CHARLES A PASTRANA & SONS

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We were very happy with the service. Provided estimate promptly after we contacted the company. They notified us when the work would be done, and it was done on the promised day. They did good work. No issues at all.

Excellent job. The Pastrana's showed up on time and worked aggressively every day until the project was complete. I would absolutely recommend them and hire them again for any concrete work.

I had a 35 year old concrete front porch that was cracked and pitched toward my house. This created pool of water against my house when it rained and subsequently rotted a portion of my sill plate. Based upon reputation, word of mouth and Angie's List, I contacted Charles A Pastrana and Sons for a quote. Robert Pastrana performed an inspection, recommended a solution and provided a quote. He also recommended a carpenter to perform the sill repair. I contacted the carpenter, Mike Brady, scheduled an inspection and obatined a quote. Once the date for repairs were set the work was performed like clock work. The crew was punctual, professional and removed all debris from the job site. I am completely satisfied with the work that was performed and highly recommend Charles A Pastrana and Sons.

Excellent , definitely use them again

We had issues with water coming into our basement through the floor in several areas. We seemed to have a water table that a single sump pump struggled to keep up with during heavy rains and storms. The existing sump pump had a battery back up so it wasn't a case of power failures causing the sump pump to stop. We had three companies to the house to examine the problem. The first recommended exterior waterproofing and an exterior drain. The quote was $45,000. The second company recommended we do an interior drain but since the basement was finished they would need to rip out the basement kitchen and bathroom as well as the bar area and the children's art area with built in cabinets. The quote was $10,000 but didn't include the repairs to all areas that were demolished during their installation of the interior drain system. Robert Pastrana and his crew came, looked at the photos we had of the previous water damage, and drilled holes into the concrete flooring of the basement where water had penetrated the floors in the past (the carpet had been removed already). We were told to wait several weeks until we had a few thunderstorms. We did and we watched the drilled holes to see which areas filled with water. Pastrana and crew then added several sump pumps in the areas that presented the greatest risk. They worked with us to add back up batteries to the new sump pumps so we had coverage in the event of a power outage. The creative and thorough approach they took saved us thousands of dollars and a great deal of headache and turmoil in our home. We went through Irene with our sump pumps able to handle the water tables. I appreciate their professionalism, the knowledge they have of their craft and the common courtesy of treating our job and our home as they would their own. They cleaned up after themselves and they were on time every time they came to the house. I'd recommend this company to anyone who wants the job done right.

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They were fine. They were very good. They did the work they said would do. They were quick and very clean. They were relatively easy to work with. Their price was competitive.

In April we had 5 companies give us estimates to put an inside drain along 3 sides of the foundation. I found all the presentations to be very professional, extremely informative and very clear in their explanation of what they considered to be the problem, and with the manner in which they would fix it. The estimates ranged from $5490 to $6300. Even though we inquired whether the problem was with the foundation walls not being sealed well enough, they felt that the water was not coming from the walls, but from ground water seeping up from underneath the foundation. Even though they agreed it MAY be the walls, they still felt that the interior drain system would be the best to use because it would correct the problem whichever way the water was coming in and it was the only procedure they would guarantee. Well, after waiting for 6 months, and finding very little seepage especially with all this rain we have had recently, and with the advice of a local building inspector, we took a couple of panels off one wall and it is very apparent that a small amount of water does indeed come in through the wall. This indicates that the problem is that the outside of the lower level wall needs to be re-waterproofed, not that we have a ground water problem that is seeping up from beneath the foundation. We will be solving the problem with regrading the outside land to slope away from the house and new gutters.

The whole operation, while noisy (jackhammers breaking concrete) and messy for a few hours, went about as well as I could have hoped. They dismantled the concrete "bunker" under which the pipe lay, removed the pipe, broke up the flooring, dug down, laid gravel and whatever else you do to a trench, repoured concrete. I gave them a "B" on quality ONLY because they covered the space where they removed a few vertical inches of drywall on the walls with an attached plastic piece, which was useless to me. I did have to have a drywaller come fix that. They were courteous, prompt, friendly, professional, and efficient.

They arrived on a Friday morning with a huge crew, and did a great job, and were finished within a few hours. They left the basement very clean, and cleaned up outside as well.