The entrance sits roughly 30 inches above the curb and is accessed by three cement steps.

There is also a difference though between telling them they have to repair the cement on the steps if theyre crumbling and telling them they have to sweep the hallways, so keep in mind the scope of work, too.

I had a 20' sleeve liner replaced, heating appliance(s) connector replaced, top support plate installed, and chimney cement crown repaired on my primary residence for $1,700.

I get excited again because it’s work being done and a huge cement truck out front! 

I'm buying a house in Los Angeles, it's a two units which the front one is a commercial building and it is used to be a gas station before but the gas tank is filled with cement since 1971 and the back unit is a residential 3 bed 1 bath.

If you go into your bathroom and look at your toilet,  you will need to remove that toilet and if  you now have tile and cement and backerboard and remove to do this new flooring that everyone wants ( mostly because of the cost). 

Imagine having 1000sq ft of the wrong ugly tile cemented to the ground having to argue who would pay to tear it back up and restart.

Is it OK to install the cartridge now before the tile is installed or how does one avoid this issue while doing the work DIY and not able to work on it 10 hours a day where its ok to not have hot water for 1/2 days.I have shutoff valves where I made the copper to pex conversion but I need to turn the water back on... seal the wall up with cement board so I can continue and waterproof it, tile it, etc.

The basement cement walls are bowing fairly drastically and there is evidence of a lot of cracks being patched recently.

They could be enforcing a general policy that doesn't take into account cement versus wood decks.