DALE MOSCARDELLI CONCRETE SVC

Mr. Moscardelli was the lowest of the 4 bids we acquired. Considering his reviews on Angie's List were good, we chose his company to remove the existing patio which measured 10 1/2 ' by 12' with one step. The patio is located at a moderately priced property.
Mr. Moscardelli and his crew of 2 arrived promptly on agreed upon day and started working for the 5 hours it took them until completion. We regret that we did not explicitly convey the way we wanted the patio result to look and we only intermittently stopped by to oversee. The patio's surface is not as smooth as we would like and the color is a little splotchy. Mr. Moscardelli said it would take 30 days to "bleach out and cure" but I checked it at 28 days and the color does not have the uniformity we wanted.
Overall, the new patio looks very strong and the edges look sharp.

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Dale is a hard working guy. He used a sledge hammer to break up the old concrete drive. That took a little time, but he worked steadily and didn't miss a day. He had the new drive poured and he did good work smoothing and finishing the pavement.

The only problem we had is that in the area between the sidewalk and the street, he did not widen the left approach. He said we didn't need it because we lived on a dead end street and would not be approaching from that direction. I said I wanted it, and he did not want to do it without more money. What he did not understand was that when we backed out of the drive, we needed that left approach to back out on. It's difficult to back out, without getting on the grass.

So, make sure you communicate your wants/needs specifically, draw a schematic of how you want the work done, and you'll do fine with this contractor.

The workers showed up early each of the two days of this project. They removed all the old blacktop and some underlaying concrete. Built forms for the driveway, laid mesh wire for strength. Sawed off a portion of the garage floor apron which had been severely damaged and the finished project has a clean and professional appearance.

The actual pouring of the concrete was done on two different day. The work was accomplished in a most professional manner and the workers were polite, helpful and ready to answer questions. Area surrounding the finished project were cleaned up and debris hauled away.

Before departing, the owner counseled us on need to wait proper amount of time before driving on concrete, proper amount of time before filling in around the edges, and proper amount of time to allow before placing a seal on the concrete.

Vivian Kinsel