Runt's Paving And Excavating

paving and graveling were done as scheduled. however they were to provide a drain pipe under the drive to carry water away from the front of the house to the lawn area on the other side of the driveway. We discussed the location before with Richard . when i got home they had placed the drain directly into our garden, that locatilon would cause severe erosion if left as it was. They also left the area a mess.There was a 10 foot section of drain pipe left in the yard, along with a used oil type filter covered in asphalt the area where they placed the drain pipe was all torn up with large rocks and gravel strewn around. In addition their equipment left deep ruts in the lawn. The driveway also was not graded correctly. they left a 8 inch drop off on the side of the driveway. that will now require fill and seeding. My wife was home at the time but taking care of her invalid aunt in the house . they came to the door said they were finished and she gave them the final payment without inspecting the final job . she trusted that they had done all that was asked Richard the estimator came back a few days later since they left some equipment driveway. I showed him the areas of concern and he said he would fix it . I called a month later he again said he would take care of it and scheduled a time on the next Wed. I took off work and they were a no show . Richard has not answered any of my calls since that time. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY. I AM SORRY I DID

They gave me an estimate of $500, but while applying the second coat, it got sloppy and sprayed my garage door. Hence, they knocked off $75 and I paid $425 on the whole. Overall, they did a good job, but I had black sand applied, which was a little sloppy. I may use them in future.

They were the low bidder. I asked where they were getting the material from and they told me a supplier in Cumberland County. The reason I asked was because it is early in the paving season and most suppliers plants have not been started up yet. I was told by the contractor later that they had gotten the material from a supplier in Juniata county. This supplier is known to me and I know the condition of that suppliers plant and the potential problems that it could cause. My background is in the road construction business as a Quality Assurance Manager and I've witnessed and reported on many years worth of asphalt paving projects as well as other types of road and bridge construction. Once the job was finished, I accepted the work even though I noticed some areas that were of an opened texture. I figured I could live with that imperfection. Within two months time, I noticed significant edge cracking one to four inches from the edge of pavement. These cracks vary in length but overall they account for approximately 35 to 40 percent of the amount of edge of pavement. Large areas of unravelling have occurred. The individual stones of the mix are coming loose. Basically in these areas the pavement is coming apart. There are also small voids in the surface that were caused by dust balls in the mix. Dust balls are caused by clumps of dust from a dirty asphalt supplier plant falling into the mix as it is being mixed and then becoming part of the pavement. If these dust balls are at the surface of the pavement, they break open when the binder (the black sticky stuff) oxidizes and becomes brittle. The dust is now exposed and washes away and leaves a void in the surface of the pavement. The first problems to show were the edge cracking and the unravelling. I contacted the contractor and was told someone would come look at the pavement. I was also told at that time that the supplier was not who they said it was going to be. I also found out at that time that they would not stand behind damage caused by turning the wheels of your car on the driveway. That sounds ridiculous to me but it was in the fine print on the job proposal that I had signed. I was unaware of when someone stopped to look at the pavement but they claimed they did stop and look at it. From late June through the middle of September, I called 7 or 8 times. All but one of those times no one answered and I left a message for them to call me. No one ever contacted me after those messages I left. The one time I got someone to answer the phone and I explained my issues to the office person. The office person told me that my problems were "impossible". I told her they certainly were possible. She then asked with an attitude, "And have you been paving for the last 20 years?" I then informed her of my recent position in the road construction industry and she then quit being so condescending. I then got a call a few days later and I talked with a gentleman and told him my issues and what I wanted to see happen. He said that he needed to talk to someone and that he would get back to me. I believe that was September 7th. I still haven't been contacted by September 20th. On September 20th, I called the office again at 12:55pm, no answer, it may have been lunch time. I called again at 1:15, no answer. I called again at 1:30, no answer, I then left a message for the owner of the company to contact me by the end of the week. This was a Tuesday and that gave the owner 3 days to make a phone call. It didn't happen. September 26th 11:30 am I called the contractor and left a message for them to have the owner contact me by Wednesday September 28th. I told them in the message that I would have to take this to the courts if they don't contact me. I had contacted the district magistrates office just prior to making the phone call to the contractor to find out about the process of having the magistrates office handle this. Contractor called me 9:35 am September 27th. I don't know if it was the owner or not. The person said his brother told him what I wanted and questioned me asking for an extended warranty. He asked what all I wanted. I told him I wanted the cracks fixed, at least a 5 year warranty and I wanted the driveway to look like new after they were done fixing it. It is after all a five month old driveway. Making it look new would probably require them to apply a spray on sealer. He told me that they were already going above and beyond by just fixing the cracks. He also said that the edge cracking was caused by running a lawn mower over the pavement next to the lawn. A driveway is supposed to hold up to the weight of a car, I don't see how my lawn mower would cause the cracking. Besides, there are places that are cracking where no vehicle of any kind have been driven across it. I told him that that was not good enough and that I would have to take it to the district magistrate.