advise please: difficult workshop build

[oldboyscout]

I have someone coming to look at it monday, they do pumping if necessary

 

[flusher]

The pony walls for the crawl space under my house was poured using a concrete pump. Fast, efficient.



Good luck.

 

[oldboyscout]

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18x24 slab, excavate, 4000#, 5" thick, 12" perimeter with rebar, mesh in the rest, control joints, finishing and sealer: $5685.


pad alone (if I do everything up to and including form work) $4000

 

[GPintheMitten]

I would do the excavation and forms and pay for the job unless I could get a couple guys to help me. Even if I had to pay them.

Someone will come on and post that the mesh is worthless because they will walk on it and push it to the bottom. But I think you can tell them you don't want that to happen. They can pull it up with hooks on their come along as they place the concrete. If they do that you'll be ok.

 

[BuilderML]

quote is in:

18x24 slab, excavate, 4000#, 5" thick, 12" perimeter with rebar, mesh in the rest, control joints, finishing and sealer: $5685.


pad alone (if I do everything up to and including form work) $4000

I just poured a 16'x24' floating pad for my father in law. Cost 3000#mix w/ fiber= $1000. #4 rebar 24"x24" Grid entire area with 2 bars around perimiter $320.
Chairs for rebar $40. 6 mil poly $45. Lumber for forming $100 (lumber will be used in construction of building). $250 for my mason to come over with his bull float and help pour. Excavator rental $350. 2 loads(16 yards each) 1 1/4" process $700. Compactor rental $35. Total $2850.
Slab was 10"x 16" along perimeter and 5" rest of area. Hope this helps.

 

[oldboyscout]

The one thing I don't know for sure is if they need to pump. The concrete guy was vague about that so I'll have to call back and check. I can't afford to have them do everything. I also don't really know people to get help with the pour.

 

[GPintheMitten]

For help, check Craigslist for workers. Also place ad for worker.

I recently got some labor help from a Craigslist ad.

 

[alchemysa]

I'm trying to build a small workshop on a "pay as I go" budget. I was going to pour a floating slab and put a metal carport/garage (TNT style)

Forgive my ignorance, but whats a TNT style garage? Around here most of the garages are metal but the slab is the last thing that goes in. The frame is put up (posts are about 2 feet into the ground) then everything is squared up before the posts are concreted in. Then the metal sheets goes on. Eventually you can poor the slab at your leisure.

 

[GPintheMitten]

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[oldboyscout]

I just heard back from them. The price does not include gravel. Apparently they were planning on pouring straight onto the dirt!.
Also, they are planning on doing it without pumping. I can't figure out how they're going to get a truck close enough.