Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jan 08, 2010 2:24 pm my house is nearly finished and one of the things i need to do is put a path around the house. so i was just wondering if anyone out there could tell me the following. in some spots the brickwork is not flush with the house slab, eg. slab is 1"ouside of were the bricks start, do i need to chip these bits away before i put the path in. ive been told by a concreter that if i just concrete over them, the path might crack. also i dont really want to concrete right up to the level of the weep holes, so would 1/2 " under them be fine. the path would be 1 metre wide, and the total length of path would be 50 metres. so what sort of price would i expect to pay for this... your thoughts would help me out alot. regards john.. Re: concrete path around the house............ 2Jan 08, 2010 2:42 pm The narrowness will cost more than a square area.... But about $3.5k in grey more for exposed aggregate. Ball park figure not allowing for site works or distance. HTH Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: concrete path around the house............ 4Jan 08, 2010 11:09 pm In grey? $1400ish for concrete, probably the same for labour + GST Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: concrete path around the house............ 5Jan 08, 2010 11:19 pm onc_artisan In grey? $1400ish for concrete, probably the same for labour + GST wow, that's pretty good. I was working off $50sqm as didn't realise that narrower areas cost more. Cheers Re: concrete path around the house............ 6Jan 08, 2010 11:33 pm That was a pretty loosish price for straight stuff. But pretty honest price. Don't expect it from every grano Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: concrete path around the house............ 7Jan 08, 2010 11:54 pm Geeez, that seems good! Phew! And a good tip about the narrow path! I wonder what is the reason for the narrower being pricier More tedious? Not easy to sway some wide tools within the formwork? Just because they can ?? My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: concrete path around the house............ 8Jan 09, 2010 12:07 am Lex, concrete goes further so more forms, more distance to walk, push a barrow, finished edges, control jointing, cutting mesh, plastic. It is a LOT easier to pour a heap in a big square box and smooth it off. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Hello everyone, After some suggestions and ideas about how to put a concrete path around the drop edge beam area on our new build. We are required to have a concrete path… 0 11045 Grab a hose, insert it at the top of the inlet/down pipe and turn the water on and see where the water is escaping from. Then you'll know. 3 6343 Thank you so much for your response. I have drawn a pedestrian gate in - for curb appeal, let's see how much costs come in at. I think you're right - if we decide to… 2 5164 |