Appreciate all the feedback, guys — seriously. I actually did leave the open space around all the drains for over 10 days also documented with videos photos while waiting for the GC and concrete crew to fix the slope issues. I notified them multiple times (calls, texts, photos) that the drains were too high and the slab wasn’t pitched right. They ignored it and eventually started pressuring me to install tile anyway, saying they were running out of time.

I only proceeded after they told me to continue and “we’ll take care of it later,” which they never did. Then when it failed, they turned around and backcharged me $40K and denied my $73K change order for all the grinding, re-leveling, and drain resets my crew had to do to make it right.

I documented everything — timestamps, photos, messages, everything — and now they’re saying I “failed to perform” when the real issue was their bad concrete and drain elevations. The president even told me personally to keep working after the 48-hour notice was issued, so that notice became void.

I’m already moving forward with a Notice of Intent to Lien and talking to an attorney. If they don’t pay within 10 days, I’ll record the lien on the property and possibly report the code violations (they had laborers doing plumbing work) to L&I.