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Winniegirl
Citizen
Username: Winniegirl
Post Number: 44
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 9:57 pm: | 
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We don't need to build a new garage, but we need to pour a new concrete floor and straighten/strenghthen the walls. Your basic rehab. I know that Bob Hume is supposed to be the best, but they won't return my calls. Who else would you recommend? Searching is fruitless, so I'm hoping for a few suggestions here. Thanks. |
Mergele
Citizen
Username: Mergele
Post Number: 409
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 5:20 am: |
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Try Vinne at VinPat Construction. I don't know if he'll repour the slab, but he did structural and cosmetic work on my garage a couple of years ago and was a pleasure to work with. |
Micheale
Citizen
Username: Micheale
Post Number: 10
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 10:30 am: |
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You might want to call Billy Avellino http://www.avellinomasonry.com/ for the concrete and have someone like Ricky's Carpentry do the framing and reinforcement. |
Sherri De Rose
Citizen
Username: Honeydo
Post Number: 323
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 4:28 pm: |
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Winniegirl, (I can't resist)... after the bashing Bob Hume took on MOL I think if he even sees a 761/762/763 number he won't return their calls. LOL. |
Politicalmon
Citizen
Username: Politicalmon
Post Number: 205
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 4:50 pm: |
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WinnieGirl;
I'm in the process of doing exactly what you are inquiring about. Our carriage house foundation cracked and we are re-orienting the garage doors for the new driveway. There are also support problems (caused by the original design) that created a dip in the 2nd floor on 1/2 the building which has to be addressed. If you want a crash course on Engineering Construction 101 - See what is involved? And have me look and gauge the level of complexity of your project so that you have enough knowledge to ask the right questions when you hire a contractor which may insure that they will do the right thing feel free to email me. I planned on pouring the rehabed slab in the next couple weeks currently in the process of getting bids on the concrete delivery since it also involves the new driveway footing. |
Richard Kessler
Citizen
Username: Richiekess
Post Number: 162
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 10:34 pm: |
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can you give an idea of what it costs to have a new concrete garage floor poured? |
Politicalmon
Citizen
Username: Politicalmon
Post Number: 207
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 1:32 pm: |
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Well since I'm doing it myself my cost is probably a 1/4 or less of what one would pay a contractor. My material cost was relatively small rebar, 2x12 for the forms and the concrete. Since I'm including the driveway footing in the amount of concrete being ordered my final number would not be relavent. If I was just going to put a price on the garage floor I would have to say under $500 which includes the rental of the cement mixer.
Remember 90% of my exisiting floor is usable, the crack occurred 1 foot from the edge. Therefore I had to chip out the 1 foot area with a jackhammer, put rebar into the exisitng slab, build a form using the 2x12s and then pour the new concrete into the area. I used a house jack to raise the carriage house to take pressure off the support beams which were cut back due to insect damamge. Fairly straight forward, more sweat equity and low materials cost. Picked up the 4 ton house jack ($25) at a yard sale in Maplewood - I knew it would come in handy one day.
It would be even lower if the cost of concrete hadn't skyrocketed but then again it was never real expensive to begin with. |
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