GD CONCRETE

Within a few weeks of job completion cracks began appearing in the garage floor and the adjoining slab of the driveway. Several calls to the owner of GD Concrete were not returned. On two occasions when I reached Geraldo Duran Behena he promised to stop by and look at the cracks but he never showed up or called back to reschedule a visit. Needless to say we are very unsatisfied with the work done and the unfulfilled promises to come look at the problems and suggest a satisfactory resolution.

It could not have gone better. From estimate to completed job in less than three days. Gerardo gave me the estimate on Monday, he and his guys started building the forms on Tuesday and had the concrete poured and finished by Wednesday afternoon. He did exactly what he said he would at exactly the price he quoted me. It may have been a small job but he didn't treat it as such. There were a couple of difficulties in that getting the concrete into the cellar required building a chute so that it could be poured through a small window but he handled it like he'd done it a thousand times. He also came in anywhere from $150 to $2,000(!) less than three other bids I got. Two of those said they'd need to bring in a pump truck to get the concrete into the house but Gerardo said he didn't need one and he was right. That saved at least $500 right there. Very, very pleased with the experience.

Gerardo was very eager to do the work, and got it done in a timely manner. I was pleased with the work and the price. He charged $200 for labor, and I bought the bricks at Home Depot for $100.

We tore up the carpet in the basement of our 1930's Denver house and found out that the floor would need to be replaced. After calling several concrete contractors to get an estimate and being told that their schedule was 2-3 weeks out I called GD Concrete. Gerardo came over that evening and gave me an excellent price for replacing the floor. He also said they could start the project the next day. The work crew, some family, came the next morning and by 1:00 had removed all of the old concrete, about 250 sq ft. The cement truck came shortly thereafter and because out the layout of the basement windows, had to hand carry all 2 yards of concrete down into the basement in 5 gallon buckets from the truck parked in the alley. Grandpa finished the project by smoothing the floor. Old concrete was hauled away 2 days later. The only minor negative about the project was the dust created when they had to use a concrete saw to remove some of the old floor. Would definitely use them again.

They had a good price. They were a more typical contracting company and weren't really on time. They did a good job however so if you are patient with them everything will be fine.