Thread: Thumbs down for concretors!

Hi

6 x 9 m floor will take about 6 cubic metres of concrete to a depth of 100mm. I think I was last charged about $160 per cubic metre so that is $960 in concrete.

Then add in cost of reo which would be about $300 so that is $1260 ish. Add in plastic reo chairs, plastic sheeting which would round off to about $1320.

Time to do formwork, plastic, set reo say three hours at $50 per hour so thats $1470.

That leaves $670 for labour and to do the job properly - helicoptered smooth etc

A timber floor would be cool though

dazzler

mmmm so yer reckon hes right on the money then? strewth ah well not to worry I reckon the timber floors a better option and gives me something interesting to do!!

Now I just gotta make damned sure I have the tools placed exactly RIGHT eh!! I reckon 3 x 3 joists ocwe 4 x 4 beams on 6 x 6 stumps every couple of feet or so would make it sturdee as all heck eh? boards 1in thick should be the right thickness considering the size of the tools wouldnt it? Or would I be overdoing it a tad?

Youre getting of lightly there Dingo...footings and floating slab for my garage and workshop set me back $15,000. Not youre average shed though.

Yep, it doesn't sound excessive to me. My new garage was 9 x 6 and had a partial floor. (some was already there because it replaced the old carport) I had the extra laid plus a path around it which cost me $1800. I think it's about right and I'd be going ahead with it, rather than timber.

I was quoted $1650 for a 6x6 slab 100mm thick at the beginning of the year. I think that you would find the cost of a suitable timber floor would be comparable to concrete.

Timber is better on aging knees as well.....and stops the cold coming up....and looks good, and if you run out of timber you can pull up a few pieces and replace later

dazzler

And you are all forgetting Shane's guiding principal. Never do things the easy way when with a bit of panic, you can make it complicated and chaotic

Irreverently yours
Richard

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

mmmm so yer reckon hes right on the money then? strewth ah well not to worry I reckon the timber floors a better option and gives me something interesting to do!!

Now I just gotta make damned sure I have the tools placed exactly RIGHT eh!! I reckon 3 x 3 joists ocwe 4 x 4 beams on 6 x 6 stumps every couple of feet or so would make it sturdee as all heck eh? boards 1in thick should be the right thickness considering the size of the tools wouldnt it? Or would I be overdoing it a tad?

Timber floor is much better to work on, looks classy too!
Put yer bearers in 4 ft apart and yer stumps 6 ft apart and you'll have a nice strong floor. (2ft apart is a tad over the top).

Sounds a reasonable price to me . Sure you could save a bit by doing it yourself . Here concrete is $140/m reo included ( fibers ) . I would not go timber myself . Concrete lasts forever if laid right .
To mix it yourself and pour it , its not THAT big a slab with a few mates and a good mixer would be 7 bags cement per meter ( $10 each bag , 6:1 ratio ) and gravel/sand ( $130 for 10m ) plus reo . Less than fifteen hundred dollars for a 6x9 roughly .
Its not really that hard to mix and pour concrete yoursef and for me I love doing it .
trouble is for a slab that size you need several slabs for the mates and a pig on the spit .
just go with the quote , its not a bad price .

Why don't you pour the concrete floor yourself and then build the timber floor on top of it.

That way you don't have to be perfect with the concreting, you can run your dusty pipes and power lines under the floor to where you need them and the floor is comfortable to stand on.

That way you have the best of both.


Peter.

Originally Posted by Wild Dingo

$2140!!! :eek: SHYTE!! :mad:

9m x 6m = 54 square metres

our local price is $40/sq metre (mates rates)

He's quoted you $20 below mates rates where i live.

additionally you will need footings to anchor the walls and the flooring to, if you go for timber anyway, or it wont get through council, here anyway.

I would go with the concrete and book it in quick before he realises how cheap he quoted you

I paid $6,000 for the slab under my 16x6 shed but it was worth every cent. You could ice skate on it.

Quite a few shed manufactures use the concrete floor as a structural part of the building and will charge you more if you need proper footings. Who's making your shed?

Also concrete is termite proof.

As folks have said before though, a timber floor is much easier on the feet legs and back.

I'm having a 14mtr x 7mtrs part open sided shed built (tractor storage) with quarter of it enclosed and concreted, this is costing $13,500 built with the concrete.

Cheers


Dave