call. I finally spoke to her on Monday, and she started giving me a sob story about how they paid so much, and how it wasn't so bad (without having even seen it). I played the lawyer card again, and she said she would get me the money in order to protect the good name of their business (??!!). Stay tuned to see whether I actually get the money. (can't wait until I'm through with the Foundation Fiasco posts)




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