The point: Isaiah Armstrong did not pour the slabs to the thickness specified in the contract, resulting in code violations.

Concrete Patio Not Built to 4 Inches as Specified in Contract

Of the 33 measurements I took around both slabs poured by Isaiah Armstrong, only 6 (18%) met the contract minimum of 4 inches. 22 of these measurements, account for a full 67% of both slabs, do not even meet the building code minimum of 3 ½ inches. Even being generous and averaging these measures together, you come out with an average thickness of 3.04 inches over both slabs, below the code required 3.5 inches and well below the contract required 4 inches.

Additionally, no expansion joints were added to either slab. The surface was not flattened to a uniform level. The edges and corners were not rounded. And finally, the surfaces of the both slabs were not adequately floated after the work as performed resulting in, again, a rough unusable surface that is difficult and painful to walk on. These things are considered standard concrete slab practices that knowledgeable concrete contractors should be aware of.

When I confronted Isaiah Armstrong about his failure to adhere to the specifications of the contract (or even building codes), Isaiah Armstrong stated that he didn’t believe there was enough space between the ground and the weep holes to accommodate the 4-inch slab. I then reminded Isaiah Armstrong that he would need to dig down to make space for a 4-inch slab and that this was expected and part of the contract, Isaiah Armstrong then stated as follows:

"That is not what I was hired to do."

This is a totally unacceptable and extremely unprofessional answer. It is what he was specifically hired to do. In order to fit a 4-inch slab per the contract, under the weep holes, you would by definition have to excavate down at least a few inches. If proper site preparation had been done, this would not have even been an issue at all. But it wasn’t.