We had Florio Brothers install a new driveway/sidewalks in June 2005 for a cost of $7000. In January 2008, I noticed that the driveway was starting to crumble in many places. It took 3 months of calling to get the owner, Vito Florio Sr., to come out to look at our driveway. When Vito Sr. finally came in late April 2008, he said the driveway falling apart was NOT HIS RESPONSIBILITY OR HIS FAULT. Note: we sealed our driveway in Oct. 2005 with 2 coats of concrete sealer as recommended by Florio Brothers. He said maybe it was the concrete used but only testing would determine that. He said testing could only be done in warm weather and it takes months to get results. He said he would contact the concrete supplier the very next day to get them out to our house to test our driveway.\r
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I contacted the concrete supplier who in turn put a call into Florio Brothers to talk to them about our driveway but the concrete supplier never got a call back. The concrete supplier said they had been in business long enough to see the same 4-5 contractors have problems over and over and Florio Brothers was one of them. I also spoke with a testing laboratory that had done work for Florio Brothers in the past and was told that the concrete testing can be done at any time of the year and results take 2 weeks.\r
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As of this writing, May 2008, Florio Brothers has not come out to test our driveway. They have not called us about testing our driveway. \r
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Added Nov. 2008: Other driveways in our neighborhood done by Florio have the same problems we have. If this were a supplier problem, then Florio should have tested our driveway to determine that. Any problems with the concrete supplier should NOT be the customer's job to sort out. The contractor bears responsiblity for the supplies that they use and the suppliers they work with. I also did research into our problems and finish work can alter the water content of the concrete enough to cause the problems we are seeing in our driveway
Pros: were very quick to come give us an estimate in June 2005
Cons: Do not guarantee their work. Read my report...it says it all.
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