Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 23, 2008 12:28 pm Hi all,
Just got my retaining wall built yesterday. We were agreed on $160/m2. After the guy finished, he measured 3 surfaces, the wall, the top of the wall and the side face of the end. As my retaining wall is 22m long, his way added more than $1k for the cost. Is it right to measure the wall by 3 surfaces? Regards, Re: Retaining Wall - measure the wall by 3 surfaces???? 2Oct 23, 2008 12:57 pm Aulyna_1 Hi all, Just got my retaining wall built yesterday. We were agreed on $160/m2. After the guy finished, he measured 3 surfaces, the wall, the top of the wall and the side face of the end. As my retaining wall is 22m long, his way added more than $1k for the cost. Is it right to measure the wall by 3 surfaces? Regards, Well if he is measuring 3 surfaces, ie width, length, depth, wouldn't that account to m3 (cubic meters)? m2 is just plain length x width in my books. Be interesting to hear other BM's experiences. Re: Retaining Wall - measure the wall by 3 surfaces???? 4Oct 23, 2008 1:06 pm Aulyna_1 HI Snake, Thanks for your reply. Where can I get the justice?The fairtrading here seems useless. What would you do if it was you? What type of retaining wall is it? treated pine, red gum sleepers, concrete blocks etc etc. Basic price for sleepers: SLEEPERS 200 x 75 x 2.70mtrs $17.50 200 x 50 x 2.70mtrs $15.50 Measure count how many have been laid, could you give a very rough estimate of cost of supply, thats if your wall was done this way. Re: Retaining Wall - measure the wall by 3 surfaces???? 5Oct 23, 2008 2:41 pm He measured the faces, but you don't say what he did with the figures.
If he multipled them all together (at once then he calcultaed volume and not appropriate) l*h*d=V If he measured the three faces to work out the overall surface area (of these three faces) I would say its his little trick of milking the most out of a client, as he wasn't clear in his quote as to what constituted the area. I like most would assume its the area of the main face. Heck why'd he stop there!! there were 3 other faces he could have measured. Back, bottom and other end, then bend you over and deliver the bill. Re: Retaining Wall - measure the wall by 3 surfaces???? 6Oct 23, 2008 4:15 pm If he has quoted in m2 that only refers to the face unless the wall has a return at the end in which case the returns would be measured also. So the measurement should simply be height times length. Re: Retaining Wall - measure the wall by 3 surfaces???? 7Oct 23, 2008 6:35 pm soda He measured the faces, but you don't say what he did with the figures. If he multipled them all together (at once then he calcultaed volume and not appropriate) l*h*d=V If he measured the three faces to work out the overall surface area (of these three faces) I would say its his little trick of milking the most out of a client, as he wasn't clear in his quote as to what constituted the area. I like most would assume its the area of the main face. Heck why'd he stop there!! there were 3 other faces he could have measured. Back, bottom and other end, then bend you over and deliver the bill. Well said soda. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Retaining Wall - measure the wall by 3 surfaces???? 8Oct 23, 2008 6:35 pm mudmap If he has quoted in m2 that only refers to the face unless the wall has a return at the end in which case the returns would be measured also. So the measurement should simply be height times length. Exactly! Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 6001 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16517 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 7187 |