So it has come time to let all the builders out there in on some secrets! Today it will be clients to avoid. Yes I know there are some people who can be turned around but there are some who can't. So far - the draftsperson, and the window guy who are two of the best have also been disgusted with their attitudes! Here is today's selection of someone who is just never happy : Susan wrote the following in her blog -
We have decided NOT to use our concrete contractor to complete the concrete columns. As a result, we leaped into the unknown to complete the task ourselves.
That isnt the half of this!
The forms provided by the contractor were crude at best...
Because the blueprints specified "structural" not architectural grade. The columns were to be stucco or finished in other methods. The boxes were your basic form lumber - 3/4" ply built again specifically for structural grade.
and we tried to smooth the surfaces. However, the poor box surfaces contributed to some of the mediocre results we achieved.
Because as inexperienced home owners, you did not use form oil, or form release on the forms.
Bottom Picture: The resulting image on the concrete column. The whale image looks pretty good, but the surrounding concrete has more flaws then we would like, most likely from the wet concrete and the fact that the concrete did not release from the flawed boxes.
See above!
