Exactly. It's such a small job for them to mix a load and truck it to you. 2 options though: You can talk to your neighbors and see if anyone else wants to get together for any projects to help bring the cost down, or rent a mixer from a local place and mix/pour it yourself. If you pour it yourself, just make sure to read up on how to prep/frame the site.
I doubt any of my neighbors would be, most of them are renters. I'm not exactly handy but I have some friends that could help probably. Or I'll talk to a couple companies and wait for one of them to have a job in my area. I don't live in the boonies or anything so maybe it won't be too long a wait.
yea the problem is you cant order just one yard of concrete in a truck and pay $100, they will have a minimum order $ amount that around here is usually $500 Unless they go with sacks, but then your labor costs go way up. I was gunna guess $1500 range to get someone to come do something like that Your only real chance of getting it less is if you can catch a crew that is pouring concrete near by and get them to run a guy over to set forms and order heavy on the last truck Can a concrete truck get to your back patio?
Ummm depends on the trough. I have a covered car port so they can't back all the way up. I'm willing to pay extra since it's so small but I just don't want to pay that much extra. If I could catch the guy that owns the townhouse next door I'd ask him who did his. He has basically the same thing I want done.
This is what we did last month. Rented a 1/4 yard drum mixer and were able to pour out a 15 yard hangar pad and a 10 yard landing pad for my boss' heli. We were able to crank out a yard every half hour and finished it in a weekend. Took a decent amount of prep though because it was all foam insulated, reinforced, and heated
Who lifted the bags into the mixer? I pulled short straw and got that duty last month when we poured footings. I was sore for a few days.
Good ideas... For the concrete pad/patio. I need to get a large patio built in fl. Didn't think about mixer. And to the gentleman asking about solid advice on this thread.. Bro. Take a long shit and read the entire thread. Its good and very informative. From buying to fixing. This thread delivers
That would be me, though I cut them in half so it was only 47 lbs per bag. These weren't the redi-mix bags either, in addition to the bags of cement we were shoveling in rocks and sand as well. Got a good system going though with two guys. Definitely sore after though
what do you do for the guy on like an everyday basis? I dunno if the owner of my company could even afford a helicopter, but if he was asking me to be the guy mixing and pouring concrete on his personal helicopter pad, I think I might laugh at him
Generally nothing specifically for him. He has his own right hand man for personal projects but this project was a little bigger than just him helping so he asked me. I'd rather do that than be in the office in the winter months. Plus his cabin is pretty close to my cabin so sometimes he'll give me a lift up there or help haul supplies up. Bit of a give and take situation
One time I was working on a house when I was about 17. Was helping some guys lay tile on the 2nd and a half story, 400 square foot porch. To mix the mud I had to wheelbarrow the sand from the front yard, around the back, then put it in Buckets and pulley it up to the porch. If I tried to do that today I'd probably just die on spot
Wife went by they house today and they laid the tile. She couldn't go in bc it just got laid. Will get more pics after its grouted.
just refi'd my house from a 30 to a 15. pay bi-weekly so it's more like 13. no cash out so my payment only went up 50 bucks while knocking 14 years off the length of the loan. Equitying my ass off. Probably going to buy another house and rent this one out.
i jelly.. if i wasnt selling my house in 5-6 years when we have baby swims i'd do the same. our HHI went up probably 60-75% since we closed last spring #Humblebrag
Installed my ecobee3 thermostat today. Physical install took about 40 minutes. I had to install a power adapter at the circuit board because my unit is a heat pump. I consider myself pretty handy and competent and it was a small challenge because of my unit. The supplied wiring diagram was a little off but I was able to improvise without any help. I could see that part giving the average joe a little problem. Other than that the supplied instructions were very good. The app for my phone is great. Super easy to use. I set up my schedule very easily. User interface is very good. Overall, I would definitely recommend it.
Not much of a handyman but trying to work on it so I can just do stuff around the house. Hopefully I don't go out in the morning to see it has fallen Will be putting one other below that one but didn't have the time tonight. If someone knows that shelf will fall any tips are welcome.
Well due to my supply line into the washer leaking behind the walk, I'm bout to do a total gut job on laundry room and kitchen.
Late to the game but my two cents are below. I'm a structural engineer on larger commercial projects so it may not be 100% applicable for residential. PT slabs generally don't have as much rebar as slabs without PT. Instead they rely on the tendons to compress the slab and not crack. As concrete ages it tends to shrink and this can often lead to cracking if not accounted for. Most of the shrinkage happens in the early stages of the cure. Since the slab isn't as heavily reinforced we specify the tendons to be stressed within 72 hours to try to combat this (usually the concrete is strong enough by then). I agree that it's not likely a huge problem but I'd ask if the contractor missed the stressing time or if additional rebar was needed. My only concern would be corison of the tendons and rebar with big cracks. I'm assuming you had a vapor barrier with drainage stone below?
I appreciate the response, didn't understand much of it, but I appreciate it. We've basically upgraded our lot and foundation. They moved us 4 lots up the hill to the exact same foundation with a beautiful slab. Better view too. They have just about finished the framing on the first floor:
I would not add to much more weight to those braces. Or, you could add one more in the middle. Just to give the shelf better support. Those braces do not hold a lot of weight
Most the paint cans are fairly empty and only the far right 4.5 gal is nearly full. The one next to it probably only a 3rd. Braces states 200lbs I'd guess there's only about 80lbs up there. But yeah wasn't planning on putting anything else on that shelf.
as always if anyone has insurance questions feel free to pm me, I know more about cars than houses but I can usually figure shit out
I put an offer in on a house today that has not received a bid the entire 4 months it has been on the market. I went low and they refused to counter.
I've got a friend that did roughly the same a few months ago. They were asking above market so he offered about 9-10% below ask and his realtor justified it by showing recent sales. Their realtor tried to justify the list price by comparing it to two other houses (flips) that were on the market but not sold. No counter. I think the offer helped them, or their realtor, realize the asking price was too high. Two weeks later they dropped their asking price by 2.5%. My friend came back and offered again at about 1-2% above his original offer. They ended up meeting at 5% below their original ask. Not surprisingly, the flippers that were used to justify the original ask are still on the market but have dropped their price by about 10%.
Anyone had issues with their gas air handler? Mine doesn't want to come on after AC season. Gonna get one of my old maintenance guys to take a look. Changed the filter, sounds likes its running, just no heat coming from the vents.
That's my thought as well, in addition to the heating element. I just expect more noise and sound when it turns on. My experience with gas air handlers is that once the parts go, you have to change the entire unit. Can't just keep fixing like the electrical units we use in apartments.
I found new inspiration for our basement remodel. The layout from the architect is going to be very similar. I just wish we had higher ceilings so we could do this coffered look. We're only at about 7.5 ft though. :-( We will have soffits around the outside for the HVAC too. Maybe that will lend itself to a cool tray ceiling instead of the coffered look.