Met with Roger about new form

Roger was over this morning and I had a chance to talk with him about the proposed fix for the form. I was really torn on this one. I just want the whole project done, but it needs to be guaranteed against cracking. I even put it to him. If this was his back yard, what would he do. He said he would probably have them come out, tear it out, and do it correctly.

Roger got on the phone with the cement people and they came up with a 'pin' solution that would pin the two pads together, then they would guarantee it against cracking. I ok'd that solution and he took off.

After going inside and talking it over with Teresa, we decided to have them tear it out and re-pour the pad. It came down to the fact that it currently wasn't what we has asked for, or paid for.

I called Roger back and told him that after talking it over with Teresa we had decided to go with the tear-out/re-pour solution. It was only about 10 minutes after he left so it shouldn't have been an issue. I still feel bad about it. :(

Proposed fix to mis-poured deck pad

Ok, this one sucks. We got back from the midwest tonight and saw this one. As always, no calls. They just showed up and did this while we were out of town.

As you might have read in my previous posts, the cement guys misformed one of the deck pads (even though there was orange paint showing the correct path), and hence mis-poured it. Here is what they came up with to fix the issue. I'm worried it'll look like crap with 2 separate pieces of decking being joined in an odd shaped pad. I'm also worried that with the 2 separate pads, they won't warranty it against cracking.

Unfortunately it can't stay as is either. The table and chairs won't fit on it the way it's poured.

Like I said, this one sucks.