I sold a job , guy just rehabbed whole house added an addition and was getting it landscaped and wanted irrigation . He was getting sod . So I tell the guy (and its written on the contract ) To tell the landscaper to grade , set the plants and mulch beds , then I install the sprinkler , then he comes back and lays sod . So the customer calls and tells me the landscapers are done . I call in a locate , then I run over to flag the system . And what do I see ...........a beautiful sodded lawn , the whole 1/2 acre .
So I call the customer and tell him , the price I gave you was for a bare dirt lawn , I cant do anything until the sod is firmly rooted and the price is $ 900 more . He tells me the " landscaper said that I could roll the sod up ,put in the pipe and then roll it back . I tell the guy , you are kidding thats way too much labor , and it will look like crap when I am done , we dont do that , nobody does . Its sprinkler then sod . I then tell him the only way I can do it is if the landscaper sends 2 men to roll up the sod ahead of me , and put it back as I finish a run and the heads , its a 3 day job if it takes longer I charge more .
So 2 hours later I get a call back , the customer is pissed ,the landscaper wont do it , and wont warranty sod if the sprinkler isnt installed . I have to explain that its a freshly graded lawn , the dirt isnt settled , I bid it bare dirt I will tear the hell out of the sod with a plow until its firmly rooted. Been there , done that . I tell him it will be 30 to 45 days before its ready .
Your beef is with the landscaper , not me .
So I call the customer and tell him , the price I gave you was for a bare dirt lawn , I cant do anything until the sod is firmly rooted and the price is $ 900 more . He tells me the " landscaper said that I could roll the sod up ,put in the pipe and then roll it back . I tell the guy , you are kidding thats way too much labor , and it will look like crap when I am done , we dont do that , nobody does . Its sprinkler then sod . I then tell him the only way I can do it is if the landscaper sends 2 men to roll up the sod ahead of me , and put it back as I finish a run and the heads , its a 3 day job if it takes longer I charge more .
So 2 hours later I get a call back , the customer is pissed ,the landscaper wont do it , and wont warranty sod if the sprinkler isnt installed . I have to explain that its a freshly graded lawn , the dirt isnt settled , I bid it bare dirt I will tear the hell out of the sod with a plow until its firmly rooted. Been there , done that . I tell him it will be 30 to 45 days before its ready .
Your beef is with the landscaper , not me .