Regal Construction Review -Cement – Bay Ridge
We needed to get out sidewalk cement redone because it was old in the area outside of our gate and outside our driveway. We found out that the original sidewalk was broken by the city so they could do one of the neighbors pipes. The sidewalk the city put down was far inferior to the cement work that is inside our gate and driveway (which has been there for 15-20 years). When they took up the old cement, we realized the city contractor took some shortcuts to the job and didn’t put down the wire mesh and the gravel they were suppose to put down.
We called a few companies and either we found their quote for the work to be very high or the company didn’t return our call. Lee and I had no idea how much it cost to replace a sidewalk, so I asked some strangers online and finally I found the cement calculator (yes this really is a thing) (I’d link it for ya, but my wordpress app isn’t working right at 3:30 AM). Finally we asked our neighbor who she used. This lady has lived in Bay Ridge all her life and has recommended some very trustworthy people to do work at our house. She recommended Mike from Regal Construction. We called Mike and he took down our information and came out to see our sidewalk. Mike quoted a -price of less than half what another company quoted and after questioning about the type of cement and we asked Mike to tell us some addresses of place his company installed sidewalks. Mike looked in his cell phone and gave us several addresses. We went to see his work and it looked good – no cracks – so we hired Mike.
Mike applied for the permit. If you are doing construction on the sidewalk, the company you choose needs to file for a permit.. You can check your sidewalk repair permit here After the permit was approved, Mike and his men began the two day process of replacing the sidewalk. The first day they took up the old sidewalk. This was a huge job – they were at our house from 9:00 am – 2:40 pm. Three to five men were working on this job during the day. Some used the sledgehammer to remove the cement, one loaded the old concrete and another drove it to it’s new destination (the dump or carting company maybe?)
The following day they came and poured the cement. The took hours straightening the cement and pushing out the air bubbles.
One week after the cement sidewalk was replaced, one of Mike’s guys returned and he used a machine to go over the lines on the sidewalk, put down caulk and then put sand over that so that nothing sticks to the wet caulk. It looks so good!
If you hire Mike – Regal Construction 718-844-9799, get a contract in writing. I didn’t do this and wish I did because his work has to be guaranteed for a year or so. I mean the work looks fine right now and I have seen work he’s done from years ago and it was fine, but it’s a good practice to have a contract with the company. March 2017 — LOL……THE HELL WITH THE CONTRACT – IT’S ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER AND MIKE’S WORK IS STILL GREAT. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM.
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Hugs,
marlene
Topics: Bay Ridge | 1 Comment »
June 13th, 2016 at 2:19 pm
Thank you for your comment and information I need to have a concrete deck installed I also called stone r us and they were crazy expensive I’m still looking I’m going to call Mike thanku