Miketheconn
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| posted on 1/10/09 at 09:55 PM |
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Garage base
Hi all
My wife has given me permission to buy a steel garage from Argos (mainly because her classic beetle is rusting at the back of the house and nothing to
do with my locost languishing in a rented garage a mile down the road).
My question is how cheap can I get the garage base done. The access to the back of my house is very good so we could easliy get a mini mix lorry up
there. Someone has told me its about £90 a cubic metre but thats just some bloke I work with guessing at it.
Anyone in the Manchester area had there's done? How much did it cost?
I know I can phone around and google but there is nothing like someone saying yes I had it done by so and so and they were great or don't use
them if they were the last concrete supplier on earth. Plus you get the remember to cost for x y and z that you hadn't thought of or make sure
you do a, b , c or it will crumble to dust.
Thanks in advance
Mike
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rallyingden
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| posted on 1/10/09 at 10:05 PM |
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I had some barra mix not so long ago £110 per cubic M
If you can back the mixer right up to the base then £90 to £100 is possible, just phone arround.
RD 
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blakep82
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| posted on 1/10/09 at 10:29 PM |
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buy a cheap mixer from machine mart, cement, sand and ballast from builders merchant, make it yourself. dead easy, even i can do it
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zilspeed
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| posted on 1/10/09 at 10:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
buy a cheap mixer from machine mart, cement, sand and ballast from builders merchant, make it yourself. dead easy, even i can do it
That's seriously hard work.
If you're doing it yourself, by the time you mix a tiny little batch in your mixer and barrowed it in, you need more.
Not worth it - tried it.
Phone up spot mix.
Pretend you're not really sure how much you need and they'll quote you a cube either side of what you think.
When the lorry comes out, the boys will mix and place your concrete then cut you a cash in hand deal whereby you pay less than you should have for the
amount you got and they get to pocket some of the cash.
It's standard practice around these parts.
Spot mix - ykims.
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Blackcab
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| posted on 1/10/09 at 10:58 PM |
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£90 per cubic meter is about average I would say - you may even get it a bit less - make sure you tell them its cash and you dont need a "ticket
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your sub base you should be able to get for free - just check things like free ads / gum tree etc.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 1/10/09 at 11:29 PM |
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I have done it both ways. we bought two 6.5 cube loads and it came out at about 90 quid/cube iirc
you can do it with a mixer, but it needs to be a biggish one. We had one guy feeding the mixer constantly with a big shovel, 1 guy on a constant
circuit with the barrow and 2 guys spreading and screeding. Took about 6 hrs
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philw
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| posted on 2/10/09 at 06:59 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Miketheconn
Hi all
My wife has given me permission to buy a steel garage from Argos
Mike
Are you not better off buying a concrete pre-fab garage? those steel ones get awfully cold in the winter and baking hot in the summer, the base for my
garage cost £400 5mx5m.
Must try harder
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v8kid
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| posted on 2/10/09 at 08:59 AM |
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Yup i agree with the other guys I've done it both ways and mixing it yourself is only worthwhile if you are doing 5+ meters to justify hiring a
large diesel mixer - these electric diy ones are just for the occasional morter mix.
Consider putting rigid insulation under the concrete before you lay it it makes one heck of a difference to the comfort during the winter. I went
further and threw a few coils of plastic water pipe in and coupled it to the house central heating. I know it adds to the cost but you really do
extend the usability plus stuff does not rust cos the background heat keeps the humidity low
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Miketheconn
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| posted on 2/10/09 at 09:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by philw
quote:
Originally posted by Miketheconn
Hi all
My wife has given me permission to buy a steel garage from Argos
Mike
Are you not better off buying a concrete pre-fab garage? those steel ones get awfully cold in the winter and baking hot in the summer, the base for my
garage cost £400 5mx5m.
Hi
Buying a steel one as there a dam site cheaper than a concrete sectional one
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philw
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| posted on 2/10/09 at 12:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Miketheconn
quote:
Originally posted by philw
quote:
Originally posted by Miketheconn
Hi all
My wife has given me permission to buy a steel garage from Argos
Mike
Are you not better off buying a concrete pre-fab garage? those steel ones get awfully cold in the winter and baking hot in the summer, the base for my
garage cost £400 5mx5m.
Hi
Buying a steel one as there a dam site cheaper than a concrete sectional one
I gave £200 for mine 5mx5m off ebay.
Must try harder
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