Concrete costs

[Spam16v]

@Blue Eyed Devil

I have fiber in my basement floor and it crack like a mother. I was naive and listened to my lazy concrete contractor when he said, “You can use fiber instead of wire mesh.” Fucker.

Wire is so cheap… Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

[brilliantyellowg60]

30x65’ 6" thick cost me $11K in materials, doing all the work myself

[Joehip]

This is not helping me want to redo my 60 y/o concrete driveway any quicker. I better start saving.

[OriginalSterm]

@1QIKZ

Save yourself some money. Pour the areas where the lift posts will go a little deeper, add rebar deep enough not to interfere with the mounting of the posts. Pour the rest at 4" of 4000 psi. That will bring you down to about 15 yds. +/-. 23.7 (orig. estimate) -15 yds (revised)=8.7 x $ 120.00/yd.= $ 1,044.00 savings. 6" would be overkill for the main area.

The only problem with going this route is not knowing where exactly the second lift will go down the road. Having 3 bays they will either be next to each other or not. So where do I pour the deeper sections? I guess I could always cut out what I put in later…

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@OriginalSterm

The only problem with going this route is not knowing where exactly the second lift will go down the road. Having 3 bays they will either be next to each other or not. So where do I pour the deeper sections? I guess I could always cut out what I put in later…

If it’s 3 bays wide, just go an inch or two deeper across the middle 10-13 feet deep into the bay where the columns may be. Plan for a lift in all three bays, won’t be that much more material.

[OriginalSterm]

@Spam16v

If it’s 3 bays wide, just go an inch or two deeper across the middle 10-13 feet deep into the bay where the columns may be. Plan for a lift in all three bays, won’t be that much more material.

I like that suggestion a lot.

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@OriginalSterm

I like that suggestion a lot.

Columns go between 11-12’ deep from the door in a garage depending how deep overall with asymetric arms, symetric go much closer to the door. Most lifts in the 10k range after they eliminated the 7-9k capacity lifts from the market are versa-metric like the Forward Lift I have, and Loomis Root stocks & installs all the time. I asked how long it would take to get the lift, and Chuck’s response was how many you want put in tomorrow? Try me. Nvm, Lol.

[OriginalSterm]

@Spam16v

Columns go between 11-12’ deep from the door in a garage depending how deep overall with asymetric arms, symetric go much closer to the door. Most lifts in the 10k range after they eliminated the 7-9k capacity lifts from the market are versa-metric like the Forward Lift I have, and Loomis Root stocks & installs all the time. I asked how long it would take to get the lift, and Chuck’s response was how many you want put in tomorrow? Try me. Nvm, Lol.

Great info, thank you. I am going with a Forward lift with the versametric arms. Makes the most sense to me I think.

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@OriginalSterm

Great info, thank you. I am going with a Forward lift with the versametric arms. Makes the most sense to me I think.

If you’re near buffalo, PM me and you’re welcome to look at mine. Mine’s shoe-horned into what a lot of people would consider tight yet efficient quarters.