Thanks for making this Video Mike. My business is over 95% repeat and referrals. Many of my concrete jobs have alot of preparation work and can be complicated. Factoring trucking, equipment, disposal, etc. cost can be difficult sometimes. I still have to be careful with my pricing. It takes time to build a good reputation. It doesn't take much time ruin it.
We are a residential full service concrete contractor based in Spokane, Wa. We do all of our own prep, demo, and finishing. We never charge by square foot since every job is different and super involved. My average cost is 20 per sqft, as in, that is how much it costs me to do the work. It's a little frustrating when homeowners Google "how much should concrete cost" and a page written by a journalist who doesn't do concrete says it should only be 5 per ft.
Rock hard I think I met you in Vegas last year during the convention on Fremont st. I saw your hat and told you that is a good name and I was going to use it because I’m out of Rockland Maine
Also in Spokane... Just drew one up at $19/ft for 485sqft with a stained border and diamond joints. No pump. Typically using a 6 sack pea gravel mix from Tim.
People hire you because of you're reputation, you do excellent work. Your price doesn't matter as much if the homeowner knows the job will be done right. I feel if someone questions my price by something they saw on the internet, I say hire them. You guys do excellent work, you deserve to get paid well!
In Texas, it is customary to use #4 rebar and a vapor barrier for house foundations, typically costing between $3.50 and $4.25. However, due to circumstances in 2022 and 2023, we had to raise the price to $5.. Now, in order to work, we have had to return to our previous pricing.
I am a contractor in mid coast Maine and started doing my own concrete years ago and watched all your videos. I do icf forms on slabs with radiant tubes ECT. Your videos gave us the confidence to tackle these jobs but I had to figure my own pricing out. According to this video my pricing is the same as yours but you guys do a better job at finishing and I've never done any stamping or staining. Maybe in the future 😅 thanks for a great education over the years I owe it to you.
How was it jumping into ICF walls? Ive been looking at trying fox blocks but seems daunting especially with all the bracing and required braces. In Fl panhandle and only commercial does ICF around here.
@@raystraining3206 getting the ICF blocks has been a challenge. Now I stock a trailer load at all times. Can be 1-3 months waiting for fox blocks or usually quicker with logic blocks. If you have never poured a form wall, don't let your first be ICF. I always use pump truck for controlled placement. I won't take regular form jobs anymore only ICF.
Residential pool decks 4” 3,000 psi with fiber. Steigmier coping form,Broom finish, grade,form and pour $12.00 sqft . Spray deck finish $15.00 S.Florida. I build the pools as well so I’m there doing everything already.
Thanks Mike! I’m running a similar type of business in Montreal. Btw-That’s an incredibly captivating, educational and honest video…you really know your trade and business 👏bravo and keep on…
i've probably had 400+ yards poured for me in my lifetime and i've always felt like i got the better end of the deal, still looks good and always got a good job, not one regret (i do miss the $32 a yard).
West Texas prices is $5.50- $6 a sq ft turnkey, for a finish floor slab. If the Builder furnishes all of the materials and we get Labor only is $2.50 sq ft there is a lot of competition here that does not have the proper equipment or crews but 90% of the time you get what you pay for
Concrete has been on the rise over the last few years, so that being said most landscapers are now doing our own and not sub contracting it out. Patios, sidewalks,stem walls,driveways and on. Making more and taking control of our commercial contracts that include small strip malls,storage buildings and do on.
We work in central pa and our price on concrete is around $155 -170... We average 4.25 per square foot for basements @ 3.5 inches . This includes prep. Final grade and plastic drain and radon pipe. Pour and finish. Garage and porches are more like 5.25 ..drains, compaction, forming, 4"concrete with wire pour and finish. This builder gives us 80-90 homes a year. Jobs for individuals are higher but not what it should be. Love watching you guys work! We've been at it for 35 plus years and we can stil learn from people like you. Keep up the good work
Thank you so much for this video! very helpful and informative. I have been doing concrete for 2 years now and looking to expand on my own in the future! This video helps me get an idea of what I can do/achieve.
What you get to pour is basically what we get to form, prep, and finish. That's why I do a lot of small jobs, tear outs and backyard projects. Way more money in that then new construction.
Hey Mike. Super cool for you to show everything that you do. Lots of trade secrets that would normally take years to learn on your own. I’m a plasterer of 40 years and had excellent teachers when I was young and have taught many in return. Keep doing what your doing!! Your stellar!!!
Hi Mike- I’m an electrician by trade and our flat work masons here in Dover, De 4.00- 4.50 for standard flat work. 4” reinforced fiber. No foam, no poly. On your select.
As always Mike thank you for your valuable information I get a lot out of watching your videos and really appreciate your transparency on price,iam considering joining the concrete underground to further my understanding of certain aspects,thanks again.
Wages, job costing always plays catch up with cost of living. Over 100 bucks of groceries fit in one plastic bag for me last week, walked away shaking my head
We are all seeing this across the country. Unfortunately is our (society ) own fault. Unfortunately wilful ignorance has destroyed this country. "The land of the free" where you sre onoy free to do as you are told.
Hey Mike. You guys do the fine grading and plate compaction, correct? Those prices are similar to MN. Giving SF prices can be tricky - a lot of residential projects we do come down to ease of access. That tends to be the biggest factor in pricing. If you can't get heavy equipment in the yard or need to pump over a house type thing. Thanks for sharing!
an 8 inch snap ty wall here Starts at $800 per yard that includes obviously all the concrete and labor same thing on the footing for the wall $800 per yard and up
I called 3 contractors in North Georgia trying to get them to come look at my 34’ x 34’ barn to pour a 5-6” thick well finished slab and couldn’t even get them to come out and look at it. Housing boom in North Georgia and everything is or was going gang busters. I was going to pour it myself but they quoted me 244 dollars a yard to deliver 4000 psi premix. I ended up pouring 14 yards using a Mudmixer with my brother in law and a helper. I probably overpaid doing it that way, but I can depend on myself where you just can’t on others unfortunately. I figured 10-15k to pour and finish it? It would make me feel better if I knew it would cost more than 10k.
I am the same way, I end up doing it all my self. It's not that difficult. Yes a good work out but it's your work and you save so much. That's what is happening with contractors continuing to over charge.
@@jessesawyer3875 I’ve got more than 6500 in it, probably closer to 8000 I guess, but I’ve got one of those new Mudmixer machines to show for it after being done. I would have rather paid to have it done by a professional, that’s tough work! 670 bags worth. I had hoped to have a smooth seamless floor you could roll a creeper on. I can roll a creeper on it, but it was poured in 9 sections of about 10x12, so not seamless. We bull floated it, it turned out okay I guess. It will do to park a tractor on it.
@@jessesawyer3875 I wished you were in North Georgia, we would have both been happy. I had it dug out and leveled and graveled, if you poured it all at once you would have only needed to form across the two doors, the rest was pouring to walls/blocks. You could have backed the truck up to the 14’ tall door, not sure if you use that plasticizer stuff to make it flow into a 34 foot deep barn or if you use a mud buggy or? Done in a day I would think…hours maybe?
I'm a foundation contractor in southern NH. Work in Mass also. We used to do residential, but only do commercial now. We sub out all our slabs. Your pricing seems on point. The area dictates the price also. The closer we get to Boston the higher we can charge.
Go for it Mike, and while your at it put a little extra in for yourself. Because if you dont nobody else will. Nor will you be thought any more of if you dont.
I’m homeowner. I’m planning to build a metal structure workshop (woodworking), which will be attached to my existing 24’x24’ garage. It will be about 22’x30’ with a 5’x24’ storage/locker room (this part would be in between and attached to both the workshop and garage. I’m thinking of a radiant heated floor. As I stated, I’m in the planning stages and as Mike Holmes always say, “exceed the codes and do it right the first time”. So, I’m trying to get as much information as possible. Your videos are extremely helpful. I still have a lot of questions and I really wish you were local; I live in southern Virginia. I always want to know why I need to do something, so I don’t get beat by the contractor. So, thanks for what you do. Will
Thanks for this Mike. Greatly appreciated buddy. If you were doing a basement floor at 4 inch just to come and pour what would you charge sq ft? The builders we work for have accounts with the plants so we don’t pay for concrete. We do residential new construction homes in Louisville Ky. I’m embarrassed to tell you what my dad is charging. He needs to go way up. It’s 2023 and things aren’t cheap
Im in Maine Oxford county just starting out as a flatwork company I’m been working for a concrete company for 6 years now starting to do it on my own but I’ve been charging 450 a yard starting to trying to do the square-foot pricing
Small Crew? BS, you have to count the twins as double double, there are telepathic twice as efficient. 😂The foam is a huge benefit, should also look at doing 1in around the edge of the slab also as it provides a thermal break from the stem wall. Great videos!
Thanks for the update and information. I am definitely looking at raising prices for the upcoming season. Do you worry about a negative impact by raising them?
I do not like to see raising prices. But if the materials are costing that much more then of course you need to. I see too many times folks raising the prices just to raise them. If contractors keep raising their prices folks will just not have the work done. Too expensive.
What is the purpose of the 2 inches of syrafoam that goes down on a garage floor? I'm in upstate New York and have not seen that here yet, but I mostly redo existing floors, and do not have code enforcement involved.
I’m a homeowner on Gabriola British Columbia Canada. I’m looking at having a garage built on acreage. I’m fascinated by your video’s Mike. I will hire contractors and I’m just trying to learn more so I can talk knowledgeably. Question: holding aside code requirements: is it a good idea to add the foam below the pour? What are the advantages?
6.50 to 8.00 a sq ft in Florida where i live i don't do it everyday but the guys I know charge the same or more , thats form rebar or mesh depending on what it calls for
Should u saw cut a suspended concrete slab thats 24x22 it has3 8in I beams running the 22ft width and one 8in center beam connecting all of them. Plus 1.5 DMACC decking on that
Hello Mike, I own my own concrete business in Seattle Washington. I’m bidding for a city sidewalks n ramp job. I never don’t City/government job before. I was wondering how would I bid this job for a city sidewalk? Would it be more for sq ft. For the fact that it’s a city job?
In Australia I charge 50m2 for shed slabs, 70m2 for paths and 80m2 for exposed, they are labour prices. For little work minimum charge is 600 day rate per person. Steps are charged out day rate per person as above. Very large work is worked out as I have to win the job as well. Example we are currently doing a 1300m2 driveway I went in at 35m2 labour and got it. Pouring 104m2 per day with 2 other guys.
i would rather not pay for concrete, there is no teal.reason for it, but i still get a down payment 4 sure only so people dont waste my time, i used to not charge a down payment, but i would say it is a must. i understand things happen.
How many guys does that 4 or 5 dollars a square foot cover is that for 4 guys or 6 guys been doing concrete and would like to start my own business and wanna know mote about pricing but have been doing good with side jobs
Is there a limit on how many extension poles you will use on the Bullfloat? I know you have to reach as far as the concrete goes but would you not use more than whatever amount of poles or just use as many as you need to reach the pour?
I just did 210 sq ft of concrete w a mixer today. 2 & 1/2 inch thick slab for a driveway. I charged $1600. All 90 lbs bags. Labor was a whore. The customer wanted it as cheap as possible. Rebar was wired up and sturdy. Job wasn't lousy. I just want tips and advice on what I should charge in the future for this large of a job. We finished in 14 hours with 2 people. Any advice would be great.
I have take some seminars in Deco Crete for stamp, I need stamp overlay and some more on stamp concrete. I am new in concrete so it's still looks complicated for me.
@@pietmondrianstudent6984 True but I meant the price is based on perceived value as well as input costs in other words as much as you think you'll get. Theres quite a bit of profit there and rightfully so I was wondering what he spends it on👍
@@pietmondrianstudent6984 not really. The size of jobs he does wouldn’t put him out of business. Because pretty much every job he does great. Those aren’t big enough jobs to put someone under.
Using 12 slump concrete is making your product super weak. I only have 16 years of experience, all your pours are way too wet. Do thaton my property and I'll make you tear it out and pour it at a 5 slump. Goofball
Thanks for making this Video Mike.
My business is over 95% repeat and referrals. Many of my concrete jobs have alot of preparation work and can be complicated. Factoring trucking, equipment, disposal, etc. cost can be difficult sometimes.
I still have to be careful with my pricing. It takes time to build a good reputation. It doesn't take much time ruin it.
We are a residential full service concrete contractor based in Spokane, Wa. We do all of our own prep, demo, and finishing. We never charge by square foot since every job is different and super involved. My average cost is 20 per sqft, as in, that is how much it costs me to do the work. It's a little frustrating when homeowners Google "how much should concrete cost" and a page written by a journalist who doesn't do concrete says it should only be 5 per ft.
Exactly what it ends up being for us most of the time
Rock hard I think I met you in Vegas last year during the convention on Fremont st. I saw your hat and told you that is a good name and I was going to use it because I’m out of Rockland Maine
Wow
Also in Spokane... Just drew one up at $19/ft for 485sqft with a stained border and diamond joints. No pump. Typically using a 6 sack pea gravel mix from Tim.
People hire you because of you're reputation, you do excellent work. Your price doesn't matter as much if the homeowner knows the job will be done right. I feel if someone questions my price by something they saw on the internet, I say hire them. You guys do excellent work, you deserve to get paid well!
In Texas, it is customary to use #4 rebar and a vapor barrier for house foundations, typically costing between $3.50 and $4.25. However, due to circumstances in 2022 and 2023, we had to raise the price to $5.. Now, in order to work, we have had to return to our previous pricing.
I am a contractor in mid coast Maine and started doing my own concrete years ago and watched all your videos. I do icf forms on slabs with radiant tubes ECT. Your videos gave us the confidence to tackle these jobs but I had to figure my own pricing out. According to this video my pricing is the same as yours but you guys do a better job at finishing and I've never done any stamping or staining. Maybe in the future 😅 thanks for a great education over the years I owe it to you.
How was it jumping into ICF walls? Ive been looking at trying fox blocks but seems daunting especially with all the bracing and required braces. In Fl panhandle and only commercial does ICF around here.
What state are you operating at down here in salt lake City Utah$5 mostly labor only it around 230 a yard here
@@raystraining3206 getting the ICF blocks has been a challenge. Now I stock a trailer load at all times. Can be 1-3 months waiting for fox blocks or usually quicker with logic blocks. If you have never poured a form wall, don't let your first be ICF. I always use pump truck for controlled placement. I won't take regular form jobs anymore only ICF.
Residential pool decks 4” 3,000 psi with fiber. Steigmier coping form,Broom finish, grade,form and pour $12.00 sqft . Spray deck finish $15.00 S.Florida. I build the pools as well so I’m there doing everything already.
Sounds good Mick, thanks
Thanks Mike! I’m running a similar type of business in Montreal.
Btw-That’s an incredibly captivating, educational and honest video…you really know your trade and business 👏bravo and keep on…
Awesome, thank you!
i've probably had 400+ yards poured for me in my lifetime and i've always felt like i got the better end of the deal, still looks good and always got a good job, not one regret (i do miss the $32 a yard).
Good deal Mike. In NC they charge between $4 -8 sf. without rebar.
Awesome thanks
West Texas prices is $5.50- $6 a sq ft turnkey, for a finish floor slab. If the Builder furnishes all of the materials and we get Labor only is $2.50 sq ft there is a lot of competition here that does not have the proper equipment or crews but 90% of the time you get what you pay for
Concrete has been on the rise over the last few years, so that being said most landscapers are now doing our own and not sub contracting it out. Patios, sidewalks,stem walls,driveways and on. Making more and taking control of our commercial contracts that include small strip malls,storage buildings and do on.
Nice, thanks
We work in central pa and our price on concrete is around $155 -170...
We average 4.25 per square foot for basements @ 3.5 inches .
This includes prep.
Final grade and plastic drain and radon pipe. Pour and finish.
Garage and porches are more like 5.25 ..drains, compaction, forming,
4"concrete with wire pour and finish.
This builder gives us 80-90 homes a year.
Jobs for individuals are higher but not what it should be.
Love watching you guys work!
We've been at it for 35 plus years and we can stil learn from people like you.
Keep up the good work
Thank you 😊
Hey how you doing Mike. I'm actually from southern Massachusetts and I work for Bomanite. I enjoy watching your videos. Keep on pouring
Thank you so much for this video! very helpful and informative. I have been doing concrete for 2 years now and looking to expand on my own in the future! This video helps me get an idea of what I can do/achieve.
What you get to pour is basically what we get to form, prep, and finish. That's why I do a lot of small jobs, tear outs and backyard projects. Way more money in that then new construction.
Yep, We all are... We just raised our mud starting in April 2023...
Hey Mike. Super cool for you to show everything that you do. Lots of trade secrets that would normally take years to learn on your own. I’m a plasterer of 40 years and had excellent teachers when I was young and have taught many in return. Keep doing what your doing!! Your stellar!!!
I appreciate that!
Hi Mike- I’m an electrician by trade and our flat work masons here in Dover, De 4.00- 4.50 for standard flat work. 4” reinforced fiber. No foam, no poly. On your select.
Thanks
it’s pretty much that in quebec too. keep up the good work.
As always Mike thank you for your valuable information I get a lot out of watching your videos and really appreciate your transparency on price,iam considering joining the concrete underground to further my understanding of certain aspects,thanks again.
Wages, job costing always plays catch up with cost of living. Over 100 bucks of groceries fit in one plastic bag for me last week, walked away shaking my head
We are all seeing this across the country. Unfortunately is our (society ) own fault. Unfortunately wilful ignorance has destroyed this country.
"The land of the free" where you sre onoy free to do as you are told.
Hey Mike. You guys do the fine grading and plate compaction, correct? Those prices are similar to MN. Giving SF prices can be tricky - a lot of residential projects we do come down to ease of access. That tends to be the biggest factor in pricing. If you can't get heavy equipment in the yard or need to pump over a house type thing. Thanks for sharing!
an 8 inch snap ty wall here Starts at $800 per yard that includes obviously all the concrete and labor same thing on the footing for the wall $800 per yard and up
That makes sense. If show up & pour, there's a day. If you setup, there's more days involved.
I called 3 contractors in North Georgia trying to get them to come look at my 34’ x 34’ barn to pour a 5-6” thick well finished slab and couldn’t even get them to come out and look at it. Housing boom in North Georgia and everything is or was going gang busters. I was going to pour it myself but they quoted me 244 dollars a yard to deliver 4000 psi premix. I ended up pouring 14 yards using a Mudmixer with my brother in law and a helper. I probably overpaid doing it that way, but I can depend on myself where you just can’t on others unfortunately. I figured 10-15k to pour and finish it? It would make me feel better if I knew it would cost more than 10k.
I am the same way, I end up doing it all my self. It's not that difficult. Yes a good work out but it's your work and you save so much. That's what is happening with contractors continuing to over charge.
14 yard slab I would do for $6,500 and that is professionally done and my prices are on the high end in my area mid coast maine
Just a barn slab bull float Fresno finish and no doorways to cut down I would charge even less
@@jessesawyer3875 I’ve got more than 6500 in it, probably closer to 8000 I guess, but I’ve got one of those new Mudmixer machines to show for it after being done. I would have rather paid to have it done by a professional, that’s tough work! 670 bags worth. I had hoped to have a smooth seamless floor you could roll a creeper on. I can roll a creeper on it, but it was poured in 9 sections of about 10x12, so not seamless. We bull floated it, it turned out okay I guess. It will do to park a tractor on it.
@@jessesawyer3875 I wished you were in North Georgia, we would have both been happy. I had it dug out and leveled and graveled, if you poured it all at once you would have only needed to form across the two doors, the rest was pouring to walls/blocks. You could have backed the truck up to the 14’ tall door, not sure if you use that plasticizer stuff to make it flow into a 34 foot deep barn or if you use a mud buggy or? Done in a day I would think…hours maybe?
I have learned a lot over the year I’ve been watching your videos thank you
I'm a foundation contractor in southern NH. Work in Mass also. We used to do residential, but only do commercial now. We sub out all our slabs. Your pricing seems on point. The area dictates the price also. The closer we get to Boston the higher we can charge.
We are in Charlotte, bout the same pricing here ! Appreciate the videos Mike !
Go for it Mike, and while your at it put a little extra in for yourself.
Because if you dont nobody else will.
Nor will you be thought any more of if you dont.
Good for you brother.
Thanks for the view
I like your videos. Thinking of starting something up.
Great info Mike. Thanks for your honesty
In Texas i get $12.00 sq foot that start to finish forming rebar and footing thats on metal buildings
we do $10
Afternoon Mike, Concrete in Western Pa is near a hundred a yard before any enhancements!! You can figure your labor from there per yard!!
Great video Mike and information 👍 keep up the great work. Tony from Las Cruces NM
Your guys do a good job from what I see even the big boys pulling the screed lol
Great video buddy
Thanks 👍
Beautiful work as usual! I would love to learn the business.
For a basic floor slab in southern New York (residential) is about 20 a square foot.
I’m homeowner. I’m planning to build a metal structure workshop (woodworking), which will be attached to my existing 24’x24’ garage. It will be about 22’x30’ with a 5’x24’ storage/locker room (this part would be in between and attached to both the workshop and garage. I’m thinking of a radiant heated floor. As I stated, I’m in the planning stages and as Mike Holmes always say, “exceed the codes and do it right the first time”. So, I’m trying to get as much information as possible. Your videos are extremely helpful. I still have a lot of questions and I really wish you were local; I live in southern Virginia. I always want to know why I need to do something, so I don’t get beat by the contractor. So, thanks for what you do.
Will
Thanks for this Mike. Greatly appreciated buddy. If you were doing a basement floor at 4 inch just to come and pour what would you charge sq ft? The builders we work for have accounts with the plants so we don’t pay for concrete. We do residential new construction homes in Louisville Ky. I’m embarrassed to tell you what my dad is charging. He needs to go way up. It’s 2023 and things aren’t cheap
5$ a square - mud costs😮
Thanks for all the vids Mike. I catch them all.
You’re an awesome dude man, thanks for your knowledge and sharing
Excellent Video ; Thanks for your time in making it ;
Im in Maine Oxford county just starting out as a flatwork company I’m been working for a concrete company for 6 years now starting to do it on my own but I’ve been charging 450 a yard starting to trying to do the square-foot pricing
This video is very informative so I can calculate my expenses for the project i want to do, thanks,
Also I am subscribed now :)
Great video ! Thanks for the info 👍
Hey mike,noticed the slump looks pretty wet. Do you use an additive in your create
Yes, water reducer
@@MikeDayConcrete do you use pee gravel and fiber
Small Crew? BS, you have to count the twins as double double, there are telepathic twice as efficient. 😂The foam is a huge benefit, should also look at doing 1in around the edge of the slab also as it provides a thermal break from the stem wall. Great videos!
Thanks for the update and information. I am definitely looking at raising prices for the upcoming season. Do you worry about a negative impact by raising them?
I do not like to see raising prices. But if the materials are costing that much more then of course you need to. I see too many times folks raising the prices just to raise them. If contractors keep raising their prices folks will just not have the work done. Too expensive.
My local quote in rural Idaho was 38,000$ for 24x36x4” pole barn slab. From Cleary builders.
38,000! No way I’m a new small concrete business of 2 years In Boise Idaho. I see it’s time to raise my prices
What is the purpose of the 2 inches of syrafoam that goes down on a garage floor? I'm in upstate New York and have not seen that here yet, but I mostly redo existing floors, and do not have code enforcement involved.
It's code, for frost protection
What's that setup you're using to grind the spalled surface?
Mike - Do you travel to Massachusetts Worcester area for a 36’ x 26’ garage and 10’ x 26’ breezeway? Thank you
I saw your wood plank stamps. I like them. What brand are they. I'm in the market for a set.
They're from Butterfield
@@MikeDayConcrete Thanks for getting back with me.
I’m a homeowner on Gabriola British Columbia Canada. I’m looking at having a garage built on acreage. I’m fascinated by your video’s Mike. I will hire contractors and I’m just trying to learn more so I can talk knowledgeably. Question: holding aside code requirements: is it a good idea to add the foam below the pour? What are the advantages?
Nashville Tn labor and material x2 give or take on something depending on how easy access is ect how many days how much gravel ect
Hey Mike I would like to know what you tell a residential customer when the ask for a warranty.
6.50 to 8.00 a sq ft in Florida where i live i don't do it everyday but the guys I know charge the same or more , thats form rebar or mesh depending on what it calls for
Does that include concrete as well?
Thanks for sharing Mike! What type of material do you use for overlaying Spaulding concrete?
R dex
Thanks for the info !
Thank you sir for your video!
Should u saw cut a suspended concrete slab thats 24x22 it has3 8in I beams running the 22ft width and one 8in center beam connecting all of them. Plus 1.5 DMACC decking on that
Seems pretty high but not sure your cost of concrete.
Hello Mike, I own my own concrete business in Seattle Washington. I’m bidding for a city sidewalks n ramp job. I never don’t City/government job before. I was wondering how would I bid this job for a city sidewalk? Would it be more for sq ft. For the fact that it’s a city job?
Twice as much, yes.
What about over run on concrete how do you charge for that?
I add it to the final bill. Any amount over a yard gets added.
Thanks Mike!!!
Hi Mike
If I send a picture can you tell me how to solve my concrete problem; enjoyed you videos; i live in california
Concrete underground? Where can I learn more about this ?
In Australia I charge 50m2 for shed slabs, 70m2 for paths and 80m2 for exposed, they are labour prices.
For little work minimum charge is 600 day rate per person.
Steps are charged out day rate per person as above. Very large work is worked out as I have to win the job as well. Example we are currently doing a 1300m2 driveway I went in at 35m2 labour and got it. Pouring 104m2 per day with 2 other guys.
What is your labor only minus cost of concrete. I poured 8 yards the other day $1633.00 for 4000 psi no admixtures!! Smokey mnts, tn thanks
About $2 a sq ft labor for floors
Tom,
What place did you get concrete from? I'm interested cause I live in Knoxville area.
@@vladipilot5925 blalocks. It was a little cheaper from their Newport plant than it was in sevierville, that's where I did the job?
i would rather not pay for concrete, there is no teal.reason for it, but i still get a down payment 4 sure only so people dont waste my time, i used to not charge a down payment, but i would say it is a must. i understand things happen.
How many guys does that 4 or 5 dollars a square foot cover is that for 4 guys or 6 guys been doing concrete and would like to start my own business and wanna know mote about pricing but have been doing good with side jobs
5$ a sqfoot doesn't even cover the concrete in montreal...350$ a meter delivered...that's just the concrete no labor
Have you ever use just 3 inches on a drive way. From tim. In Ohio
We are in nj just a yard of concrete is $185.00 plus 350 delivery. How much you get concrete with delivery.
That’s for the tips
We're in wi we're at 14 sq ft with demo form wire mesh grading do you think we are too low in la Crosse wi
I live in Louisiana
I heard you can goes base concrete $6.50 sqft average
Big jobs less $8.00 sqft
Just got a quote for a 20x20x4 4,000 PSI slab for $3,400. Is that a good price?
That's a fair price in upstate NY to form and pour a pad. + $4 or more per sf to grade and compact
The homeowner didn't want a vapor barrier? Wonder if that would come back to haunt them?
He can spray one on using a penetrating sealer.
Is there a limit on how many extension poles you will use on the Bullfloat? I know you have to reach as far as the concrete goes but would you not use more than whatever amount of poles or just use as many as you
need to reach the pour?
I don't have a limit but never use more then 5 just don't need to mostly 3 to 4
Hi from CA where are you located?
Halifax ns place finish 2.25 sq foot
Mike what product do you use to resurface concrete?
Concrete contractors here don’t pay for the concrete. Just their labor. Contractors have the floors prepped and pay for concrete themselves.
I just did 210 sq ft of concrete w a mixer today. 2 & 1/2 inch thick slab for a driveway. I charged $1600. All 90 lbs bags. Labor was a whore. The customer wanted it as cheap as possible. Rebar was wired up and sturdy. Job wasn't lousy. I just want tips and advice on what I should charge in the future for this large of a job. We finished in 14 hours with 2 people. Any advice would be great.
I'd have charged at least double what you did.
@@MikeDayConcrete Thank you. I appreciate your reply. Now I know.
The numbers mason what do they mean?!?!
Do you still do seminars?
What do you need?
I have take some seminars in Deco Crete for stamp, I need stamp overlay and some more on stamp concrete. I am new in concrete so it's still looks complicated for me.
Do you buy your own material for these jobs or make the owner or contractor buy these in advance?
Anybody on here from Kentucky doing concrete work I'm in the area between Louisville and Brandenburg and thinking of starting my own concrete business
The real question is what do you do with your money?
@@pietmondrianstudent6984 True but I meant the price is based on perceived value as well as input costs in other words as much as you think you'll get. Theres quite a bit of profit there and rightfully so I was wondering what he spends it on👍
@@pietmondrianstudent6984 not really. The size of jobs he does wouldn’t put him out of business. Because pretty much every job he does great. Those aren’t big enough jobs to put someone under.
5 to 7 a foot in georgia
Go high work less is my model!😅
Dude, no less than 10$ your quality shows it
It's a lose/lose situation. Hope you're still in business next year.
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20$ a sq ft is my price.
Using 12 slump concrete is making your product super weak. I only have 16 years of experience, all your pours are way too wet. Do thaton my property and I'll make you tear it out and pour it at a 5 slump.
Goofball
42 years of experience with no tear outs, learn about water reducers then make an informed comment.
@@MikeDayConcrete Still weak mix.
I charge $100 a square foot. But
Same. Engineered turnkey though. I wrote something long, but I am going to leave it at look into specialized captive markets.
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Just charge 10$ extra a sq/ft if they don't want it Mike's way lol