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Originally Posted by TomPenny
I did get a guy to come and bid on it. Im looking at 6500.00 minimum to set forms and pour concrete sides around the two culverts.
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I didn't notice this before.
That is crazy!!!! Max, you're looking at two yards for each side to build up a wall with a footing that goes two feet into the ground. You could rent a small excavator for a few hundred dollars and dig the trench yourself real easy in one day.
The next day, you could spend $200 for forms and have them built in a day easily. Cut and bend some rebar to make it secure for another $200 in materials.
The third day, you just have a cement truck show up and pour the cement. At four yards and $130 a yard, it's $520. That should be over the minimum for most cement companies, but even if it's a five yard minimum, your still under $700.
It's well under $2,000 in materials for a three day job. Two full days and then two half days when you take down the forms. Charge what you want for labor, but I'd bid it at $3,500 if it was a job that I was going to do.
Eddie