I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The reason I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in the wrong
spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It looks like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a ballpark estimate
will do.

Thank You,
Zzyzx

"Zzyzx" wrote in message
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I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The reason
I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in the wrong
spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It looks
like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a ballpark
estimate
will do.

Building a skyscraper? Why do you need the slab 11 feet deep? Hoover dam
is not much thicker.

Careless errors happen no matter the cost. Could be a $5 item or a Hubble
telescope. I know one guy that order things in feet using the ' symbol when
he meant inches and the " symbol. Boy, did he feel stupid afterwards.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
"Zzyzx" wrote in message
...
I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The reason
I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in the wrong
spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It looks
like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a ballpark
estimate
will do.

Building a skyscraper? Why do you need the slab 11 feet deep? Hoover dam
is not much thicker.

Gotta be 11"

He must be an ex-spinal tap member!

We live in a hill area, i have seen anywhere from a 3' slab to around 20'.
When you are building on a hill that's what you have to do It's pretty
common here.


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Zzyzx" wrote in message
...
I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The reason
I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in the
wrong
spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It looks
like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a ballpark
estimate
will do.

Building a skyscraper? Why do you need the slab 11 feet deep? Hoover dam
is not much thicker.

Careless errors happen no matter the cost. Could be a $5 item or a Hubble
telescope. I know one guy that order things in feet using the ' symbol
when
he meant inches and the " symbol. Boy, did he feel stupid afterwards.

call local building yard and ask for cost per yard. in minimum 5 yard
deliveries it USED to be about 70 bucks a yard 6 years ago.

a yard is a 3 feet by 3 feet by 3 feet quantity.

"Zzyzx" wrote in message
...
I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The reason
I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in the wrong
spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It looks
like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a ballpark
estimate
will do.

Thank You,
Zzyzx

Not enough information to help. Do you need a pumper? Forming? and the list
of questions goes on.

If your dimensions are correct that is an awful lot of concrete for a house
slab.

Yes, it had forming and a pumper. It had 6 piers poured as well

Just a rough ballpark cost

"SQLit" wrote in message
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"Zzyzx" wrote in message
...
I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The reason
I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in the
wrong
spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It looks
like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a ballpark
estimate
will do.

Thank You,
Zzyzx

Not enough information to help. Do you need a pumper? Forming? and the
list
of questions goes on.

If your dimensions are correct that is an awful lot of concrete for a
house
slab.

"Zzyzx" wrote in message
news

Yes, it had forming and a pumper. It had 6 piers poured as well

Just a rough ballpark cost


Material has to be around $30,000 +++ if it was solid concrete. I can't
imagine the cost of taking it out and hauling it away, unless it was a
matter of moving a short distance and using hte old material as filler for
the new.

They demolition the slab then built a new one from scratch. The ruble from
the other one still needs to be hauled away. It's a post tension slab


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Zzyzx" wrote in message
news

Yes, it had forming and a pumper. It had 6 piers poured as well

Just a rough ballpark cost


Material has to be around $30,000 +++ if it was solid concrete. I can't
imagine the cost of taking it out and hauling it away, unless it was a
matter of moving a short distance and using hte old material as filler for
the new.

There is no way your concrete is 11 feet deep. You may have a
wall that is 11 feet deep with a 4" or so slab on top, but the
concrete is not that thick. You need more information for anyone
to answer your question.

You would need to know:
Cost to excavate footing
cost in concrete and labor to pour footings
cost to form and pour walls
cost to fill and compact slab sub grade
cost to pour and finish slab
cost of reinforcing

and the cost to remove the first one

A 3,000 sq. ft. slab about 4" thick would be $9,000 at $3/sf. I
doubt you would get it much cheaper than that. The concrete alone
comes to about 37 yards @ $100/yard.

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DanG (remove the sevens)




"Zzyzx" wrote in message
...
I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The
reason I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in
the wrong
spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I
don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It
looks like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house
and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a
ballpark estimate
will do.

Thank You,
Zzyzx

Zzyzx wrote:
We live in a hill area, i have seen anywhere from a 3' slab to around 20'.
When you are building on a hill that's what you have to do It's pretty
common here.


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"Zzyzx" wrote in message
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I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The reason
I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in the

wrong

spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It looks
like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a ballpark
estimate
will do.

Building a skyscraper? Why do you need the slab 11 feet deep? Hoover dam
is not much thicker.

Careless errors happen no matter the cost. Could be a $5 item or a Hubble
telescope. I know one guy that order things in feet using the ' symbol

when

he meant inches and the " symbol. Boy, did he feel stupid afterwards.





HMMM.. Where do you live? I can't imagine anyone
putting a slab down if building on hill. Here, no
one builds a regular house on a slab, hill, flat,
valley or river bottom.

Dear OP (Zzyzx)_

Something thing defintely wrong with your description of the situation
or the situation itself

54' x 58' x 3' tapered to 11' is approx 800 yds of concrete (3.3
milliton lbs)

Think would be ~90 trucks! I don't think so.

A massive multi-lane concrete overpass can be on the order of 1500 yds


The structural engineering test lab where I worked had a floor 50' x
80' x 2' thick & a reaction wall 80' x 21' x 3' thick

Even at only $100 yd monolithe you're talking would be about ~$80k just
for the mud.

Perhaps the real situation is end wall & side walls then back filled &
covered with a slab; a much more cost effective way to generate that
geometry.

Assuming 6" slab & walls the same configuation would be about 80 yds,
much more resaonable

I have never seen residential detail as you describe



cheers
Bob

"George E. Cawthon" wrote in message
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Zzyzx wrote:
We live in a hill area, i have seen anywhere from a 3' slab to around
20'.
When you are building on a hill that's what you have to do It's
pretty
common here.


"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
news:wuOzf.4278$SD3.2324@trndny07...

"Zzyzx" wrote in message
. ..

I'm very curious how much it cost my builder to pour a slab. The reason
I'm
curious is that they had to demolition it because they put it in the

wrong

spot. I have heard that concrete has gone through the roof, so I don't
understand the carelessness.

The slab size has a 54'x58' footprint and has a depth of 11'. It looks
like
a wedge, so it starts off at about 3' at the front of the house and
continues to the back of the house where it is 11'. Just a ballpark
estimate
will do.

Building a skyscraper? Why do you need the slab 11 feet deep? Hoover
dam
is not much thicker.

Careless errors happen no matter the cost. Could be a $5 item or a
Hubble
telescope. I know one guy that order things in feet using the ' symbol

when

he meant inches and the " symbol. Boy, did he feel stupid afterwards.





HMMM.. Where do you live? I can't imagine anyone
putting a slab down if building on hill. Here, no
one builds a regular house on a slab, hill, flat,
valley or river bottom.

West of Austin Tx.