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Posted by consumer@yahoo.com on October 5, 2006, 7:56 pm
Kickstart wrote:
> > screwed by the contractor adding all kinds of expenses for
> > "unanticipated" problems
>
> > What questions should I be asking (assuming his references are good)
> > about the job. I know that he says he will sandblast but do all
> > sandblasts go down to the concrete, or only part way down.
>
> > I need to be educated to know what properly should be done for this job
> >
> > in case the contractor tries to tell me something is "extra."
>
> > conditions which reasonably could cause "unanticipated" extra expenses
> >
> > (The pool has NO cracks whatsoever). What shortcuts would contractors
> > attempt that I should be on the lookout for.
>
> He did have a good reference
> > from a trusted contractor.
>
> IF YOU DON'T TRUST THE GUY DON'T HIRE HIM.
> What makes you think he is a crook, because he is a contractor ?
> Why would a guy that gave you a good price try to cheat you ?
> If he runs into some unforeseen problems, should he fix them for free ?
>
> You say he has references and was recommended by a trusted contractor, so
> why look for problems ?
> I think you are likely to cause your own problems and then you can say it
> was because the guy was cheating you. That way you end up being right.....
> again .... from your posted experiences it wont be the first or last time.
>
>
> kickstart
1) I did not say that all contractors are crooks, nor did I imply that.
2) Who said that he gave me a good price?
3) Is putting flashing on a deck an unanticipated step in construction
of a deck? Indeed I posted this question on decks.com and the
professional deck-building moderator did indeed believe that this is a
standard step in deck construction. Two other local contractors also
agreed that putting flashing on the deck was standard. Finally, when I
went out and looked at the other deck on my house, it too had flashing,
which was not charged as an "extra."
4) Finally I have paid every cent the contractor billed for "extras"
even though from what I can determine, such extras should not be
charged as extras.
Thank you
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