First of all, what other Foundation Repair Company could have pulled this one off? None! This one is an original Daniel J OConnor design and only Hydroarmor Systems could have figured this one out and fixed it! An Engineer might have figured out what was wrong but even when MY Engineer came to look at it he asked how I'd fix it. I did a simple drawing, explanation and he drew it up for the permit. Yes I applied but whilst waiting the 2 weeks for them to figure it out I just went ahead and did the job. I left this one and did another job, the permit was approved but I waited a few days before calling for an inspection. I didn't even bother to be there when the rough was inspected and yes approved to go ahead.
And people, I go out on an estimate like this, figure it out right then and there, give a price and write up the Contract. My intention then is to leave the paperwork and whenever someone wants to go ahead they can call me. Could anyone else do that? Most of the time I get the go ahead before I leave. I have my Engineer come to these kind of jobs after so he can see what the hell I intend to do and then draw it up. That's respect people. If a customer has their own Engineer I won't even bother looking at whatever they drew up and won't take the job unless it's done my way. Ego? Really? Who's responsible to make it work? Who gets blamed if something goes wrong? Not the pencil pusher that's for sure...
