Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-10-02 Thread Tom Fowle
Dale, It's entirely different, in the case of the emergency plumber, you gave him a free hand on his integrety. In the case of the sandman you gave him particular instructions and he didn't follow them. but you know that good luck tom

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-10-01 Thread Lee A. Stone
I would have someone take a lot of pictures and leta judge descide in civil court. I agree you put the time money and energy into a job to your specs and it should be done as you planned it not as your neighbor and his buddy did. Lee On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 08:06:46PM -0400, Dale

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-10-01 Thread Paul Franklin
, September 30, 2009 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update. Dale, You have every right to be pissed. The job wasn't done to your spec so you are probably within your right to withhold payment until the job is done to spec. Cliff can probably weigh in much more

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-10-01 Thread Tom Fowle
Dale, I'd get an estimate from a ligit contractor to have the beech sand removed and the polimerized put in. Then I'd discount the bill by that much. I guess if that discount was more than 25^ of the bill I might moderate a bit. Your only error was not having it writt down. Here we have a

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-10-01 Thread Dale Leavens
to be good like that. There are shysters of course and I guess this time I got stuck with one. - Original Message - From: Tom Fowle To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update. Dale, I'd

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-10-01 Thread Dale Leavens
or other literature to know about it. - Original Message - From: Paul Franklin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update. Dale, you have every Wright to be upset with a contractor who fails

[BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-09-30 Thread Dale Leavens
Moving along, I have the patio a about done, waiting for the polymerized sand and dry weather. I have laid a retaining wall between my lawn and the hedge, four courses of 8 by 8 by 5.25 inch cement bricks which have a lip on the back edge to lock to the course below. This wall is 18 feet along

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-09-30 Thread Lenny McHugh
Dale, I think for a start I would seek a little legal advice. I would definitely hold payment. - Original Message - From: Dale Leavens dleav...@puc.net To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:06 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update. Moving

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Paving project update.

2009-09-30 Thread Dan Rossi
Dale, You have every right to be pissed. The job wasn't done to your spec so you are probably within your right to withhold payment until the job is done to spec. Cliff can probably weigh in much more authoritatively here. Getting the sand out, wow, I can't imagine. The pressure washing was