Concrete Estimate Check in GA

[XAMfed]

I am looking to have my driveway redone. This is an estimate I received. What do you think about the cost?

We will haul-off the existing driveway. Then bring in fill dirt to raise up the area that's low underneath the driveway. Depending on what we find under the driveway there may be additional charges. Then we will pour a new driveway. The driveway will be 4" thick and will be mixed with fiber mesh for extra strength. We will put the expansion joints and do a broom finish. The overall driveway will measure 4,250 sq. ft.

$20,160.00

 

[holdover]

Just a quick look says about 55 yds of new cement, my finisher gets 40.00 per yard for pour and finish if everything is ready for the pour (forming, grading etc) Cement here like you are using is about 120 per yd, so roughly 6600 for the cement and 2200 for the pour. Now break-up haul off, dispose does that make up the difference?? You will have to decide. Get a few estimates.. and rates down there may be higher. Again just a quick look.

 

[sbosecker]

I am looking to have my driveway redone. This is an estimate I received. What do you think about the cost?

We will haul-off the existing driveway. Then bring in fill dirt to raise up the area that's low underneath the driveway. Depending on what we find under the driveway there may be additional charges. Then we will pour a new driveway. The driveway will be 4" thick and will be mixed with fiber mesh for extra strength. We will put the expansion joints and do a broom finish. The overall driveway will measure 4,250 sq. ft.

$20,160.00

XAMfed,

It's hard for me to call your project's costs simply "a concrete estimate". You don't give a lot of detail but it sounds like your estimate includes the labor of tearing up 4250 square feet of old driveway and loading it into trucks. The trucks are going to drive some unknown distance and dispose of the large amount of material at some cost to the contractor.

It sounds like trucks will be bringing dirt to your location. The amount of that again is unknown but that's another expense.

Without a line-item breakout on your project, I don't know how one could evaluate the cost of the concrete.

Best regards,

Scott

 

[ProCharger]

Dead on if I did it and everything was straight forward with no additional charges. I am just under $5 per foot for a tear out/pour back including haul off and rock needed for base. 6x6x10 wire and fiber is included in my price as well as rebar where needed. Thats 4" concrete and 6" at the approach which vary by county/city but if there are no specs on it I usually go 11 feet back.

 

[EdT]

1) If there are low spots that need filling I have it done with gravel or crusher run (not "dirt") and compacted. Compacted does not mean run a bobcat over it a couple of times. It means compacted with a compactor.
2) I'd sure have some wire mesh in it. The fiberglass additive (as it was related to me) reduces cracking during the cure but is not a substitute for wire mesh reinforcement except that it's a whole lot easier for the installer.

 

[matt_i]

Personally I would not use crusher run unless you have a lot of time to wait, get it wet, drive on it, etc. Eventually it will pack into a base hard enough to be its own road, but you have to give the fines enough time to settle and pack. If you don't give it enough time it will eventually settle underneath the concrete, creating a void. If you use washed limestone, #57 stone, etc, it basically compacts as much as its going to during the first run with the compactor. Then ready for immediate pour.

 

[XAMfed]

XAMfed,

It's hard for me to call your project's costs simply "a concrete estimate". You don't give a lot of detail but it sounds like your estimate includes the labor of tearing up 4250 square feet of old driveway and loading it into trucks. The trucks are going to drive some unknown distance and dispose of the large amount of material at some cost to the contractor.

It sounds like trucks will be bringing dirt to your location. The amount of that again is unknown but that's another expense.

Without a line-item breakout on your project, I don't know how one could evaluate the cost of the concrete.

Best regards,

Scott

I guess I should have said driveway estimate. This is what I was given, I am trying to figure out if it is inline with the area.

 

[XAMfed]

Dead on if I did it and everything was straight forward with no additional charges. I am just under $5 per foot for a tear out/pour back including haul off and rock needed for base. 6x6x10 wire and fiber is included in my price as well as rebar where needed. Thats 4" concrete and 6" at the approach which vary by county/city but if there are no specs on it I usually go 11 feet back.

Are you saying this is a good price?

There is a big hollow spot in the middle underneath the driveway from bad drainage. You can't tell how bad it is, and that is why he says it could be more.
Honestly I think I will get that from everyone who comes out to estimate it.

 

[matt_i]

Sometimes people ask me what I think a pour will cost in rough numbers.

I use this quick method to get some type of number to throw darts at, before actual quotes start coming in. Figure out cu. yardage of concrete. Multiply by $100 to $120 per yard for the cost of the material.

For labor including prep I use 2x the cost of the material. So basically multiply the concrete yardage cost by 3.

Based on that I think you are right in the proper range. Adding a couple other quotes will refine where the true price will lie.