Browse Forums Paving & Concreting Re: DIY Concreting 2Apr 30, 2008 3:44 pm Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Re: DIY Concreting 5May 01, 2008 11:54 am simon
what you do and dont supply or do in prep. is something yourself and the concretor will work out you can save money by doing this but not all concretors will do this Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Re: DIY Concreting 6May 22, 2008 9:31 am Hi First_Timer_Ray,
From a diyer perspective I would leave it to the professionals. I consider my self reasonably handy and pick up most diy skills ok but concreting is an art. I have layed a number of slabs solo but only in areas that are not noticable ie. garden shed slab, paths at back of house etc. No matter how hard I try I can't get it to look as good as the pro's do. I even helped a pro lay a pergola slab whilst trying to learn from him but still I would not tackle it myself. I find the price of concreting hard to swallow but I just fork out for it as a messy concreting job is impossible to fix and hard work to remove. Wazzza One day my hobby will be my job!! Re: DIY Concreting 8Jun 25, 2008 8:39 pm Im doing my own driveway but stenciled. The Agg is hard to get right as its not an easy process. If its flat its very easy to diy for a slope i would get a friend who has experience. Building NB Hampton 19e finishing at end july 08 Re: DIY Concreting 9Jul 24, 2008 3:07 pm Please do not attempt to do your own concreting.
My partner and I have a concreting business in Brisbane for 12 years and I cannot tell you the amount of times we have had people call us up begging to fix mistakes from either 1. Husbands doing a DIY job or 2. Bad Concreters My advise would be contacting some local concreters and asking for a 'labour only' rate. You supply the concrete and they supply 'labour' only. It will cost you three times as much if you have to dig it out with an excavator, dump the old concrete then pay a professional to lay it again. Even worse, if you bugger it up, you will have to look at a shocking job for the next 10 – 20 years. We are not taking a shed slab here, it’s the front of your house and it’s the most important part to get right. Hope you understand Re: DIY Concreting 11Nov 24, 2008 9:36 pm IMO if you want to save money then atleast try to prepare the site as best you can and then get some quotes. That way the mundane labour is done.
I'd be too scared to stuff up my own driveway and have the missus not letting me forget it It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 8264 We've had decent weather for last 7 weeks and now the drvieway has been cut out we had an evening of 50mm of rain including all the water from half the street, ground is… 0 4474 Just get as close as you can without hitting the posts. Once you are close to the edge of the path the chance of cracking is minimised. 7 9173 |