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Originally Posted by ETsC10

1. Talk to your contractor (even if you have to visit in person) and have him fix your floor.

Did he know you were putting in a lift? if so...

2. If you need your lift now, cut out patches, set deep footings for the hoist and bill the contractor.
When he rebuilds your floor, make him work around your hoist.

Good luck and keep us posted.

It all sounds great in a perfect world but I am dealing with a small company and he is constanty out of state on other projects and can't be reached. He knew there would be a lift and the floor is 6" and has lots of rebar. If I knew what I knew now I would have gone about this 100% different but I didn't so now I have to lay in the bed I made.

When I started this and was looking for a contractor none of the big well known companies wanted to deal with a small project like mine or was a year or longer wait. I started asking around the smaller guys and interviewed several. I felt the best (at the time) about who I went with but its been a nightmare since. It still took 4 months to get started and concrete and steel when up and my materials went up by 1/3. I was way over budget because of this but once finally started it went up fast. At the time there was a lot of small details I was not happy with but I convinced myself I was being to picky and most people don't have the same standards as I do. I was just happy to finally have a place to work again. The job was completed and then the real fun started. About 2 weeks later we had our first rain. It was just a light mist but I got home a had I a little water in the floor in the corner. I called the contractor and he cam right out said sorry my guys forgot a few screws at the top of that wall. Its fixed now. All is well..............NOT!!

A few weeks later we had a real rain and storm. I got home that night and the over side of the shop was a lake and every time it rained again the same thing but I could not figure where it was coming in. One night a storm was coming so 1:00 am with flashlight in hand I was going to find it. I did and it was coming from the top of the walls. After some more investigation The way they did the gutters and flashing was 100% wrong. All I got was excuses and blaming the sub contractor. After a month he got the sub out there to "fix" it. I got home that night excited to see the repairs only to find nothing changed. After 3 months of constant calls and near daily emails I finally recieved and refund check for enough money requested for materials so I can fix the leaks myself.

In the mean time the concrete started the cracking and all I get is concrete cracks don't worry about it. I have talked to a few people for legal advise and have pretty much been told after I spend the money even if I win the chances are high they will fold the business and start up under another name. I am then stuck with the legal bills. I am just so ready to put this whole learning experience behind me and play with cars again.

Originally Posted by dwcsr

You need a foundation expert for that floor. That is a lot of cracks for a fairly new floor. If Dallas is anything like Houston then this dry spell isn't helping

The cracks started long before it got dry and hot and seems to have not got any worse over the last several months
in this heat.

Originally Posted by donut

IMO, have someone come and take a look at it. In your pics I don't see any control joints or expansion joints (maybe the south is different from the north in that aspect?) , for all we know the slab is poured over mud.
It does appear you've got too much invested NOT to get what you paid for.

At the time when I still trusted everything he said he told me they are not needed.

Originally Posted by no moa

What's the slab sitting on? Sand, gravel, rock? Mine sits atop 20ft of blasted ledge, I had 1 crack in my 6 inch thick floor, I put my lift in, bolted it to the floor, and I had to bolt shallow as I have a heated floor. Holds my 07 cc duramax about half way up. I'm to chicken to go higher. Lol

But id have the guy that poured it back to take a look, that's slot of cracks.
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He has get to come back out but I have send multiple pictures close up and the ones you see here. All I get it it normal don't worry about it. Whats funny now is everywhere I go I see cracks in concrete and they are everywhere. From the mall parking lot to bridge overpasses. My eyes just go to them.

Its built partly over a old stable 24 x 36 shop slab that had been there 10 years and sand. I had 4' x 4' x 10" areas poured for the old shop for the lift and it worked fine but I did not want to have to do that with the new shop but I may have to.