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Pouring a driveway
#1791420
07/21/16 07:02 AM
07/21/16 07:02 AM
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Gardendale
BigDalk
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Anybody recommend a reasonable concrete guy? I want a concrete driveway. It's about 90 yards long so about 35 yards of concrete. Cost of concrete by our local supplier is $95 a yard. So about $3600 worth of concrete. Had one guy come out and wanted $6500 so nearly 3k of labor. It currently has a gravel drive so he said he would be pouring it straight on top after grading it. I asked about doing metal in it and he said he would do enough joints that it wouldn't need it.
It seems to me that nearly $3000 for grading the gravel, setting up forms, and finishing is kind of high. It's fairly level and looks like an easy job
Last edited by BigDalk; 07/21/16 07:08 AM.
"The aggies are going to destroy bama"
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 08:02 AM
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North Alabama
robinhedd
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I would recommend waiting till it cools off some, if poured right now it would set up really fast and likely crack.
"Guess I just got too much Mathews in me!"
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: robinhedd]
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07/21/16 08:52 AM
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Molino Florida
DaBreeze
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I would recommend waiting till it cools off some, if poured right now it would set up really fast and likely crack. Most definitely!!!
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 09:15 AM
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Marion County, Alabama
Vernon Tull
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I have a firmly packed gravel drive that is 900 feet long. My estimate for concrete was $30,000. And this concrete man is a friend of mine! DANG!
I reckon I'll keep driving on dusty gravel.
Last edited by Vernon Tull; 07/21/16 09:17 AM.
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 09:17 AM
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Port St Joe, FL
Moose24
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Mully,
If you don't me asking what did that cost you? I have a coworker who is wanting to get a patio poured.
The Things You Remember in Life aren't Things at all.
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 09:20 AM
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Thanks for the replies. Looks like maybe I should put this off until fall.
I might just drive down the road to some construction sites and see if I can hire the guys that do the work myself without the middle man.
"The aggies are going to destroy bama"
Burbank
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 09:21 AM
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Marion County, Alabama
Vernon Tull
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Thanks for the replies. Looks like maybe I should put this off until fall.
I might just drive down the road to some construction sites and see if I can hire the guys that do the work myself without the middle man. Even at $6,500 your estimate is a good bit better per foot than what I got from a close friend who is in the concrete business.
Last edited by Vernon Tull; 07/21/16 09:22 AM.
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: Vernon Tull]
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07/21/16 09:37 AM
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Gardendale
BigDalk
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Thanks for the replies. Looks like maybe I should put this off until fall.
I might just drive down the road to some construction sites and see if I can hire the guys that do the work myself without the middle man. Even at $6,500 your estimate is a good bit better per foot than what I got from a close friend who is in the concrete business. I don't know how much of a friend that is. Tell him he better take you on a nice dinner if he's going to do that to you
"The aggies are going to destroy bama"
Burbank
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 09:53 AM
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Hueytown
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BigDalk your estimate is not a bad one but it might get better this fall when work starts slowing down. This is the worse time of year for that because all the crews are WFO and they price things accordingly.
Vernon you need to get a quote for Asphalt. No way I would pour a driveway that long even if I had the money.
One day the right woman will come along and the next thing you know you'll be wearing her underwear!
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 10:03 AM
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Bham
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Anybody recommend a reasonable concrete guy? I want a concrete driveway. It's about 90 yards long so about 35 yards of concrete. Cost of concrete by our local supplier is $95 a yard. So about $3600 worth of concrete. Had one guy come out and wanted $6500 so nearly 3k of labor. It currently has a gravel drive so he said he would be pouring it straight on top after grading it. I asked about doing metal in it and he said he would do enough joints that it wouldn't need it.
It seems to me that nearly $3000 for grading the gravel, setting up forms, and finishing is kind of high. It's fairly level and looks like an easy job Labor 2 Finishers @ $25/hr (including burden) = $50 1 Chute / Forman @ $25 $25 2 Raker / Vibe $50 1 Pick up with tools/misc form supply $25 Cost $150 /hr OH&P 30 Total $180 /hr 5 hrs to mobilize and grade 5 hrs to form & strip 8 hrs to pour, finish and cure 2 hrs to clean up and demob. 20 hrs x $180 = $3,600. Just a VERY rough estimate. 270'L x 10'W x 4"D = 2,700 sf = $ $1.33/sf or $103/cy. I'd say that's not bad at all for labor and consumable materials. edit - the formatting above didn't come out the same way I typed it in so it's kind of hard to read.
Last edited by Dallas County; 07/21/16 10:07 AM.
not sure what the best way to handle them is but they shouldnt be on tv and gettn married and raisin kids
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Re: Pouring a driveway
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07/21/16 10:14 AM
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Anybody recommend a reasonable concrete guy? I want a concrete driveway. It's about 90 yards long so about 35 yards of concrete. Cost of concrete by our local supplier is $95 a yard. So about $3600 worth of concrete. Had one guy come out and wanted $6500 so nearly 3k of labor. It currently has a gravel drive so he said he would be pouring it straight on top after grading it. I asked about doing metal in it and he said he would do enough joints that it wouldn't need it.
It seems to me that nearly $3000 for grading the gravel, setting up forms, and finishing is kind of high. It's fairly level and looks like an easy job Labor 2 Finishers @ $25/hr (including burden) = $50 1 Chute / Forman @ $25 $25 2 Raker / Vibe $50 1 Pick up with tools/misc form supply $25 Cost $150 /hr OH&P 30 Total $180 /hr 5 hrs to mobilize and grade 5 hrs to form & strip 8 hrs to pour, finish and cure 2 hrs to clean up and demob. 20 hrs x $180 = $3,600. Just a VERY rough estimate. 270'L x 10'W x 4"D = 2,700 sf = $ $1.33/sf or $103/cy. I'd say that's not bad at all for labor and consumable materials. edit - the formatting above didn't come out the same way I typed it in so it's kind of hard to read. What he said. Typically as a rule of thumb, the finishing of the concrete will cost about the same as the cost of the concrete. 2+2=4
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 10:54 AM
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That seems to hold true in a lot of construction. Cost of materials = cost of labor
"The aggies are going to destroy bama"
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: BigDalk]
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07/21/16 11:05 AM
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That seems to hold true in a lot of construction. Cost of materials = cost of labor I wish medicine was that way  Our last job was $94M: It was $11M Labor & Burden, $15M in Materials, $26M in Subs, & $8M in Equipment/Fuel. $20M in Indirects. The rest was Risk, Contingency & OH&P. It all depends on the type job. A moveable bridge job might be 70% materials and a big grading job might be 80% labor & equipment. The risk is almost always in the labor, that's whay some people don't understand why the labor portion is so high.
not sure what the best way to handle them is but they shouldnt be on tv and gettn married and raisin kids
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Re: Pouring a driveway
[Re: Moose24]
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07/22/16 01:55 AM
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Mully
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Mully,
If you don't me asking what did that cost you? I have a coworker who is wanting to get a patio poured. Moose, I feel confident I overpaid a little but I was ready to have it done so I just used the guy who my buddies use that pour the driveways in my neighborhood. He is WFO right now and had to catch it between jobs but he charged me $700 to dig it out, form, pour, and finish. My neighbor did a 10x10 at the same time but he dug his out and hauled off his dirt and he charged him $500. I was more than glad to pay the extra $200 to not have to dig and wheel barrow that dirt out and haul it off.
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