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Brinckie2
Citizen
Username: Brinckie2
Post Number: 35
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - 9:17 am: |     |
Based on recommendations from other MOL-ers, I called Express Landscaping to give me a quote on a patio project. I want to have an approx. 15' x 20' cement patio covered with bluestones. They came back with a quote of $8,000. This seems REALLY expensive to me, but I don't know anything about the cost of bluestones or the work required to lay them on concrete. Does this quote sound reasonable to others who have had similar work done recently? |
peteglider
Citizen
Username: Peteglider
Post Number: 324
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - 10:26 am: | |
2 years ago I had a large (at least as large or slightly larger than yours) bluestone raised patio demolished and the concrete replaced -- for $3500.
The slab had cracked, and the guy could have set in pavers or new bluestone (at extra $$) -- but he said that makes the slab more likely to fail over time.
Don't have his name here at work -- but be glad to get to you tonight. If interested, PM me.
(he's done patios, sidewalks, curbs, etc. all over SO)
Pete |
Curt Wayne
Citizen
Username: Cswayne
Post Number: 72
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - 8:50 pm: | |
Let me put it to you this way.
$8,000 is a lot of money, but just imagine doing it yourself?
See: http://www.cswayne.com/patio/
;-)
Curt |
Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 361
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 - 9:21 pm: | |
Why did you buy the roto tiller? They can be rented at the shop behind Maplewood Hobby across from the Sage Diner..... |
sgtcase
Citizen
Username: Sgtcase
Post Number: 31
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2003 - 1:10 pm: | |
Brinckie2,
Is that to just lay down the patio? Does that include anything else like drainage or electrical lighting etc....? |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1806
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, November 6, 2003 - 2:20 pm: | |
Curt-
Oh My God!!!! So, where do things stand now? Brinckie (are you the same person as the original Brinckie?), we had an estimate of about $2500 for a 10x15 paver patio. |
Curt Wayne
Citizen
Username: Cswayne
Post Number: 75
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, November 7, 2003 - 5:59 am: | |
Greentree,
The patio looks pretty much like the last pic you see there. I started a new job and it's cut down on my patio-work time...and of course, the weather. It'll be a long haul now to finish it little by little through the winter and spring. But, I'll get there eventually. If my back holds out.
;-)
Curt
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Curt Wayne
Citizen
Username: Cswayne
Post Number: 76
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, November 7, 2003 - 6:04 am: | |
Maplewoody,
Why did I buy a roto-tiller?
Because its a huge machine that churns up dirt.
If I had rented one, I'd have paid a small fortune in rental fees. It wasnt a one day job. It was as cost-effective to buy it, I'm sure.
I won't be happy until my entire backyard is free of grass, so the tiller will be used over and over again.
Everyone should own one, I think.
Curt
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Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 85
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, November 7, 2003 - 6:42 am: | |
An area of this size would require about $600-$700 in concrete plus, stone, reinforcing screen and rebar (another $200+) Blue stone is approximately $20-$30 for a 2"x2'x2' piece. Roughly $900.00 +/- Misc materials at some $100.00 for forming plus machine rental and operation @ $500.00 then labor. This is pretty standard depending upon the grade of the location and/or what needs to be excavated. After all this math $8,000.00 seems high especially for this time of year.
Michael K. Mc Kell
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Brinckie2
Citizen
Username: Brinckie2
Post Number: 36
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, November 7, 2003 - 11:50 am: | |
The quote didn't include anything else as far as I can remember-it doesn't include removing the original concrete slab-just laying the stone over the existing concrete
Greenetree-I think that my wife is the original Brinckie |
Maplewoody
Citizen
Username: Maplewoody
Post Number: 364
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, November 8, 2003 - 12:06 am: | |
CW....
I rented one, and did my WHOLE back yard in a few hours in one afternoon??? Don't understand how this could be a LONG project... A rototiller goes FAST!!!! |
compsy
Citizen
Username: Compsy
Post Number: 82
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, November 8, 2003 - 1:08 pm: | |
If you're not wedded to the bluestone material, you can have pavers put down very nicely at about $10 per square foot inclusive of labor and materials. There are different colors and shapes, and an infinite variety of patterns possbile. Congden's Lumber on Park Avenue (just off Main Street) in West Orange has samples in the ground you can look at.
Any drainage lines or serious re-grading would cost extra.
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