CASTEEL EXCAVATING

CASTEEL EXCAVATING. DO NOT USE---- DAVE CASTEL, CASTEEL EXCAVATING, LATROBE, PA. FOR ANY OF YOUR EXCAVATING NEEDS. HE IS NOT A REPUTABLE INDIVIDUAL...ALL HE DOES IS TELL YOU ABOUT HIS 43 YEARS EXPERIENCE. HE IS A BIG WINDBAG..WHO LEFT MY YARD A MESS AND WILL NOT COME BACK TO TO FINISH THE JOB AFTER HE GOT FULLY PAID. I HIRED HIS SERVICES BECAUSE I KNEW HIM AND HE KNEW ME FOR ALONG TIME PLUS FOR HIS MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE AS AN OPERATOR FOR LAYING SEWAGE LINES FOR HOOKUP TO MAIN SEWER LINES..SO., I THOUGHT I HAD THE RIGHT PERSON WHO WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING AND MAKE SURE THE JOB IS DONE AND DONE RIGHT. IF HE WOULD HAVE CHECKED BOTH ENDS OF WHERE HE NEEDED TO RUN A SEWAGE LATERAL BEFORE THEY DUG OR IF HE WOULD HAVE READ THE ENGINEERS DIAGRAMS THAT I GAVE HIM, HE WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT AN ERROR WAS MADE BY THE ENGINEERS AND THE CONTRACTORS. INSTEAD HE OPENED UP AN 80 FOOT LONG 8 FEET DEEP DITCH ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT A HOOKUP WAS NOT POSSIBLE....BUT HE HAS 43 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND HE KNEW BEST. THEY REMOVED THE LAID PIPING, HIS WORKER CLOSED UP THE DITCH, DID NOT TAMP EVERYTHING DOWN SOLID, LEFT ME WITH 3 BIG PILES OF SKIMMED OFF TOPSOIL AND HAS LEFT ME WITH A BIG MESS OF SETTLING DIRT AND MUD. AGAIN, THIS JOKER GOT FULLY PAID AND SHOULD HAVE LEFT ME WITH AN AREA FULLY DRESSED.... TOPSOIL, SEEDED AND STRAW ON TOP JUST AS AGREED UPON.....IRREGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE SEWAGE LINE COULD BE HOOKED UP OR NOT. THIS DITCH WAS NOT GOING TO BE USED AGAIN FOR THIS PURPOSE AND CASTEEL KNEW THAT. THE JOB SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ...NOT DONE 1/2 WAY TO LEAVE ME HANGING. THIS BLOWHARD DIDN'T EVEN GET HIS HANDS DIRTY...HIS 2 WORKERS DID EVERYTHING. I WENT WITH CASTEEL BECAUSE I KNEW HIM AND I FIGURED HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF MY NEEDS AND NOT RIP ME OFF.. I REALLY DIDN'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE PRICE...I KNEW IT WOULD BE FAIR.... "THIS AIN'T MY FIRST RODEO," I HEARD MANY TIMES. INSTEAD HE DID RIP ME OFF BIG TIME!! TO HIS CREDIT...I ASKED FOR $500 BACK SINCE HE TOOK AT LEAST THAT AMOUNT BACK IN MATERIAL THAT CERTAINLY CAN BE USED ON ANOTHER JOB,....HE DID SEND ME A CHECK FOR $5OO. I ASKED HIM TO COME BACK AND FINISH THE JOB OF DRESSING EVERYTHING UP BUT HE SAID HE WAS TOO BUSY. IF THIS WAS SOMEBODY ELSE DOING THIS JOB, I WOULD NEVER HAD PAID FOR A JOB PARTIALLY DONE BUT SINCE I KNEW THE MAN , I TRUSTED HE WOULD DO THE RIGHT THING. THIS IS NOT HOW YOU LEAVE A JOB SITE !! IF HE DOES THIS TO SOMEONE HE KNOWS, JUST IMAGINE WHAT HE COVERS UP WITH PEOPLE HE DOESN'T KNOW. UPDATE: I JUST NOTICED THAT THIS COMPANY DAMAGED MY ASPHALT DRIVE BY WHEN UNLOADING AND LOADING THE EXCAVATOR OFF AND ON THE TRAILER. JUST ANOTHER ADDED EXPENSE INCURED CAUSED BY SLOPPY, HAPHAZARD WORK.