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Originally Posted by wtm442
Joe
Sounds like you got the typical once over by the housing contractor. Just spread down as little good soil as necessary to make a lawn grow.
A 22 inch hole for a 20 inch deep root ball is not much. Hope the trees do well in their new location.
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Yea, I am finding things where they cut corners. The AC earlier in the year, the trees, small things inside the house were not that big of a deal on each one, but the sum of it got annoying by the end of finding all the little issues like painting, finishing, found 1 spot where they obviously knocked a big hole in the wall and then just spackled it in enough to hide it. Touch the spot and it is soft, among other things. The guys they had come in to fix the stuff caused as much damage each time they came in, so I finally had enough. A painter got paint everywhere, had to come back to repaint again, carpet guys to replace the carpet with paint on it messed up the floor in the kitchen, the linoleum guys damaged the kitchen cabinets, the cabinet guys damaged a wall, the drywall repair had to be done 2 times, and the painter got paint on the carpet again. This got real old real quick. I raised a big stink about it and the building site manager came and personally re-did my carpet. I have not had them come back for the small things since. Just isn't worth it to me.
I dug the holes as my green thumb friend, the home depot tree lady, and the instructions on the tree said. They said the top of the root ball should not be much under the surface.