[fireant911]

We hired a general contractor to do some basic remodeling for our house. The scope of the project was to remove two doors (one interior and one exterior). The description of the work is as follows: "Remove side exterior door and enclose outside with General Shale Tudor Spalding brick with buff mortar, and inside with sheetrock, paint and pine trim to match existing. Enclose interior door between bedroom and office with sheetrock, paint and pine trim to match existing. All materials and labor included."

We signed the contract on 1/08/13. The first workers showed up on 1/21/13 and removed the doors and installed sheetrock. His brother arrived the next day and finished the sheetrock. The bricks and mortar material were dropped off by the general contractor on 1/30/13. He placed the bags of mortar in our yard and loosely covered them with plastic. Later that evening, we had a big rainstorm with lots of wind. The bags of mortar got thoroughly drenched and now appear to be unusable. The brick person has not yet shown up... My question is simply this - which party is responsible for the replacement cost of the mortar?