D&D Concrete Inc.

Do not hire

Great this was second time here

They unintentionally/unknowingly dug up my existing sewer line without checking with the township to see where my sewer line was underground. I brought it to the attention of one of the crew, and he said he was taking care of it and made what he thought was the proper repair but it was not the proper repair, which I found out much later that what he was doing was making my sewer system a closed system and the sewage would back up my laundry tubes every single day. I called Frank Dido over and over but he ignored all my calls and text. I had to pump out raw sewage once or twice a day, every day for 4 months.. Frank Dido finally came to my house to look at the damage sometime in November. He still did nothing until 1/5/16 when he sent out a worker to replace my sewer line and he told me I had to pay for it. I took D&D Concrete to court on 10/27/16 and Frank Dido was ordered to pay me $455.90. He still has not payed me as of today 10/24/17. I called him many times and is still ignoring my calls. I hope everyone can see this so you know what you are dealing with when using this Company.

great, no problems, great team

Do not use this company. They are unprofessional, do very poor work, dirty, rude and unresponsive to requests. You will regret using them.

EXCELLENT! I had extra work done a couple of weeks later.

Frank and his team did a fabulous job! From start to finish Frank was helpful and informative. His experience in the concrete business was a plus. The job was a major overhaul and the finished product adds both beauty and value to our property. D&D removed an exsisting brick sidewalk, bushes, grass and iron fencing. They prepared the site and poured on two separate days to allow full access for our tenants to the building. Frank made sure the area was safely barricades while the cement cured. Throughout the project he communicated plans and the progress of the job. I highly recommend D&D concrete ~Trudy

We chose D&D Concrete based on the positive reviews on Angie's list and solid word of mouth referrals. Frank helped us to design our patio after we removed an existing deck. We also grew tired of parking our RV (weight of RV is 15K pounds) on a stone pad I built 8 years ago. Frank was quick to reduce our fears describing how he would prepare the pad with mesh, 10 inch base, and 4000 psi concrete. Frank assessed our plan and made timely suggestions to make the project work better, and we gained so much space with the patio. His team executed the entire project in a week's time. The patio looks great and the parking pad is still curing. Frank's team work with purpose all week to get the job completed, we have a small punch list that they will address.

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I hired Frank primarily because of all the great reviews on this site. His proposal wasn't the lowest but it seemed fair based on the four I solicited. He seemed like a good man to work with when I met him and he appeared to have the right experience. This turned out to be the worst mistake I've ever made with a contractor. He did an okay job on the curbing but didn't conform to Township Code in one important respect and two serious cracks developed that are getting worse. He did a sloppy and careless job on the cobblestone edging and other parts of the project and had to return, grudgingly, to redo three parts of the walkway job - each of which I questioned prior to his commencing work. On top of all this, on the last day he verbally assaulted me in very insulting and profane terms, accusing me of 'nit picking' his work. Unbelievably, later on that last day one of the employees he left behind (Lou) launched into a two minute long snarling, obscenity-laced tirade, loud enough for neighbors to hear, when I merely asked him to turn down his blasting radio. I'm sure he was emboldened by his boss's earlier tantrum. I was upset and humiliated but I had to turn and walk away. I know in view of all the reviews here this sounds unbelievable, but every word is absolutely true, exactly as I stated it. On the flagstone walkway: At our first meeting I asked him to chalk out an outline of the proposed walkway and edging like every other contractor I interviewed said he would do. He said it wasn't necessary, he knew what we wanted. I asked him to allow for a quarter inch drop so the rain wouldn't pool. He said that wasn't necessary. After the walkway was installed there was an uneven edge between the end of the walkway and the asphalt driveway. I asked him to cut out a slot of asphalt in the driveway and fill it with new asphalt to evenly meet the new walkway. He refused and instead slapped an uneven layer of mortar over the asphalt. I told him this would easily break off and it didn't look very nice. After he dug the trench for the walkway, but fortunately before pouring the concrete base, we noted that the walkway ended about a foot off center from the front door. He was able to correct this mistake that a chalk outline would have avoided. When it rained after he installed the flagstone a significant amount of water (not a little, a lot) pooled on the walkway in front of our front door. He had to return to tear out a 3 foot by 3 foot section of flagstone and redo it with a quarter inch drop, as I had requested earlier. While his crew was working on this I asked him to repair the edge of the walkway where (surprise) the mortar had cracked and separated from the asphalt. He did it just as I had earlier suggested, but with concrete (which is already cracking again) instead of the asphalt I had asked for. I asked them to choose stones of particular shades and colors and I did request that one stone with ugly staining be replaced. I asked twice, they used it anyway. Unfortunately, I failed to specify that they use the smooth side of the stone up, wrongly assuming they would know to do this, being professionals. On the edging: He did a graceful curve on one side of the walkway next to the mulch bed, but on the other side he did an awkward almost 90 degree turn. He remarked on this himself in connection with the water runoff. When I asked him to correct it he became angry and profane and refused There's more: one of his employees broke my water spigot and my initial assessment of a ten dollar self-repair turned out to be a job for a plumber which will cost much more. Since there were several other important issues and I wanted the main job completed with minimum tension, I eventually said I would pay for the repair. Frank never apologized or offered to pay for the repair. His crew failed to clean up the driveway or lawn when they left. I had to. They dumped rocky soil from a drainage pit they dug on top of the screened soil they used to contour the lawn next to the new walkway. I then had to rake out the rocks, spread more top soil, and seed again. They failed to seed the back fill next to the new curbing. I had to. They didn't remove the sod in the extended mulch bed, just covering it with a thin layer of dirt. I had to. Even though Frank told me they were working less than ten miles away, it took a month for them to return and top off the new drainage ditch in the middle of my front yard with a layer of screened soil. (An agreed upon collaboration which was necessarily and mutually revised with ideas from both Frank and me) It took them just 20 minutes when they finally got to it. There's more, but you get the point. I ask myself how, with all these great reviews, I could have had such an experience. I bent over backwards to be nice - I offered to let them use my bathroom as needed, brought them soda and bottled water and had long friendly conversations with Frank. Despite my concerns I was always courteous and deferential to his experience and the reviews. As shown above my questions hardly constituted "nit picking". Frank likes to cut corners and doesn't like being questioned, however respectfully, on his sloppy work. He resorted to an angry, insulting and bullying response which closed off further conversation. In particular, his employee "Lou's" unhinged response to a very reasonable request should be alarming to Frank; it certainly was to me. I have revised my earlier review to acknowledge that Frank did an okay job on the curbing. After obtaining a visual inspection rather than relying on a phone conversation Frank is right, the expansion joints appear to have been done correctly and the resultant cracks in those joints are to be expected. He should not have done twenty foot sections instead of the ten foot sections required by Township Code (not optional) and there are two other cracks that are getting worse and require repair. This misunderstanding could have been avoided if it were possible to have a rational conversation with Frank. Outside of the outrageous behavior, the overall work merits a "C" grade at best. By the way, I've written at least ten reviews for this site, all are A's except for one other "F" for a job done over ten years ago. (please read them - but only 8 have carried over from the site conversion)

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Pleased with the work.  Looks great. <br />

They were all very respectful, they cleaned up afterwards, they volunteered info and I could not have asked for a better group of guys to work with.  I liked their energy and I do have another job that they will be doing in the next week or so.  I will be getting my driveway done in the back of the house.  I live in a row home and the back garage driveway is cracked in several places and need a do over.  I wanted the "black top", but i opted to go with cement because I really like the work that D&D Concrete did. <br /> Thank You D&D Concrete <br /> PS <br /> Thanks Patty!!!  (customer service) <br />

The patio is beautiful. They did a great job of tying the new patio to existing concrete and the job looks beautiful. They were cost competitive, timely, and professional. I would definitely use them again! <br />

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Awesome work! <br />

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Frank and his crew were extremely professional and <br /> very, very nice.  They did the work and were efficient and the job is <br /> fantastic. We are very, very happy with it. <br />

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It went very well.  The contractors were extremely professional and very, very nice.  They did the work and were efficient and the job is fantastic.  I didn't want anything fancy but the workmanship is awesome.  Very, very happy with it. <br />

It went so very well - we could not have asked for better service or end result.  We are thrilled with our new extended patio and cannot wait to have them back in the spring to do additional work in our yard and maybe even our driveway. <br /> They were prompt, professional, and paid a lot of attention to the little details that made the overall experience outstanding! <br /> You cannot go wrong with Frank and D & D Concrete - He is a great guy who knows concrete and does excellent work, on time and within budget quoted.  This is my best Angie's list experience to date!  I would highly recommend D & D concrete. <br /> Thanks Frank and crew - great work! <br />

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The owner, Frank, was very responsive to my request for an estimate and answered all of my questions.  The owner was very accommodating by coming out to my house on a Sunday, for the estimate, since my schedule was busy during the week.  He provided a great price which included an Angie's list discount (approx. $10-11/sq ft).  Frank indicated that he had an opening that same week (3 days later) to start the job, which was great.  The owner was present during the entire job and all of his employees were very professional.  We are very pleased with our new garage floor and we would hire him again to perform additional work for us. <br />