Dipaolo and Sons, Inc. Frank Primerano Faulty Craftsmanship and Non-Payment Buffalo New York

This batch of pictures shows water constantly bleeding under the walls and on to my floors.  This happens because Dipaolo & Sons did not provide water barrier flashing at the bottom of the walls located at the sill plate.  Frank Primerano was given installation guides from the manufacturer of the stone facade for our building.  This guide clearly stated that "Z-shaped" metal flashing had to be applied at the bottom of the wall prior to the stone being installed, it also stated that a water screeding drip edge made by the manufacture needed to be installed as well.  Frank was told by the project architect on several occassions that he must read and fully understand the installation guide supplied by the stone manufacturer.  He ignored several requests and never installed the water barrier as instructed by the manufacturer....sure enough water leaks in the building constantly.  We must now pay tens of thousands of dollars to remove the stone and re-install it properly.

The plumbing lines must not have been taped off during construction, this is done to prevent debris from entering the plumbing.  None of the faucets were working until we discovered that the lines were clogged with tons of stones, we had to remove all the connections flush out all the lines and replace many of the faucets.  This was done at my expense because contractor was nowhere to be found, and wasn't returning our phone calls....pics attached proving the rocks were in the lines.

Frank ordered the doors in the wrong size and because of this, there are huge gaps at the tops of the door frames and at the bottom of the frames.  We had to pay a contractor to repair the tops of the doors, unfortunatley nothing can be done about the shoddy gaps you can see at the bottoms of the doors.  The only solution is to replace all the doors in the building.

Ceilings were either not done correctly or not done at all.  The contractor left the job before finishing the decorative ceilings in our showroom and the back office.  The drywall ceilings that were done continue to crack, I told the contractor and his sub-contractor RDF Construction that they didn't have enough supports and the drywall would eventually crack.  Of course it did, I've spent $8000 repairing the drywall so far.  The corner bead on all the walls was never screwed in, they were just "stuck" in place.  Not long after all the corners cracked, every corner in the building had to be replaced, pics attached.

The following contractors and sub-contracts provided the work in these pictures:

RDF Construction, 9745 Lake Road Barker, NY 14012 (missing water barrier & faulty drywall & drop ceilings)

Dipaolo & Sons, Inc. Buffalo NY (general contractor)

The following defects have surfaced since my original post:

1. Parking lot floods rendering much of it unusable and unsafe, pics supplied.
2. Concrete floor slab is so off level that our showcases couldn't be installed properly, pics supplied.
3. Parking lot lights were installed in the wrong location and had to be moved, pics supplied.
4. Exterior water barrier flashing wasn't installed and the showroom fills with water, pics supplied.
5. Drywall corner bead never fastened and needed to be completely removed and re-installed, pics supplied.
6. Interior doors were installed with wrong sizes and huge cracks were left at the tops of all the doors, pics supplied.
7. Drop ceilings were improperly installed, pics supplied.
8. Attic insulation was never completely installed and needed to be re-installed, pics supplied.
9. Floor slab was installed with huge gaps between the foundation and needed to repaired, pics supplied.
10. Holes in the sidewalk were left missing and the side walk needs to be re-poured, pics supplied.
11. Parking lot was installed improperly and huge ruts are forming in many places, pics supplied.
12. Huge holes were left at the bottom of the parking lot drainage basins, pics supplied.
13. Large of amounts of rocks were found in the building waterline and destroyed all the plumber fixtures, pics supplied.
14. Exterior vinyl siding was not installed properly and is bowing and curling off the building, pics supplied.

The following contractors were hired by Dipaolo & Sons and provided the work shown in the pictures:

3D Concrete, LLC 3868 Main St. Strykersville, NY 14145 (defective concrete)

DJ Gerling 5906 Derrick Ln Burt, NY 14028 (unfinished light poles)

RDF Construction, 9745 Lake Road Barker, NY 14012 (missing water barrier & faulty drywall & drop ceilings)

Our next post will include all the sub-contractors left unpaid and the amount of the unpaid invoices.