Y'all...omg...I cannot make this stuff up. Why does this have to be do dramatic and difficult????
So paver crew shows up "full force" with 2 guys looking awfully overwhelmed and tired. They started ripping up the grass and weeds and leveling the ground by hand. Then watering the dirt around the shell and packing it down. We noticed a blue chalk line had been snapped onto the side of the concrete patio that they didn't rip out. When we inquired about it, they said it was the level the base was going to. It was 3.5" below the top edge of the concrete. I said so how are you making this level with the concrete and was informed they were putting a step there.
We immediately informed them that there was no step going in and it was supposed to be all one level. They said there is no way with this concrete still there.
Funny.... Fairly certain I have been saying that for 2 weeks once they busted out only half of the concrete. I could not see how it was going to work but kept being told by the one paver guy no problem no problem. Yeah.... No.
So one of the 2 guys calls his boss and said he will be out in 30 mins. I am inside my living room with my friend who has been visiting for the last week. We suddenly hear a lot of very loud and angry sounding Spanish or Portuguese being yelled. My hubby texted me that I needed to go talk to the head paver guy since I am the one who had asked you guys about having this concrete removed and being worried about my foundation. I had texted hubby that they sounded mad and wondering where he was so he could talk to them with me.
All of a sudden, one of his workers starts hitting the concrete with a huge sledge hammer! Me and my friend run to the back porch and I tell them to stop as this is part of the foundation. The paver company owner snaps at me with a huge attitude and says "Look lady - you have 2 choices. You either are going to have a step or we are busting out the concrete." I quickly informed him that I absolutely will not have a step and they will remove the concrete but in the correct manner with a saw. He starts complaining about it and acting like he didn't understand. I told him that I may not be a professional but I know the proper way to remove this concrete to prevent damage to my foundation. He then cuts me off saying "ok ok ok I get it" and was so ****** rude. I immediately called PB and told him he needed to get out here bc I will not be spoken to that way nor will I have someone ruining my property.
PB called the guy and suddenly he isn't so nasty. I hear him complaining that using the saw is going to take so much more time and then he says no worries no worries and hangs up. In the meantime, I call hubby as hes out working in the yard (remember we have 3 acres so out in the yard is kind of far away) and tell him what happened. He gets mad and comes to talk to the owner of the paver company and tells him under no circumstances is he to talk rudely to me ever again (hubby is 6'1 250 and what I call corn fed - big dude) and the guy starts back pedaling and making excuses and hubby gets a little louder with adult language telling him he doesn't want to hear any excuses just that he understands that he will not be rude to me again and then very loudly says "nor will any one else out here or we will have a problem". And then the guy asks "well then who do I talk to about this?" And hubby informs him we are equal and he is to discuss it with me. He then quietly taps on the door to tell me the plan and the change in his attitude and demenour was amazing...but he wasnt being rude according to his excuse to hubby. Mmhmmmmmm
We are not ones to cause problems but I even have a witness with my friend standing next to me and she couldn't believe how rude he was. I called PB back and told him the guy and hubby were about to come to blows and I was shocked at how rude he was. PB tried to say oh that's just how he comes off and I said sorry nope that's just an excuse bc he quickly fixed his attitude after he was confronted by hubby.
So, after I informed them that I was aware of the proper was to remove the concrete (thanks Kim), he said he had to go rent the saw and then cut the concrete into 1 foot sections before using the jack hammer. And I said oh ok so for the middle but you will cut near the house and then use a chisel by hand by the house right? He said yes but I don't trust him. I will be watching every step now. But since he had to leave to rent the tool, he is unable to come back to start working the rest of the afternoon and for some reason they couldn't finish the other 1200 sq ft of prep??? He said what myself and friend understood to be the concrete removal would be done by Sunday. PB is saying decking will be done Sunday??? So still confused there.
I had also already called PB and requested he come physically out to the property and see this glass tile. He says well he has laid lots of accent tile for me and had no issues. I said well I dont know what those look like but this is awful and I cant even rely on Lightstream's or Laticrete's warranties bc it wasnt done correctly regardless. So he was supposed to be coming out already and then got the calls about the paver drama.
I don't understand but seriously, this has been so stressful. I don't even know why we have a PB and construction manager if they are just hiring the subs but not CHECKING on them and their work. We have personally found several issues and then bc we don't have gas already we have to handle the gas tank and the guy we bring out is the one who discovers the code violation with how close they placed the heater to the house.
Sigh..... I just don't get why this has to be so difficult. And the only reasons the concrete patio was being removed was bc the first guys who set the height of the pool beam set it too low. It's not even like we changed our minds and suddenly wanted the concrete out but we have to suffer the consequences.
"I tired of this pool"???? WOW 
there is nothing else I could do except read what you wrote three times hoping it would be different the next time 
