price to dig down basement
we have an estimate and want to ask your opinion if it is reasonanble. House is 20’x66′. Project includes: – digging down the whole floor in the basement 1 to 2 feet ( depends on what is down under ), now it is mostly soil with about 25% covered with a fragmented concrete. Depends also…
we have an estimate and want to ask your opinion if it is reasonanble.
House is 20’x66′.
Project includes:
– digging down the whole floor in the basement 1 to 2 feet ( depends on what is down under ),
now it is mostly soil with about 25% covered with a fragmented concrete. Depends also on footing of the walls and need to underpin.
– put new concrete floor, I do not remember the number, but they specifically stressed that it should be that number thick, not less, to make it right.
– dig down in front of the house about 2 feet down and 3 feet out and reconfigure and build new cement stairs from the street to the basement.
– waterproof front wall
– enlarge existing windows by cutting down, now it is about 2′ high, make about 4′ high
-finish and waterproof space under the stoop
– open 2 windows, a little over 4′ high at the back of the house, currently closed by bricks.
Estimate is 25K and 3 to 4 weeks of work.
do you think it is reasonable?
Hello! My father has been in construction and has had experience for many years. He has had no other choice but to work even at times. He has also done landscaping at one point in time too. He tries to be outgoing to help people get going on a stability of a goal that they have so that one day they can be on their feet too. We do have bills to pay also though and some of the neighbors we have tried to help out have tried to get away with paying least as possible and they take advantage of his kindness and know it’s probably like the seventh predicament we have had with our neighbors here who could care less evidently if they drove us to bankruptcy..he has to find time to do alone what he does for them..I’d like to ask if $600 is a reasonably good deal for digging a basement for a house or home which is sizably a large normal sized home.. I’ll have to get the measurement for u so that it would be correct..but i would like 2 kno what you would consider an amountably decent price for diggin a basement without backfill? Just the basement alone.
Thanks so much and I really do appreciate you website! My parents have been taken advantage of many times and I want to make sure it doesn’t happen again..lol!
Concerned daughter
25K seems about right considering the extras that are not included. Does the work include the necessary underpinning of the foundation — if it does not, then that may make the 25K on the expensive side. The underpinning can very very expensive if done correctly. Feel welcome to email me separately with more details, I would be very interested in sharing notes.
I am an original poster and we are going to replace part of the main beam with steel and replace 2 of the 6 columns by steel columns. 25K does not include this, only digging down in the basement and infront of the house and opening windows and cementing.
Obviously, steel work will be done in sync with digging but our contractor steel subcontractor is not available now and we can not get quotes yet.
Also obviously, we will have to bebuild stairs because stair that we have are not suitable.
But all of this is not incuded in 25K quote. Plumbing, electrical and finishing is not included as well.
I just wanted not know your opinion if 25K is reasonable for the set of work that was listed in my original post.
I am really gratefull for your input.
It seems like there are several people looking to do the same type of work. Is anybody interested in pooling their research and using our collective bargening position to getter better prices, please email me at cgbrownstoner@cox.net. We are located in carrol gardens/cobble hill. Please — only people who are really interested and ready to commit.
We are looking into doing the same thing — the contractors we trust are comming in with significantly higher bids, but their estimates do include underpinning the foundations, new staircase and new supporting columns. Sounds like you may need the same.
Because this sort of work is very delicate, could people who have similar work done post the names of thier contractors and indicate whether they are happy with their work. I think that would be very useful.
Thanks.
Does Anonymous at February 4, 2006 08:53 PM (who did an excavation in Manhattan) have a recommendation for a structural engineer? It would be much appreciated…
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both price and time seem very ambitious (as you can tell, every poster and his brother want to get their hand on your contractor’s digits). you should find out more info about the contractor. and espcially check out his references. i had something very similar done in Manhattan (diggin for 3 1/2 feet), and cost and time was nowhere near your estimate. granted there’s always a Manhattan mark up. excavating and foundation work are very delicate, tricky, and require a lot of experience. be sure to have a structural engineer involved.
when something sounds too good to be true in construction, it really is, but don’t go messing around with foundation of house. you only get one chance to do it right.