Doggett Concrete

Uh, no.
We built a garage — which means that we had someone build a garage for us — all we had to do was find someone to pour the concrete foundation. You’d think this wouldn’t be hard. I’m not knocking the industry here, because obviously there is some expertise to it. But it’s a rectangle of concrete, people.
Well, the Doggett folks couldn’t get it straight. And they tried multiple times. What should have been a 24′ x 36′ block ended up being 24′ wide at one end and 23.5′ wide at the other. That’s right, they couldn’t make a straight line — even though it was surveyed for them in advance.
Once it was poured, they had to remove a section of the foundation and re-​pour it. To their credit, they did then fix it, and they also paid for an engineering survey (at their cost). But I’d rather not jump through those hoops in the first place, you know?
To make matters worse, they built the thing just about below grade, which means we needed to spend more money to de-​grade (don’t know if that’s a word) to make sure the thing didn’t flood. A more competent company — like the one our neighbor used — would just build it higher above the grade, and not have to redo it multiple times.
Another plus is that they said they’d come back and fix the cracks and stuff that are still there. I’m holding the balance of their invoice until they do. Thus far it’s been almost two years. I don’t think they’re coming for it.