1/5 Dane T. 1 year ago on Google
HIRING
THEM
WAS
A
BIG
MISTAKE
and
I
DO
NOT
RECOMMEND
THEM
TO
ANYONE.
I
hired
Backbone
Construction
and
Roofing
to
build
a
covered
front
porch,
concrete
sidewalk/walkway,
additional
concrete
pad,
a
large
concrete
footer
(later
canceled)
around
my
driveway,
and
a
rear
deck/patio
with
additional
concrete
at
the
steps.
After
signing
the
contract,
they
required
me
to
get
a
land
survey,
which
cost
me
$600.
They
require
50%
down
payment.
After
a
few
months
later
they
tried
to
tell
me
the
price
of
the
decking
materials
increased
by
$3,500,
which
is
a
70%
price
increase.
FYI,
if
you
back
out
of
the
contract,
they
will
keep
10%
of
the
down
payment
even
if
they
do
no
work.
They
filed
the
permit
with
incorrect
information
classifying
my
house
as
a
manufactured
home
and
tried
to
change
the
build
designs.
I
had
to
figure
this
error
out
for
them.
There
was
NO
OVERSIGHT
on
the
build.
When
issues
were
pointed
out,
I
was
told
they
would
be
fixed
(most
were
never
fixed)
or
that
it
was
built
that
way
as
required
by
code
(not
true).
Example:
I
asked
for
concrete
footers
using
round
forms
above
the
soil
line
so
wood
posts
would
not
touch
dirt
or
be
buried.
What
I
got
concrete
were
footers
that
are
below
the
soil
line
that
hold
water
(2
inches
of
water)
at
every
post
and
at
the
bottom
of
the
steps.
A
perfect
situation
for
wood
rot.
I
inquired
about
this
issue
during
the
build
and
they
did
nothing,
they
just
continued
the
build
even
after
I
was
told
they
would
fix
it
(they
never
did).
They
just
continued
on
with
the
build
like
nothing
happened.
By
the
time
the
front
porch
structure
is
in
place
and
they
told
me
there
was
nothing
they
can
do
now.
They
even
tried
building
it
without
installing
all
of
the
concrete
footers,
even
though
the
contracted
drawing
called
for
all
of
them
to
have
concrete
footers.
During
the
demolition
and
build,
they
threw
all
of
the
trash,
debris,
screws,
nails
into
a
big
pile
in
my
back
yard
and
front
yard.
They
also
left
trash
under
the
back
deck
and
front
porch.
They
mixed
concrete
on
my
driveway
that
I
had
to
scrape
and
clean
off
when
I
came
home
from
work.
I
also
took
it
upon
themselves
to
use
my
wheel
barrow
to
mix
their
concrete
and
broke
my
wheel
barrow.
They
also
splattered
concrete
on
my
white
PVC
fence
and
did
not
clean
it
up.
The
porch
frame
work
was
apparently
enough
to
pass
inspection,
but
looked
horrible
(looks
like
they
used
scrap
wood
to
frame
out
the
roof,
they
used
different
width
boards
because
it
was
all
getting
covered).
Even
though
there
was
an
engineered
drawing
done,
they
basically
nailed
as
many
boards
together
as
needed
to
pass
inspection.
When
they
added
the
roof
extension
and
shingles,
they
managed
to
crush
all
of
my
attic
vents
and
did
not
even
have
the
decency
to
bend
them
back
into
shape
or
tell
me.
I
asked
about
the
decking
layout
because
I
was
never
consulted
on
that.
I
was
told
the
decking
layout
would
be
a
specific
way,
which
looked
horrible.
I
asked
them
to
make
a
slight
change
to
the
decking
layout
that
would
not
cause
any
frame
work
to
be
adjusted.
Backbone
decided
to
say
they
would
charge
an
extra
$800
for
“extra
materials”.
These
extra
materials
were
required
because
the
failed
inspection
they
had
to
fix,
all
of
which
was
before
decking
layout
issue.
Once
the
porch
and
deck
were
built,
still
with
issues
not
fixed,
they
failed
the
deck
railing
inspections.
The
rail
slats
were
loose
because
they
used
the
wrong
parts,
which
also
resulted
in
them
manually
cutting
the
step
railings
to
make
them
work
(this
looks
trashy
and
was
never
fixed
by
Backbone).
They
did
fix
the
loose
railing
slats
because
they
had
too.
Every
railing
was
installed
crooked/slanted,
which
they
said
they
fixed,
but
they
are
only
less
crooked
now.
They
also
never
called
in
the
inspection
prior
to
finishing
the
roof
work.
They
subcontracted
out
for
the
sidewalk
concrete
pours.
I
ended
up
with
a
slanted
sidewalk
going
from
my
driveway
to
the
front
steps.
The
bottom
step
also
creates
a
tripping
hazard
that
Backbone
did
not
fix.