I am here in Illinois and was wondering what my rights are as a homeowner for a large rehab I'm doing to my home?
I hired a concrete contractor to pour 20" wide x 10" thick footings for a new room addition and a new attached garage. He did pour the footings and get them all in. I also hired a masonry contractor to build a cinder block foundation wall for the new room addition and new garage. He did get the block in and it all looked good.
When the carpenter started to frame on the new foundation he found the new foundation for the new room addition to be 6" out of square and said it was unusable for him to build on. After a three hour fight with the concrete contractor and the masonry contractor it was resolved me moving one end of the new foundation 3.5" and the other side 3.5". I was supposed to have a solid 40' wall from the garage to the new room addition but now i have a 3" step out on the new room addition. but it is square now.
The concrete conctractor took the blame and eate the cost cause he said he set the pins. But both the Concrete contractor and the masonry contractor said they did not square anything. and the Masonry contractor just laid his block and said it's not his problem to square the foundation since the concrete contractor set the pins.
Now the builder is on the garage and it is 3.5" out of square on a 28' wall. 5" out of square if you measure the four corners diagonal.
So now I am fighting with the two contractors again about fixing this problem. Both are saying it's not the fault and both are saying they did not square anything. The entire garage has been backfiled and ready for flat work but now it all was to be torn out and started over about $7,500 - $9,000 of work to be re-done. I am blaming the masonry contractor for not squaring anything and moving his block on the footings to make square. The Masonry contractor is blaming the concrete contractor for setting the pins.
The good thing no one was been paid a dime yet and is not until fixed. Question do I have to pay them anything or can I fire them both and start all over with new contractors? Do I have to let them fix there scew up even though I let them fix the house and it still isn't right according to the blueprint we just made it work.
All of this is on a construction loan from a bank. The Concrete contractor said he would buy all materials for the masonry contractor to redo the garage foundation and the masonry contractor said he is doing his labor for free, and the concrete wants to excavate the garage his self. I don't want that I want the excavator who has down the entire job to do it again because his work was done excellent and he has underground insurance. The concrete contractor and the masonry contractor does not want to pay for the excavator. And lastly both the concrete contractor and the masonry contractor said they will not layout the work or setup the pins for square if I make them redo everyhing and that will be on me to layout the work and the square.
The pictures attached are the first one is of the foundation that was out f square and to fix they bumped it out three inches past the garage notice bump out.
The second picture is of the garage that is 3.5" out of square as it sits right now.
Any suggestions?
I hired a concrete contractor to pour 20" wide x 10" thick footings for a new room addition and a new attached garage. He did pour the footings and get them all in. I also hired a masonry contractor to build a cinder block foundation wall for the new room addition and new garage. He did get the block in and it all looked good.
When the carpenter started to frame on the new foundation he found the new foundation for the new room addition to be 6" out of square and said it was unusable for him to build on. After a three hour fight with the concrete contractor and the masonry contractor it was resolved me moving one end of the new foundation 3.5" and the other side 3.5". I was supposed to have a solid 40' wall from the garage to the new room addition but now i have a 3" step out on the new room addition. but it is square now.
The concrete conctractor took the blame and eate the cost cause he said he set the pins. But both the Concrete contractor and the masonry contractor said they did not square anything. and the Masonry contractor just laid his block and said it's not his problem to square the foundation since the concrete contractor set the pins.
Now the builder is on the garage and it is 3.5" out of square on a 28' wall. 5" out of square if you measure the four corners diagonal.
So now I am fighting with the two contractors again about fixing this problem. Both are saying it's not the fault and both are saying they did not square anything. The entire garage has been backfiled and ready for flat work but now it all was to be torn out and started over about $7,500 - $9,000 of work to be re-done. I am blaming the masonry contractor for not squaring anything and moving his block on the footings to make square. The Masonry contractor is blaming the concrete contractor for setting the pins.
The good thing no one was been paid a dime yet and is not until fixed. Question do I have to pay them anything or can I fire them both and start all over with new contractors? Do I have to let them fix there scew up even though I let them fix the house and it still isn't right according to the blueprint we just made it work.
All of this is on a construction loan from a bank. The Concrete contractor said he would buy all materials for the masonry contractor to redo the garage foundation and the masonry contractor said he is doing his labor for free, and the concrete wants to excavate the garage his self. I don't want that I want the excavator who has down the entire job to do it again because his work was done excellent and he has underground insurance. The concrete contractor and the masonry contractor does not want to pay for the excavator. And lastly both the concrete contractor and the masonry contractor said they will not layout the work or setup the pins for square if I make them redo everyhing and that will be on me to layout the work and the square.
The pictures attached are the first one is of the foundation that was out f square and to fix they bumped it out three inches past the garage notice bump out.
The second picture is of the garage that is 3.5" out of square as it sits right now.
Any suggestions?