blue river concrete

Wish i had read these reviews before i hired blue river!! What a horrible and expensive mistake. If you want ANY concrete work done, DO NOT USE STEVE JOHNSON. i only paid him half and would pay the other half once he fixed mistakes. He choose to not work with me on a correction but instead put a lien against my home. Now I’m dealing with large “pockmarks” from the first snow, new concrete is less than year old, on top of other issues!! Stay away!

Run, Don't walk from Steve Johnson of Blue River Concrete. If you do decide to use him. DO NOT pay him anymore then the 20% down until the job is "completely" done to your satisfaction. He will damage your property and Not take responsibility nor will he abide by the contract that "he" produced. My garage floor cracked from front to back within a week. They cracked my existing concrete stairway wall in several places with their bobcat and knocked a hole in the garage sheetrock. They graded rutted and damaged my side yard and never fixed it. They left piles of debris at both corners of my driveway for a week. They damaged my garage door. Very careless bobcat work to the point they broke their own windshield in my driveway. Steve does "not" stand by his word or work and totally brushes off any concerns you may have and does not listen. He gets angry, rude and pouty if you do not agree him. He does not show up when he says and does not communicate accordingly. He has an excuse for everything! You may want to read this Blog. I wish I had before hiring him. The blog describes his actions dead on. [*** Link removed ***] Now to review the actual Blue River Concrete Company Website statements. They say they were established in 1997. Not so. They were established in 2008. They say there is a Rock Solid Guarantee. You can not find the Guarantee anywhere on their website nor will they give you anything in writing. DO NOT believe anything verbal from Steve They say they use American steel rebar. Not so. They use fiberglass. They DO NOT care about your property or your neighbors property. I know by experience. They DO NOT treat customers with respect. I know by experience. They say they wear logo Shirts. I never saw a single logo shirt from any employee or Steve Johnson the owner. On the website Steve makes it sound like a big business. In fact there is Steve and 3 workers. Steve hurries the jobs as fast as he can to get to the next one and if he has your money, good luck getting him to return to fix things or clean up. Again, I know by experience. They do not compact the sub grade properly. They say they know concrete and the right mix. My garage floor was poured way to wet and was cracking within a week. Steve even told me it was to wet when it was poured but doesn’t want to do anything about it. And yet even on his website he says if the mix is to wet it will crack. They say they know how to grade it correctly. Not So. My garage floor is high in the middle and the water runs towards the side walls in the garage. Their website is all smoke and mirrors. If the website says how wonderful and knowledgeable they are you can bet the opposite is true. If they were as good as they say, word of mouth would keep them busy for life.

I had multiple cracks in my driveway due to poor loading and clearing. But, the Blue River Concrete company came in, fixed the problem immediately and did so at a reasonable price. They did amazing, I would absolutely recommend to my friends and family as well.

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First of all, they rescheduled on us twice, without calling. I had to call them when they did not show. I understand that delays happen, but a call would have been nice. BTW-this was the best part of their service. It only gets worse. We hired them to expand our 3rd car driveway and bring it straight down instead of curved. During the demo of the existing driveway, they rushed and actually destroyed several parts of the existing driveway that was staying and parts of the sidewalk. Now, I would assume that a concrete company can fix concrete. Not the case here. So, instead of taking time and repairing the driveway, they simply slapped(and I literally mean slapped) some cement on the busted parts of my driveway. They didn't use a trowel or anything. It looks terrible, and within days was busting off. They also had several large oil leaks from their equipment in front of my house(that are still there), that they also put little effort into fixing. The only thing Steve (the owner) is good at doing is cashing your check promptly. I spoke to him directly after and he agreed that it looked bad, and he said he would be over to fix. That was two months ago. Since then I have called, emailed and texted him and I have not had a single response. Bottom line. If you want bad work, an oil slick and no customer service at a non-competitive price, then use these guys, otherwise wait for someone who will provide you with quality.

My experience was great at first and then once I took a closer look it went down hill. Here is what they did wrong: 1. They left the old sidewalk the meets up to the driveway cracked in 2 pieces, the seam on the left garage door was not finished. 2. The seam on one retaining wall was not finished at all but the other retaining wall was done correctly. 3. Two months after driveway was poured I discovered a 12 foot crack spanning across 2 sections of my driveway. I think it has something to do with them forgetting to compact the base but the owner said that is not an important step. Upon discovery of the 12 foot crack I contacted Steve Johnson the owner of the company. He stood me up 2 times and rarely returned calls unless I threatened action. After a month of calls he finally came out with the Geiger concrete company representative. They told me it is normal to have 12 foot cracks in driveway and that it would be fine, I disagree. Steve said he would have his crew come out and fix the areas they messed up (excluding the 12 foot crack) and seal the driveway with the sealer Geiger gave me. He of course never showed up. This has been a horrible experience I would not wish on anyone. He was great to work with until he collected his money and then he was done with me.