I don't live in Brooklyn, nor do I own a brownstone, however, I have bluestone sidewalks and just got a quote to do some significant repair, so I thought I'd share the info.
I have a main (parallel to the street) sidewalk that extends about 225 feet (told you I didn't own a brownstone). The walk is made of 4 foot wide stones varying in length from 3 to nearly 6 feet, about 2.5 inches thick.
I need to have 39 linear feet pulled up and replaced due to fracturing. The contractor has old stone slabs they salvaged from sidewalks they had to pull up and replace with concrete and had the good sense to keep the stone. So, the stone cost is less than one might expect for such big slabs - $6.50 per sqft. Their charge for labor is $9.00 per sqft, which includes pulling up the old, preparing the surface, setting the stones and discarding the debris (nominal disposal fee).
$15.50 per sqft "all in" is competive with prices I've seen for setting 1x2 pavers 1 inch thick, so I've got a good deal here, but I think that's primarily due to the material costs for salvaged stones.
I live in Swarthmore PA - a suburb just west of Philly.
I don't live in Brooklyn, nor do I own a brownstone, however, I have bluestone sidewalks and just got a quote to do some significant repair, so I thought I'd share the info.
I have a main (parallel to the street) sidewalk that extends about 225 feet (told you I didn't own a brownstone). The walk is made of 4 foot wide stones varying in length from 3 to nearly 6 feet, about 2.5 inches thick.
I need to have 39 linear feet pulled up and replaced due to fracturing. The contractor has old stone slabs they salvaged from sidewalks they had to pull up and replace with concrete and had the good sense to keep the stone. So, the stone cost is less than one might expect for such big slabs - $6.50 per sqft. Their charge for labor is $9.00 per sqft, which includes pulling up the old, preparing the surface, setting the stones and discarding the debris (nominal disposal fee).
$15.50 per sqft "all in" is competive with prices I've seen for setting 1x2 pavers 1 inch thick, so I've got a good deal here, but I think that's primarily due to the material costs for salvaged stones.
I live in Swarthmore PA - a suburb just west of Philly.
Posted by: CDarrell at November 6, 2009 4:03 PM in response to Cost of sidewalk repair?