Whatever you do, don't pay him another red cent!

My patio is cracked (50 yr old) and I am tiling over it. It's 77 cents
per square foot.
I figure I can do the entire project for $400 (300 sq ft and grout.)
Tiling is a DIY now that there are spacers. That little piece of
plastic eliminates that journeyman.

Mrs. Clean

CyberExorcist wrote:
And the only suitable thing in my mind to do would be to re-lay all the
concrete (which is probably something they will not be willing to do).
I still have not paid them for the concrete job ($5000). His answer
was "Concrete will crack, there's nothing that can be done about it".
My only issue is that EVERY expansion joint has cracked and I have
spalling and those 2 large cracks in the cement already.

So, the only thing I could think of would be one of the following:

1. Redo the job (probably not going to happen)

2. Repair cracks and put a decorative coating on top (since the repair
will not look that good after they are done.

MRS. CLEAN wrote:
wrote:
I had some concrete laid around my swimming pool (~1200ft), that is
cracking at almost every expansion joint and a few large cracks around
the pool steps and diving board.

What is the best way to repair this? I had the concrete laid in March
of this year and it's been through the summer. Should I wait for it to
go through the colder months and then have it repaired?

I plan on getting someone to lay down decorative concrete (pool deck
design) on top of this concrete.

What's the best approach?

Tks

I would get the company back to your house NOW.

It's their problem and you should tell them so. I'd get the paperwork
to take his contractors license from him for such a rotten job.

No way should it be cracking.

Stick up for the money you paid! Better yet, forward the paperwork and
the phone number, I'll take them on for you.