Has anyone encountered this kind of issue during an inspection?If so, what was the cost of rectifying this issue of asbestos was found?My contractor is dealing with this at one of his properties.He purchased an older ...

Ben SkoveIf you are going paint the floor, check to see if it is "level enough" first that it can be finished w/o the need for a coat of self-leveller ... as cement does not bound well to a painted floor.We are dealing with a painted floor at the moment - the vendor thought he was doing us a favour and painted it battleship grey prior to close.

The stairs were falling apart and the driveway was cracked, while the yellow side looked like the cement had just been repaired.

The hard work was done in advance of leveling the cement floor with a 7" diamond grinder and a lot of dust!!!! 

The owner tried filling it with cement, but that was just superficial and did not address the actual structural problem.

Use cement backer board.You can probably resurface the tub instead of replacing it (hopefully).

I feel like I shouldn't alert my buyers network for something that isn't cement.

Christopher BoggsDrylock works best on bare block walls or bare cement.

steve k, no, i do not take the lowest bids every time. the reason the last two guys were lower than the rest was because i have worked with them in the past. the brick guy does excellent cement/brick work and he just happened to be there when we got the latest house.i just want a fair price. i had a guy give me a quote for drywall, doors, tile bath and shower 800sq ft basement for 6k. and that's labor only. i buy all the materials. of course i think this is insane to do drywall, 10 doors and tile a shower for that price.john, normally i supply the materials and they just charge for labor. when i get a quote that shows me that they are making $50+ per hr (since i know how long it takes to do the job) really ticks me off. how much do your contractors make an hr?

here's the million dollar question...we all know you're supposed to, but how many of us actually lay cement board down before tile?