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Estimating cost of concrete driveway construction
I thought I'd share a link to a nice web tool I found today for estimating the cost of concrete driveway construction:
http://buildingjournal.com/concrete-driveway-estim...
I hope you find it useful.
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I have no experience with concrete, but I am possibly putting in a new driveway on our current flip. The provided link estimates $2800 for 600 sf of concrete ($4.65/sf), with 20% provided for overhead and 20% for profit.
Does that sound right to those who are familiar with concrete costs? Seems low to me.
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Bill,
That is consistent with the quotes I've been getting here in Houston. I'm seeing around $1.50/sf for concrete removal and $4.50/sf for concrete construction. It wouldn't surprise me to see prices increase in the short term with all of the work they will likely have after the flooding ends.
I hope you are safe and dry up there in Dallas.
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Safe, and barely dry. How do you end a drought? With a flood, obviously. Hope you are ok in Houston. Thanks for your feedback on concrete costs. $4.50/sf seems very reasonable - hope I can get that price here.
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Anthony, you are saying $6.00 per sq ft? $1.50 out and $4.50 in =$6.00
I'm in Houston and got a quote on a flip house this morning. The job was a flat $4.00 per square ft. I see $3.50 to $4.00 per sq ft lately for driveways. Around $3.00 for patios and walkways.
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Flatwork is easy, about $5/sf is fine, but I will never do it for that price. I order from the mix plant, and its usually $90-100/cu yd, then my labor and etc, but then I don't do anything less than 5 cu yd. It also depends on soil, slope, work condition, stamping or not, sealed or not, thickness, etc. $5/sf is the most basic and flat work up to a slope of 5%.
This is nice.., Thanks for the information...
@Brandon Hopkins @Manolo D. I need concrete work for my current flip in Fullerton, CA. Have not done it before so need your opinion on this quote I got (in summary: ~1000sq.ft. of new concrete after removal of existing concrete, and ~713sq.ft. of just removal around a tree):
Remove concrete over lay in garage 12' x 23'.
Remove and replace driveway 29' x 25'.
Remove only concrete around tree in back yard 31' x 23'
New concrete to be 4" deep with #3 rebar @ 2' centers both directions.
New concrete to have fiber mesh reinforcement.
Control joints where needed.
Non slip broom finish.
All debris generated in our scope of removed to dump.
Cost $ 11,000.00
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@Han Oh A little high, but that's about what I charge. You got about 4 bins of 10 yard low boy, 3 if they're luck. Labor, that's about a day or two work for demo, another day to form, and another to pour. 4 days average, 5 max, 3 guys, that's 5k, 2k on dumpster, 2.5-3k on concrete & accessories. I say 10k is fine for level floor, if you need adjustment and tampering/compaction, another 1k. But I am using retail rate.
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The numbers above are what I charge, if you are hiring in cash, or unlicensed, then the numbers drop about 1.5-2k.