Labor rates....RIPOFF

[Bison]

Looks really, good, that is very thick for a floor...BTW, 51 cubic meters calculates out to 67 cubic yards so I was close. I agree with you that $4000 for the work was a ripoff, I have never priced concrete flat work myself but have a hard time understanding why other contractors would have charged more for the same work. We poured our addition floor in two 18X40 sections, one at a time, it cost me lunch, drinks, and a $40 cash payment to my two nephews each time for their help. My brothers and brothers in law owed me the help.

How about the fact there's only 3 contractors in the area and all of them are really busy and greedy and people pay what they want

 

[wjjones]

Did the guy give you a bid on the entire job he did before you hired him? FOUR GRAND....!!! JUST FOR LABOR???? How big an area did he do? If you were using a 4 inch thickness, each 3 foot by 3 foot area would have cost you about $12 for the concrete.....at most. Here, locally, a square yard delivered costs about $130-$150 depending on load size.

Its $65 per yard here with resin, or rebar in it which ever you choose.. I had a guy price me a 24x24 slab 4.5" thick labor, and concrete was $1800.00... partly cheaper because i already have the gravel base in place. He gauranteed it at 4500 psi, and would give me a written gaurantee for material, and workmanship. I guess it just depends on the availability of contractors as Bison mentioned fewer contractors means higher prices..

 

[JDgreen]

How about the fact there's only 3 contractors in the area and all of them are really busy and greedy and people pay what they want

Hard to believe there are just three contractors willing to do it, concrete flat work requires very little in the way of skill, just common sense and a willingness to show up on time... costs maybe $300 for tools, and you need to be willing to do dirty work and hard labor...perhaps the license to do such work in your area is hard to obtain.

 

[JDgreen]

Its $65 per yard here with resin, or rebar in it which ever you choose.. I had a guy price me a 24x24 slab 4.5" thick labor, and concrete was $1800.00... partly cheaper because i already have the gravel base in place. He gauranteed it at 4500 psi, and would give me a written gaurantee for material, and workmanship. I guess it just depends on the availability of contractors as Bison mentioned fewer contractors means higher prices..

Concrete there is $65 a yard...???? Makes me envious I want to build a pole barn here and the cost of concrete has me putting it off.

 

[Bison]

Hard to believe there are just three contractors willing to do it, concrete flat work requires very little in the way of skill, just common sense and a willingness to show up on time... costs maybe $300 for tools, and you need to be willing to do dirty work and hard labor...perhaps the license to do such work in your area is hard to obtain.

One don't need a licence to pour concrete around here.
AFAIAC One don't need a licence to do anything,a licence is something other people wants you to have so they can charge one