C & J Construction

The first visit went well. I was impressed with Joe's initial presentation. Then everything else was a shambles. The concrete pour was rushed. They had to come back and SEPARATELY pour the missing frost wall which means the join is weak. They left our pad uncovered despite forecast for a heavy rain and it dumped all over our wet pad. ALL the sealing washed off. Joe assured me he would get it re-applied and NEVER DID. He then asked me to front him money so he could pay his "guys". This despite the job not being complete. The siding was another fiasco and has multiple issues. Less than one year later our pad is cracked and needs repair. Avoid this company is my recommendation. The only competent employee was the foreman who seemed on the verge of quitting.

I contacted a few companies to get some quotes on a garage pad and sidewalk. C & J Construction was short listed and after reviewing some of their past work, I decided to engage their services. Everything was going fine until we noticed the grade (4” over 26’) coming back towards the house on the forms, the day before the concrete pour. We told the contractor about our concern and they stated, “we’ll fix it”. The next day the concrete was poured and when I got home from work to look at the pour, I noticed that the contractor put a 1.75” grade on a 3’ wide sidewalk. The entire length of the sidewalk looked horrible as it was sloped drastically to one side and it was difficult to even walk on as well!

The owner came out and he didn’t see anything wrong with it, even though I stated there should have been a 4” step from the garage pad to connect the sidewalk back to the house. He said it was more work for them and this is just as good as they do this all the time. This is another example of a contractor trying to cut corners! The only good thing I can say about the work that C & J Construction performed, was that the concrete surfacing finish was exceptional. However the forming has to be solid as it is the structure, and from this experience I will never use or recommend C & J Construction ever again!