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September 17, 2007
jackhammering concrete garden
hey all,
I am moving to a townhouse that has a completely paved backyard. Any recommendations for contractors that could jackhammer up the concrete slab in my back garden and cart it away? We're talking a 20x50 Section of concrete, probably 3-4 inches deep. Any idea what the demolition costs might be? It's a poured slab, no divisions, so a sledgehammer wouldn't work.
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We did it by renting a jackhammer from Home Depot and several boxes of contracter clean up bags, then just hired a trash hauler to take the bags out...all in, we spent about $500, albeit a weekend of hard work.
Posted by: spintoto at September 18, 2007 1:51 PM
I'm all for saving money, but I think i'd rather leave jackhammering to the experts.
Posted by: slick at September 18, 2007 2:03 PM
day laborer+ rented jack hammer = save money.
Posted by: guest at September 18, 2007 6:11 PM
I was generally of the same opinion "slick" but after having done it, it wasn't as bone jarring as I expected. The hardest part was loading up the dozens of bags of broken up concrete. Adding a day laborer as "guest" has prescribed, is a good way to break up the work, no pun intended, but i didn't have the chutzpah or knowledge to know where to find one.
Posted by: spintoto at September 18, 2007 6:34 PM
Renting a jackhammer from Home Depot is a good start. You may consider renting a concrete saw to cut up the yard in sections, then use the jackhammer to break it up. 20x50 is a big yard. You probably need a 20 yards container to haul all of the concrete away. The container would cost about $650. If you live in Brooklyn, there are day laborers hanging out at the corner of 65th St. and Ultrecht Ave. They cost about 80-100 a day.
Posted by: guest at September 18, 2007 6:44 PM
We have a concrete backyard and used Stone "R" Us (don't have the number at hand)(also I don't really get the name of their company) to jackhammer a portion of the concrete and build some retaining walls. I imagine they could do just a straight jackhammer job. The hard part is carrying the thousands of pounds of rubble through your house. The other hard part is what to do with the thousands of pounds of rubble after you haul it through your house.
Posted by: gothamlawyer at September 19, 2007 11:54 AM
yo, stop being a wuss and take a sledgehammer and do it yourself, it'll be like a workout. and you'll look tough to all your neighbors. just make sure you tie up your back. oh, the sweet little back...
Posted by: guest at September 19, 2007 12:14 PM
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