Posted by taem on February 09, 2023 at 07:52:23 from (73.159.136.137):
I would value your thoughts about a situation I've had recently: a couple of years ago I built a 40x60 pole barn for machine storage (tractors among them) with one part gravel floor with stall mats and one part cement slab 4-5. The whole place had a six inch perimeter drain surrounding the telephone pole uprights. The fellow I used to do the drainage, set the poles and pour the slab is someone I've worked with for over 20 years and has been a neighbor. He's done excavator work (he is a genius who can put a teacup on a fence post with an excavator), logging and so forth for me. He's bought beef, hay and other stuff from me and hunts on my land.So, the year following the construction, the slab heaved, cracked and screwed up the sliding door on the end of the barn. I really don't know why, because he's poured lots of slabs, cellars and so forth in our Northern Vermont climate and has had no complaints. My theory is that that they compacted too much over the drainage and water infiltrated under the slab. Anyway, I approached him about fixing it and never really spelled out what the terms would be. I figured he would charge me the materials (more crushed stone and of course the cement) and give me a substantial break on his labor. The bill I got was basically what he would have charged me for the original job, plus some more for a couple of small jobs I needed done around the barn. That didn't sit quite right, and I asked him to lower the bill, which he did by about 20%. He has been pretty chilly with me since then. I feel that I was justified in my expectations, polite etc. and I still would use him if I had another job. What do you guys think? I am more interested in continuing good relations with him than proving any point. Was I wrong to expect him to make the job right?
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