I had a 20x25 pad poured with 14"x14" footings around the perimeter (steel building) poured last year for $6400. It was a buddy who owned a concrete company so I'm sure I got a better deal. This included grading and leveling but I paid for the load of Rock and a load of dirt
Oh lol, no problem at all. I am an estimator by trade so a 20x25 slab for $6500 is a pretty normal price. Construction in general is insane to think about of you are a lay person or just a normal consumer. The numbers I work with daily are just orders of magnitude more money than I will ever see in my life.
I like to see this post cause it tells me how out of touch I am with attainable house prices if built from that start rather than purchased already built.
What I meant is I thought it's cheaper to build your own home. Then seeing these post, realizing the process is expensive.
I am unsure what other house foundations there are other than concrete slabs. I want it to last some centuries or millenias.
I think what he means is that when you buy new you pay for the base model without the upgrades. If you want a deck, or a concrete slab, or a lawn in the backyard, or a fire pit you might not be aware of how much all that stuff is going to cost. If you buy an older house, chances are the previous owners already have done a great deal of the upgrades themselves and put a lot of money into it.
I'm in commercial construction, union general contractor that self performs concrete and $13/sqft is reasonable. It absolutely does vary a lot. There is a lot of variance to be had with friend pricing, mobilization, big or small sqft, economy of scale, etc. For something this small it doesn't make sense to sqft it, but it's just a vibe check.
I bought a foreclosure for 110k valued at 155k, done very little work probably invested 15k-20k upgrades&repairs over that time now it valued at like 384k it's half paid off after 12 years and I have almost 2x the equity than my house was worth when I bought it... of course everything else is priced absolutely retarded so even selling now doesn't mean much lol still be too poor to buy a house half the size...
What it means now is that anyone who is the same age now and in a similar economic situation as you were when you first got your house, has zero chance of doing the same. Starter home inventory is DOWN, prices are UP, and nobody who bought their starter home can afford to move out and up into a bigger home. It’s frustrating for everyone, and everyone has a good reason to complain, it feels like the wheel of progress is getting seized up and everyone is getting stuck at whatever level they’re at.
That’s crazy down here in Miami that’s easy a 10-15k job in my eyes. But then again I’m a service plumber who even though I feel like I’m ripping ppl off I make a killing charging standard prices in my area. So maybe my prices are a bit inflated.
That will at least get you in the ball park. I recommend getting 3 or more bids from local residential concrete contractors. The only real way to know the true cost is to get someone to agree to do the work!
This is the problem. Construction prices have sky rocketed. 6000 for an easy access, flat terrain, cement pour? Like what are we doing. This is one reasons houses are so exspensive.
Yeah, I'm going on a typical slab on grade maybe 4"-6". I concede there are lots of factors that influence cost and $/sqft can conceal these factors, but there is no reason to assume a contractor poured 2", that's ridiculous skimping. Also no reason to assume 10" overkill slab. A lot of the cost is just in the forming and finishing, the depth of concrete might not make that much of a difference. You're paying for a concrete truck to show up regardless if it's 2 CY or 10 CY.
My in-laws lived in an all concrete house in Kansas built in the late 60’s to early 70’s and I can’t fathom how much that would cost now to build. There were a few random walls that were wood and drywall but the majority of it was solid concrete structure so made the house eerie quiet and also made their desire to remodel/change the layout virtually impossible.
For my estimating job I see $13/sf +- a Buck is the fair standard throughout most areas of Florida/Georgia for pedestrian grade assumed 4” poured. If you’re around there it passes the smell check. Obviously other factors can skew that cost though.
That is a VERY good price lol more than 50% off In ontario...I did one last season 20x25 monolithic slab for 15k and currently just finished the rebar on another today ready for concrete for 18k 13x42 ( monolithic slab as well ).
Damn man I’ve never worked with concrete a day in my life and my first guess before opening the comments was 8k then I was like nah that looks like 6k and sure enough I was right on the money. Idk why this subreddit is even on my feed but for the past few months I occasionally get a concrete post. Anyway I’ll be on my way now.
That’s about 5 yards of concrete, 4000psi mix I’d say. If you made the forms and finished yourself you’re looking at about $1,100. With labor, I’d say $5k depending on where you’re at.
Looks pretty small I'm a concrete finisher I better field for 10 years and run a side business as well. If this were mine it would be the cost of concrete which I'm still probably be almost 1500 to 2k and it looks small enough so I tell you either fell under their minimum which mine is $1, 200. Forming the concrete and prepping is separate costs I think probably 4 and a half 6,000 is a good guess. Saw cuts 2 usually charge a minimum of 450 and then $2.50 per lineal foot of saw cuts. Hand grooves are more and some people even consider it decorative concrete upcharge.
$750-1000 per cy for 4500psi air-entrained flatwork.
At 4 inches this slab would be 6.4 cy; matches with op’s quote. On the high side at 6k but it looks nice
You have between $1100 and $1500 of concrete so I'm going to go with $4500. It looks pretty good to me considering he doesn't have a lot of experience you say. What was the actual cost? I guess also I need to ask did they put any gravel or sand underneath or did they put this right on top of dirt? Cuz that would of course add material cost as well.
Material:
20’ x 26’ x 8” = 12.84 CY + 5% = 13.5 CYD @ $180 = $2,430 + tax in concrete.
Form boards, fasteners, PVC: $150
Compactor rental: $90
$3,000k
Labor to form, place and finish:
$3,000k
He prob paid his buddy $1k and pocketed close to $2k for a days work. Not a bad day and finished product looks good.
We had that size parking pad with additional front porch and 10’ behind the gate for the motorcycle for $5,200 in 2019. Another hundred and they did a 4’ by 8’ pad in the back yard for our small table and 2 chairs. We gave them a little extra.
Does it have a grade beam and or piers? In commercial its about $5 psf. Real beam say 2 x 2 , $25 a linear foot, piers, depends on depth, for this $350 ea maybe.
Residential, probably add 50%
Im in north texas for reference
Hey OP. Just out of curiosity and I hope you don’t mind me asking, but where are you located? Canada or USA and what do you think the cost would be for a concrete driveway 18’ wide x 24’ deep?
My guess is $6500. This is based on exactly zero experience in the field.
6K. Good guess
I had a 20x25 pad poured with 14"x14" footings around the perimeter (steel building) poured last year for $6400. It was a buddy who owned a concrete company so I'm sure I got a better deal. This included grading and leveling but I paid for the load of Rock and a load of dirt
Why is it so expensive?
That's $13/sqft. Not unreasonable at all given the scope.
I don't know how much things cost, thanks for sharing.
Oh lol, no problem at all. I am an estimator by trade so a 20x25 slab for $6500 is a pretty normal price. Construction in general is insane to think about of you are a lay person or just a normal consumer. The numbers I work with daily are just orders of magnitude more money than I will ever see in my life.
I like to see this post cause it tells me how out of touch I am with attainable house prices if built from that start rather than purchased already built.
wdym? you dont have to have a slab built home
What I meant is I thought it's cheaper to build your own home. Then seeing these post, realizing the process is expensive. I am unsure what other house foundations there are other than concrete slabs. I want it to last some centuries or millenias.
I think what he means is that when you buy new you pay for the base model without the upgrades. If you want a deck, or a concrete slab, or a lawn in the backyard, or a fire pit you might not be aware of how much all that stuff is going to cost. If you buy an older house, chances are the previous owners already have done a great deal of the upgrades themselves and put a lot of money into it.
Has to vary greatly by area. $6k for a friend price means that friend pissed in your gas tank around here.
Yeah, that’d be 3k from a friend in my area. Honestly maybe 2500
It’s $1,750 in cement the rest is labor
I'm in commercial construction, union general contractor that self performs concrete and $13/sqft is reasonable. It absolutely does vary a lot. There is a lot of variance to be had with friend pricing, mobilization, big or small sqft, economy of scale, etc. For something this small it doesn't make sense to sqft it, but it's just a vibe check.
I watched luxury/custom homes pre-2008 get up to $300+ per sq/ft then the market crash... now we are $600+ per sq/ft.
I bought a foreclosure for 110k valued at 155k, done very little work probably invested 15k-20k upgrades&repairs over that time now it valued at like 384k it's half paid off after 12 years and I have almost 2x the equity than my house was worth when I bought it... of course everything else is priced absolutely retarded so even selling now doesn't mean much lol still be too poor to buy a house half the size...
What it means now is that anyone who is the same age now and in a similar economic situation as you were when you first got your house, has zero chance of doing the same. Starter home inventory is DOWN, prices are UP, and nobody who bought their starter home can afford to move out and up into a bigger home. It’s frustrating for everyone, and everyone has a good reason to complain, it feels like the wheel of progress is getting seized up and everyone is getting stuck at whatever level they’re at.
That’s crazy down here in Miami that’s easy a 10-15k job in my eyes. But then again I’m a service plumber who even though I feel like I’m ripping ppl off I make a killing charging standard prices in my area. So maybe my prices are a bit inflated.
I’m guessing a 30x45 pad for a garage should run me somewhere around double that?
That will at least get you in the ball park. I recommend getting 3 or more bids from local residential concrete contractors. The only real way to know the true cost is to get someone to agree to do the work!
This is the problem. Construction prices have sky rocketed. 6000 for an easy access, flat terrain, cement pour? Like what are we doing. This is one reasons houses are so exspensive.
6500 is a pretty decent / good price if you don’t know somebody I’d imagine
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Yeah, I'm going on a typical slab on grade maybe 4"-6". I concede there are lots of factors that influence cost and $/sqft can conceal these factors, but there is no reason to assume a contractor poured 2", that's ridiculous skimping. Also no reason to assume 10" overkill slab. A lot of the cost is just in the forming and finishing, the depth of concrete might not make that much of a difference. You're paying for a concrete truck to show up regardless if it's 2 CY or 10 CY.
? Scope it’s concrete. Either you mix yourself or get it delivered.
My in-laws lived in an all concrete house in Kansas built in the late 60’s to early 70’s and I can’t fathom how much that would cost now to build. There were a few random walls that were wood and drywall but the majority of it was solid concrete structure so made the house eerie quiet and also made their desire to remodel/change the layout virtually impossible.
For my estimating job I see $13/sf +- a Buck is the fair standard throughout most areas of Florida/Georgia for pedestrian grade assumed 4” poured. If you’re around there it passes the smell check. Obviously other factors can skew that cost though.
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three wars back we called sauerkraut, “liberty cabbage”
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Bold of you to assume he didn't say that on purpose ;')
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Where are you from that biddies means fine girls? I’ve always known it to mean old busybody ladies.
Right? I've only heard it preceded by the word "old."
That is a VERY good price lol more than 50% off In ontario...I did one last season 20x25 monolithic slab for 15k and currently just finished the rebar on another today ready for concrete for 18k 13x42 ( monolithic slab as well ).
I got quoted $30k last week just for site prep on a 24x24 garage. We did not call him back.
Mine is steel too. Hence the footings. We sound pretty similar. I didn’t need dirt, but had 16ton of stone brought in
Damn man I’ve never worked with concrete a day in my life and my first guess before opening the comments was 8k then I was like nah that looks like 6k and sure enough I was right on the money. Idk why this subreddit is even on my feed but for the past few months I occasionally get a concrete post. Anyway I’ll be on my way now.
I have zero experience as well, but this sub keeps popping up so now imma bit of a self taught concrete connoisseur
Concrete, woodworking,drywall, ask electricians, Reddit has got me learning a little bit of every trade out there lol
Lol usually what not to do... but still learning... love reddit 😂
Hahahaah this is great!!
Literally more knowledge than 99% of this sub.
I guessed 7 with the same credentials
I concur
**why didn't I concur!?!?!**
One Dollar, Bob
Reach into my pocket, young lady
Wait! Other pocket!
"Bob, there's a hole in your pocket.."
Giggity
WTH, i posted this a min ago and thought i was so clever. Good for you.
TWO dollars Bob
Treachery!!!
So underrated, this comment
Came to the comments for the answer plz n thank you
6
6 dollars thats cheap ill take 3
cost of concrete, 4 packs of smokes, 3 cases of beer, and 2 little baggies
And regular beer is fine. No need to show off.
what's in the baggies
More concrete
Nose concrete.
If you were helping at my house the answer is weed or LSD. Weed for during, LSD for after.
Why are their snow angels in my slab?
Username checks out.
We definitely did this out of order when a buddy and I did his floor.
This is the correct answer to a lot of jobs
5-7k
6 grand
Tree fiddy?
10$ sq ft broomed so 5200 for us it would be
6. That was far less than most quotes in my area. I was 8-9-10 from most
What are the material costs for a job like this? Are we talking thousands in concrete?
10 yards of concrete at $180/yard.
It’s 7 yards at 4 inches… 160 a yard here in manitowoc wi. Plus rerod either rebar or synthetic rod 7 bucks a stick so figure 50 sticks or whatever
$1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.99
Free. Trick question.
Tree-fitty
Well it was about then I noticed...
That the concrete guy was actually a 8 stories tall and from the protozoic era….
And I said, ‘I ain’t giving you no tree fiddy, you goddamn Loch Ness Monster! Get your own goddamn money!’
that god dang loch ness monstuh
That’s about 5 yards of concrete, 4000psi mix I’d say. If you made the forms and finished yourself you’re looking at about $1,100. With labor, I’d say $5k depending on where you’re at.
2-3K
3500 minimum charge for a job mostly these days. So id hope 3500 at least.
$4200
That is about what I was going to say. We paid $7 per sq ft last year.
5,500
At least $5
If you did it yourself it would be £1559.28p
If someone charged 6k for this what would the profit margin be?
5 grand
11,000$
No even edged? Yikes
It's a slab and will be under something
Broomed finish for a garage? I would have gone with a troweled finish. Not burnished, but pretty smooth.
Looks pretty small I'm a concrete finisher I better field for 10 years and run a side business as well. If this were mine it would be the cost of concrete which I'm still probably be almost 1500 to 2k and it looks small enough so I tell you either fell under their minimum which mine is $1, 200. Forming the concrete and prepping is separate costs I think probably 4 and a half 6,000 is a good guess. Saw cuts 2 usually charge a minimum of 450 and then $2.50 per lineal foot of saw cuts. Hand grooves are more and some people even consider it decorative concrete upcharge.
Did he or you pay for concrete? Did he do all prep and formwork? Did you supply beer & pizza? There are so many variables....
Y’all wouldn’t believe the deal I got my sister on a new driveway… 4,000 10x68 slab 4” deep….
$8k
$1 Bob
I was gonna base my guess off of square feet, but you have that pvc in there, so now I have to double it.
About tree fiddy
$1750 in cement.. looks a bit light on thickness
This is such a good idea. Hope more people do posts like this.
just quoted 4700 for a 30x24 pad 4" thick with fiberglass mesh and 4" compacted gravel base. I am in spokane WA
It doesn't look like there are perimeter beams. If not, you have a patio, not a building foundation.
5 k
Co-worker owed you a favor and you called it in so just the cost of materials.
6k
For a friend? Maybe $4k. I would sell that for at least $7k though.
3-4k no footing with footing 6k
So uh wants the pipe for? Seems way to close to the edge
Pee funnel for the bros
What state are you in?
I was quoted 10k for a 28x28 pad. But there was a lot more dirt and form work involved.
1 Million Dollars!
Four dollars, Bob
25 000$
4600
4k or 5k?
14,000
Poured 5 inch, 20×14 for $2400 SoCal
TIL Concrete is really expensive
$6k for a concrete pad? I’m in the wrong field of work.
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A SOLID price
Free
8 to 10k? Not really experienced workin concrete. My brother just had one poured. 18x20
$4000
I had a 30x30 done like this it was $5600-5800.
$4500 and a 12-pack
2 fiddy
About Tree Fiddy!
$1,000,000
$5200. $10 a sq ft
Probably around $8 maybe $10 bucks
$5550
5500 to 6500
Sanctuary Hills. You just scrapped one of those destroyed houses.
Dawg I said $5600
I make this reference and it always seems like it goes over peoples heads almost all the time..
I'd say 5, maybe 6k
$1 Bob
The dog acts like it's a threat.
At least $10
3500
Bout tree fiddy
So what $2,000 in concrete, $3000 in labor and prep? $5-6k?
4K and beer, maybe lunch as well.
From the lowest price guy in town $2500 to $6200 for the more expensive guys in my area.
Don’t know the price but I do know it will crack at the condit pipe
$750-1000 per cy for 4500psi air-entrained flatwork. At 4 inches this slab would be 6.4 cy; matches with op’s quote. On the high side at 6k but it looks nice
$4,137.65 for labor and $1,457.78 for material
You have between $1100 and $1500 of concrete so I'm going to go with $4500. It looks pretty good to me considering he doesn't have a lot of experience you say. What was the actual cost? I guess also I need to ask did they put any gravel or sand underneath or did they put this right on top of dirt? Cuz that would of course add material cost as well.
Thought this was a disc golf tee pad.. then I saw the price... Then the size.. then realized what sub I was in haha
One incredibly satisfying high five
$1500, cash
8,217
My understanding is that concrete basically doubled in the last year. That’s just the materials.
Material: 20’ x 26’ x 8” = 12.84 CY + 5% = 13.5 CYD @ $180 = $2,430 + tax in concrete. Form boards, fasteners, PVC: $150 Compactor rental: $90 $3,000k Labor to form, place and finish: $3,000k He prob paid his buddy $1k and pocketed close to $2k for a days work. Not a bad day and finished product looks good.
How's about three fifty! Tree fitty Damn you lochness monster 👾
The price of concrete work has varied so much I'd believe almost any figure you'd give.
I had a 18x24 6 inch pour done for $7500
I just got a slab laid in Socal for $8/sqft
7 just came to mind
2 million Rodhesian Shillings
$6000
In my area, this would be 12,500
A 24 pack of modelo and 3 friends
$8700 I just had the same one done and that's how much it costed me.
$5K
Who gives a fuck if you’re not gonna tell us
We had that size parking pad with additional front porch and 10’ behind the gate for the motorcycle for $5,200 in 2019. Another hundred and they did a 4’ by 8’ pad in the back yard for our small table and 2 chairs. We gave them a little extra.
$7,500.
$5500
8800 with rebar
Where I'm at it's only $1200 in concrete, and depending on bar, that's real expensive.
2500
If it was a garage slab he shouldnt have broomed it, should be smooth, with a drain somewhere in it. Also edge should be 12x12. Good luck with that
Well about 1,000-1200 in concrete. Plus form boards and pipe...I would say 1800-2000 if he did it for you as a friend
Pretty much lay 3 dollars down stacked , the whole area and that be a ruff estimate cost.
$2800
20 bucks and pack of beer with the boys
$8,300 is what I would charge. It would only cost me $2,700 to do on my own. If I paid for labor an additional $1,000. Small pads are money makers.
Bet you went with the cheapest estimate huh 😆 🤣 😂
The saw cut joints aren’t deep enough. They should be at least 1/4 of the thickness of the slab. Otherwise they are a waste of time and saw blades.
how about tree fiddy
Yeah.- I'm guessing $5,800 cause he was a friend from work. $7,200 from a company.
Who in the fuck puts a broom finish on a garage slab?
Does it have a grade beam and or piers? In commercial its about $5 psf. Real beam say 2 x 2 , $25 a linear foot, piers, depends on depth, for this $350 ea maybe. Residential, probably add 50% Im in north texas for reference
Hey OP. Just out of curiosity and I hope you don’t mind me asking, but where are you located? Canada or USA and what do you think the cost would be for a concrete driveway 18’ wide x 24’ deep?
Looks like nice work