Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 13, 2009 10:04 pm I've had a quote to have some brickwork done and I'm not sure if it's good or not? We are supplying all the bricks ourselves. 2 x 1200 square brick planters, 3 courses high with double brick and concrete footing incl = $750 1 x rectangle planter approx 14m in total, 5 courses high with double brick and concrete footing incl = $1100 Total quote = $1850. Am I being ripped off? Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Cost of bricklaying? 2Nov 13, 2009 10:14 pm Are you suppling the concrete too? Hels Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Cost of bricklaying? 3Nov 13, 2009 11:02 pm No, we only have the bricks. He will do the foundations, supply the mortar and lay the bricks Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Cost of bricklaying? 4Nov 13, 2009 11:04 pm Not too bad then I guess.. If you were buying them in as containers it would probably be about the same. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Cost of bricklaying? 5Nov 14, 2009 7:10 am I know yours is a small job, but for my house my builder pays $800 per 1000 bricks. Re: Cost of bricklaying? 6Nov 14, 2009 12:57 pm Thanks for the comments, I think I'll get a couple more quotes for comparison. Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Cost of bricklaying? 8Mar 22, 2010 4:55 pm hiccup - the $800/1000 bricks would be the labour only and based on the per brick rate paid by the builder. I'm looking at a brick fence for my corner block and its around $230/pallet of 300 bricks it would cost around $800 for 1000 bricks not including morter and concrete. Building "DOMAYNE" through COMMODORE HOMES in Pearsall WA Slab down 15-01-2010 Handover 16-06-2010 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=29049 Re: Cost of bricklaying? 10Mar 31, 2010 12:18 pm nemisis Yes, $800 per 1000 (.80c per brick) but factoring in extras it's closer to $1. By extras, do you mean cement, sand lime? Or are you referring to sills, sill cuts, splits, pillars, arches, lintels, brick moving etc? 7 11931 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37085 Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 29679 |