Landry Custom Concrete LLC

He did a good job with the scoring design, and coaching us about the choices. The problems began whe his workers started staining the concrete. His communication with his workers was inadequate, resulting in the application of the wrong color. After the job was finished, we started noticing a white powdery looking substance forming along all of the cracks in the patio after a good rain, and when the concrete would dry. Apparently, he did not make me aware that, because there was no moisture barrier under the concrete (something he did not bring up or ask me about beforehand), the water would bleed through and permanently stain the concrete with a white powdery look that would come up through the cracks. I tried numerous substances to try to get it up and it will not come out. When he applied the final sealer, he left brush marks all over it, which also do not come out. When I asked him to consider removing the sealer, and reapplying it, or even leaving it off, he got extremely defensive and unprofessional. Essentially, he quickly became irritated and assumed that I was not going to pay him for his poor work, something I never even suggested, and he immediately came out with "I see where this is going, I'll just lein ya!". When I told him that I had no intentions of not paying him but would like to discuss possible solutions to fix the final product, he just walked away and would not accept the check that I was hastily trying to write out because I certainly did not want a lein on my property. When he was acting like he would not accept my check (and would rather cause me a big hassel by putting a lein on my property) I told him not to leave until I finished writing it or I would just mail it, he then said, "you don't even know my address" (and he smiled at this). Which was true because his invoice did not list out an address. However, I knew that I could easily get an address through the tax office in Lake Charles. In the beginning, he did a good job selling us on his work, even telling us of a couple of businesses that used him and that we could go to and see the floors. Unfortunately, we made a very bad decision by relying on him to advise us about potential problems before he started, then he would not problem solve with us to improve the results. I do not recommend this individual. He was extremely unprofessional.

He talks a good game but did not deliver in the end. His crew did most all of the work and he showed up for a few minites to examine the work. The scoring was good but the staining was not because he did not use the colors we told him that we wanted. In fact, his crew did not know that the border was going to be a different color. He ended up making the border black and it was suppose to be just a darker shade of the main area. Another problem occurred when he put the non-skid particles on the patio. It turned the patio white-ish in some areas and it was not evenly applied. Bigger than this problem, however, was that this patio did not have a vapor seal under it and he did not ask about that before he started or finished the job. I do not know his trade, but I would think that would be an important question if I was in his trade because that is what he blamed for the very poor outcome of our patio. It would not seal properly and a milky-looking film surfaces whenever it rains and will not come off. At this point I am embarrassed to show people my patio. To top it off, when I asked him how much he would charge me to remove the sealer (I did some research and discovered that the patio might look better if there was no sealer on it), he responded, ?I see where this is going, I?ll just lien ya!? I had no intention of not paying him, because quite frankly I did not want to have to deal with him again and it would cost me more to fight him than it would to have someone else fix his mess. He did not offer to do anything more to fix this problem. I found him to be unprofessional and he did not stand behind his work. I do not recommend this person for decorative concrete work.