Does anyone have any ideas as to the cost of concrete work??? In general or in Maine…
My sister is putting in a garage 24x28 and she got a bid for the ground work (removing some old concrete and adding fill) and a bid for the concrete slab (4" with 10" edges, wire, rebar…)
The groundwork came in at 3995 and the concrete at 2650 for a total of 6645??? Seems high to me…:shock:
a friend did his own forms and put a 28x32 6" slab in for 1200.00 for the concrete (no labor basically)…
This slab is smaller but 1450 more (install labor???)
What is the required depth for frost footing in Maine?
Does the contractor have to find a place to dump the old concrete?If so, what is the disposal fee?
What kind of fill? Price per ton?
What kind of earth moving machine and its rate per hour?
Sounds reasonable for my area.My flat work boys charge me anywhere from $3.20 to 3.60 sf. ,steel included,dependent upon various conditions.
Adding on to something almost always costs more than starting from scratch.
In your case ,for example, there is some concrete removal required.
whoa… hold on there Cheremie… I don’t have a breakdown… just looking at an overall/ballpark breakdown… if the numbers sounded appropriate…
ok… I was not sure if that sounded right… I have not done any concrete work since we built in 89…
the dirtwork is significant… there is part of an old foundation that needs to be demo’d and hauled away as well as plenty of fill… I posted a photo to help…
not putting in a frost wall… likely a breezeway or sim to attached the two
By the time I did calculations, everyone replied, ha. ha.
My understanding is that we are talking of a slab area of 896 s.f.
The concrete volume of 22 cu. yds. = comes up to 1760 at $80 a yd. 2500?, 3000? 4000? PSI. Price different. $1760
Pouring and finishing= 493
Forming, lumber, stripping, re-bar, wiremesh, fibermesh @ $5,00 a yd.
if used = 397
I think you got a good deal.
Slab on grade and attached to the house might worry me a little. Just my opinion.
Really would have wanted to go Jeff, but was on vacation last week and was just driving back from a Rangely Resort time share that I bought a few years ago. The drive home and back down to Portland, just did not add up.
See you on the next one.
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whoa… hold on there Cheremie… I don’t have a breakdown… just looking at an overall/ballpark breakdown… if the numbers sounded appropriate…
Yes , I understand , but those are the types of things you would have to consider in order to determine weather $6645 is too high or low for that particular job.