Contractor Labour cost dispute

[Grizzly Adams]

Originally Posted by Junglefisher

50x40x12 in 2 days by yourself? You are in the wrong business.

They tell me Ken is a Big Boy.

Grizz

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by Junglefisher

50x40x12 in 2 days by yourself? You are in the wrong business.

I had the floor poured already so I built them on perfect level, and a forklift to stand the walls up (nice little cheat)

I did have help, couple friends here and there when needed. It really was not rocket science, and 4 walls aren't that hard to frame in a day, 2 big doors meant a lot of nothing to do, 40' walls were 2 piece and 50's were 3 iirc.

[10pt]

I am a contractor 35yrs. I quote jobs . If there is a cost over-run ,I eat it, take it as a lesson and make sure I quote better next time. Any extras such as the crane should be discussed prior to the expense, otherwise that would also be on the contractor.

[Junglefisher]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

I had the floor poured already so I built them on perfect level, and a forklift to stand the walls up (nice little cheat)

I did have help, couple friends here and there when needed. It really was not rocket science, and 4 walls aren't that hard to frame in a day, 2 big doors meant a lot of nothing to do, 40' walls were 2 piece and 50's were 3 iirc.

Yeah, framing 4 walls that size in a day is doable. But I would allow a half day for one guy to cut 160 odd studs, cut the headers and trimmers and nail them all together. Leaving less than half a day for trusses, ladders, fascia,sheeting, porkchops, garage door liners, installing man doors, overhead doors..... That's a real solid two days work IMO.

[Ken07AOVette]

The doors and windows weren't installed in those 2 days, trusses either. Just walls like I said.

[expedition]

Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams

And a picker shouldn't be required.

Grizz

Agreed

[Badgerbadger]

Split the difference, and tell him you will not be giving a positive recommendation, as he has shown he doesn't deserve it. (not just the money....the delay, the tyvec, the garbage, the mis-estimating).

If you recommended him to me, and I experienced these things, I'd think less of you, and I'd have real issues with him.

If he wanted this job to "build his business", I'd say he messed that up.

[Dean2]

Lots of different perspectives, would love to hear how this ends up working out. Please post once you have it settled with him.

[canuckistanian]

So we got everything settled yesterday. I printed off 2 copies of a construction contract outlining what I was going to pay him and at what stages of construction. He agreed without issue and we signed the written contracts. I ended up paying $2000 for labour and no picker truck. This whole scenario could have been a real nightmare but ended up going well in the end, thank you to everyone on here for their input and opinions.