Stupid Pet Peeves

[Ron Mexico]

Damn that's a lot of concrete. I bet stamped cost you over $10,000. My dad and I poured a 4 yard batch for a neighbor and I gave my labor for free. $1,200 for easily$2,000 worth, with no license, tax or business costs. You're talking 14 yards plus the stamping. Well done kid.

Every time I have had cement work done in the last few years I am shocked how much companies are trying to charge. I have a small area in my backyard I wanted some cement poured for a hot tub pad and the quotes I got from a few companies made me laugh at them. Ill just do it myself this summer for 1/10 of the price.

 

[Miggs]

Damn that's a lot of concrete. I bet stamped cost you over $10,000. My dad and I poured a 4 yard batch for a neighbor and I gave my labor for free. $1,200 for easily$2,000 worth, with no license, tax or business costs. You're talking 14 yards plus the stamping. Well done kid.

It was $16,500 iirc.

 

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[idestroyedthetoilet]

Every time I have had cement work done in the last few years I am shocked how much companies are trying to charge. I have a small area in my backyard I wanted some cement poured for a hot tub pad and the quotes I got from a few companies made me laugh at them. Ill just do it myself this summer for 1/10 of the price.

Have @bigb run your wiring first and put in a pvc pipe up through your concrete area for connecting the tub, or plan on having an exposed pvc line. Let me know if you need help pouring. 1.5 yards or so (10x12, 4 inch) is easy. If you're close to UCart you can save money on delivery. You're maybe $700 with lumber, another $600 max in float, trowels, stakes, etc.

 

[Miggs]

**** those arborviates. Having them all ripped out in the spring and putting Green Giants in.

 

[Miggs]

Here's a closer one...by a little bit anyway.

 

[RandyForRubio]

Every time I have had cement work done in the last few years I am shocked how much companies are trying to charge. I have a small area in my backyard I wanted some cement poured for a hot tub pad and the quotes I got from a few companies made me laugh at them. Ill just do it myself this summer for 1/10 of the price.

It’s cause doing a small job like that doesn’t make them as much money, so they price it high in hopes you don’t take it.

With the market as high as it is, and construction booming, that’s what happens. It’ll correct in a couple years.

 

[idestroyedthetoilet]

It’s cause doing a small job like that doesn’t make them as much money, so they price it high in hopes you don’t take it.

With the market as high as it is, and construction booming, that’s what happens. It’ll correct in a couple years.

It's nutty around here. I had 4 sprinkler installers skip out on me 2 summers ago after coming over and giving a bid. It's even worse now. The labor market is insanely overheated to where anyone could get a $10-$11 hour side job and hired on the spot. Not much, I know, but there aren't anymore employees right now.

 

[RandyForRubio]

My SIL has a good job (nurse), no debt at all bc her parents paid for her schooling and she graduated top of her class, and she refuses to do more then the bare minimum when it comes to work hours. If ever it’s offered for more hours, she turns it down bc weekends are too important. Drives me nuts.

Girl could have enough money to pay off a house in 10-15 years, but just doesn’t want to work. Bah.

 

[RandyForRubio]

It's nutty around here. I had 4 sprinkler installers skip out on me 2 summers ago after coming over and giving a bid. It's even worse now. The labor market is insanely overheated to where anyone could get a $10-$11 hour side job and hired on the spot. Not much, I know, but there aren't anymore employees right now.

Oh tell me about employees. We pay about $15-16 for anybody coming in for farm labor, don’t offer overtime but typically they average 60+ hours spring through fall, and we can’t find people. It’s not great pay, but it’s not awful either.

 

[Miggs]

Oh tell me about employees. We pay about $15-16 for anybody coming in for farm labor, don’t offer overtime but typically they average 60+ hours spring through fall, and we can’t find people. It’s not great pay, but it’s not awful either.

smfh. That's damn solid pay for out there. I guess people would rather just keep staying at home collecting their welfare checks for free rather than work for something.

 

[RandyForRubio]

smfh. That's damn solid pay for out there. I guess people would rather just keep staying at home collecting their welfare checks for free rather than work for something.

Sometimes. I think most of it is just that people don’t want to work 60+ hours. They want time to go hike, fish, etc.