EddieWalker
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I'm so bad at finishing concrete, that I always plan on putting tile over it to hide how bad it looks. I've even rented grinders to make it nicer, but that's always a waste of time for me.
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I'm so bad at finishing concrete, that I always plan on putting tile over it to hide how bad it looks. I've even rented grinders to make it nicer, but that's always a waste of time for me.
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It would be way cheaper to hire someone to finish the concrete.
EddieWalker
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I hire it out for houses, additions and jobs that the concrete will be visible. For my own place, I usually do it myself and then cover it in tile. For jobs that I'm doing for clients, if I'm covering the floor with tile, or some other material, I do the finish work there too.
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Estimates for my garage addition came in around $6500. I'm doing it myself for $3000.... and it looks like it! :laughing: However, no one is going to see it and it's just a storage room, so it's a good learning experience for us.
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These numbers are misleading.
How much would it have cost to hire a crew strictly to pour and finish it? That's where the value is. It's just manual labor to prep it.
OP probably could have hired a one man finisher for $500. So now it's down to $500 to have a smooth finish. Probably the same for your pour.
EddieWalker
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Buck a foot here too.
buckeyefarmer
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Think I paid more that that when I did my barn slab 10 yrs ago. . I prepped it, ordered concrete, they just poured and finished.
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Good point. I'd have to have the guy come back 3 times, because we're doing 3 pours.
The whole reason I decided to do it myself was because the quote I got was $8200 for just the slab. And they refused to do a jump for the doors, just have a gradual angle. Concrete was 3k and rebar was $300ish(it's been a while but it was in that neighborhood). They weren't willing to do chairs and they wanted pex on bottom and rebar sitting on it. They werne't supplying pex or wire. $3300 + 600 for 2 guys hired labor for 2 days is $3900 vs $8200. It's fairly good, and I don't think you could get $4300 worth of better.
