I had an inground pool put in and yesterday they poured the decking area around the pool. The contractor and I had discussed the color and that it would be broom finished. The color was like the color of clay/ redish brown (that you would find in the ground). The contractor stated that he would do one bag of color per three yards of concrete. I stated I wanted it to be dark and he said okay I'll do 2 bags of color per 3 yards. Needless to say, you can't even tell that it is colored conrete. It looks like regular concrete. My driveway, which is regualar concrete, is darker than what I have around the pool decking. As far as the color is concerned, isn't there a formula he should have followed for how many bags of color to use? There is one area that has some brown streaks where he broom finsihed it. I noticed that they were sticking the broom in the chlorinated pool water and then brushing it across the conrete to achieve that broom finshed look. Did that bleach out the conrete? Is that the proper procedure?
The contractor want me to pay the fina; installment for the completed job but ai am very dissatisfied with the job. What is my recourse? What is the best solution to achieve the color that I want?
The contractor want me to pay the fina; installment for the completed job but ai am very dissatisfied with the job. What is my recourse? What is the best solution to achieve the color that I want?