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[Salamander]

Axious... I have no self control. We took a few runs last night. I can't decide if I just want to get enough crete to finish the flat and coping decks or wait until I have enough cash to pour another 5yards.

I say if you have the cash to get the concrete and mix it yourself then go for it!!! That flat bottom shouldn't take more than 20-25 bags if that, I can't tell the exact size from the picture, then you can skate it as you go from there.

[Salamander]

Speaking of being anxious. If it wasn't supposed to be raining this weekend i'd be attemping to pour this........


It's going to be interesting.

[Frank]

I say if you have the cash to get the concrete and mix it yourself then go for it!!! That flat bottom shouldn't take more than 20-25 bags if that, I can't tell the exact size from the picture, then you can skate it as you go from there.

It'll take about a yard. Around here even with delivery fees it's cheaper to get the 2 yard min. I have to do the coping decking around the last pour to. We hand mixed our first wall. I really don't ever want to do that again if I don't have to. I'l probably end up getting the 2 yard min and finish out the necessities.

Doorway of death? That's gonna be awesome!

[pat]

man, im jealous. ive been having to do 5 yard minimums to not pay delivery fees.what is a yard running you? just over $100 here.

[Frank]

man, im jealous. ive been having to do 5 yard minimums to not pay delivery fees.what is a yard running you? just over $100 here.

Here it's $100 a yard, 2 yard min with $100 delivery fee for anything under 5 yards. We've just been paying the delivery fee and pouring 2-3 yards at a time. The last pour was our only 5 yard pour. But now that is all flat to finish out, I don't want to do less than 5.

We've never poured anything until this project. So we didn't want to end up wasting a bunch of mud if we couldn't handle it. Even with the delivery fee it's cheaper and easier than buying bags and hand mixing.

[Salamander]

man, im jealous. ive been having to do 5 yard minimums to not pay delivery fees.what is a yard running you? just over $100 here.

Here it's $100 a yard, 2 yard min with $100 delivery fee for anything under 5 yards. We've just been paying the delivery fee and pouring 2-3 yards at a time. The last pour was our only 5 yard pour. But now that is all flat to finish out, I don't want to do less than 5.

We've never poured anything until this project. So we didn't want to end up wasting a bunch of mud if we couldn't handle it. Even with the delivery fee it's cheaper and easier than buying bags and hand mixing.

I never really knew what the cost was for delivery of yards of concrete, good info here. In my case the area where i am building is down behind my driveway so I'd need to have a pump to get the concrete down there. I always figured it would be too expensive and actually wouldn't be able to afford the $300 at a time route. Up until the last 2 pours I have been just mixing in a wheel barrow but recently a buddy loaned me his mixer. We mix about 2 - 90# bags at a time and usually around 20-30 bags per section/pour.A pallet with 30 - 90# bags usually runs me about $115 plus the Portland add another $22. I usually use about 1 bag of Portland for every 10 bags of Quikrete, dumping about a shovel and a half into each bag of quikrete. Also, when buddy's come to help they bring a few bags each which helps a lot, I provide food and beer.
So the bank and the escalator section cost me around $200 to build with decks and coping. I know the mixing yourself seems like more of a pain in the ass but it is actually a bit cheaper and I'm used to it now and kind of enjoy it.

[Stabby_McShiv]

Speaking of being anxious. If it wasn't supposed to be raining this weekend i'd be attemping to pour this........

It's going to be interesting.

Looking at the steepness of your build I was starting to wonder if you are crazy.  Having seen the death door addition it's clear that you are straight up bat shit crazy.  Way to not fuck around and I reckon it's pretty humbling to skate.  I am impressed.

[Salamander]

Speaking of being anxious. If it wasn't supposed to be raining this weekend i'd be attemping to pour this........

It's going to be interesting.

Looking at the steepness of your build I was starting to wonder if you are crazy.  Having seen the death door addition it's clear that you are straight up bat shit crazy.  Way to not fuck around and I reckon it's pretty humbling to skate.  I am impressed.

Haha laughing my ass off, thanks man. Every time I'm getting ready to build a new form my buddy's will say "not too steep man"!!! And then I build it steep.  When you first skate there it takes some getting used to, but after a session or two you start to figure out lines and the angles. Some dudes come over and litterally kill it right away so I guess the gnarlyness of it makes it more fun cuz it's not the easiest stuff to skate, no fucking around. I spent the last 10 years skating spots like Channell street (San Pedro), a lot of empty pools and a shit load of skateparks so I guess that's where my build ideas come from. Oh, and I am a bit crazy!!! I couldn't do all this without the help of my buddy's.

[Frank]

I don't get a break on pallets. It's $3.49 per 80# bag of 3000 mix. Plus the portland. We traded a tool rental company a website for any tools we need so we don't pay for backhos, mixers, and that kind of shit. We mixed our first pour which ended up being about 50 bags and it took us 14 hours to mix and finish. We did our last 5 yard pour in about 12 hours. I think there's 45, 80# bags in a yard which would be about $158 per yard. So I guess you don't really save any money until your pouring 3+ yards. We do the same with the portland about a shovel and a half per bag.

You gotta be a bat shit crazy to even start pouring crete. There's so much to it. Although the only thing I'd rather be doing is skating the shit we built.

[Frank]

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[Frank]

Just picked up the bullnose to go over the firepit! Should be done on saturday!!

[bailgun]

man, im jealous. ive been having to do 5 yard minimums to not pay delivery fees.what is a yard running you? just over $100 here.

Here it's $100 a yard, 2 yard min with $100 delivery fee for anything under 5 yards. We've just been paying the delivery fee and pouring 2-3 yards at a time. The last pour was our only 5 yard pour. But now that is all flat to finish out, I don't want to do less than 5.

We've never poured anything until this project. So we didn't want to end up wasting a bunch of mud if we couldn't handle it. Even with the delivery fee it's cheaper and easier than buying bags and hand mixing.

I never really knew what the cost was for delivery of yards of concrete, good info here. In my case the area where i am building is down behind my driveway so I'd need to have a pump to get the concrete down there. I always figured it would be too expensive and actually wouldn't be able to afford the $300 at a time route. Up until the last 2 pours I have been just mixing in a wheel barrow but recently a buddy loaned me his mixer. We mix about 2 - 90# bags at a time and usually around 20-30 bags per section/pour.A pallet with 30 - 90# bags usually runs me about $115 plus the Portland add another $22. I usually use about 1 bag of Portland for every 10 bags of Quikrete, dumping about a shovel and a half into each bag of quikrete. Also, when buddy's come to help they bring a few bags each which helps a lot, I provide food and beer.
So the bank and the escalator section cost me around $200 to build with decks and coping. I know the mixing yourself seems like more of a pain in the ass but it is actually a bit cheaper and I'm used to it now and kind of enjoy it.

yard carts. allow me to repeat myself: YARD CARTS.

[Salamander]

Yard carts looks like a good way to go, the closest place that sells in yard carts that I could find is about an hour drive, it'd be nice if I can find a closer to home place to rent one. thanks for the info bailgun.

Last weekend I got busy and poured the foundation for the doorway.


This weekend was even busier. Saturday the weather worked out.




Sunday looked good till about 11:30 am when it started dumping rain and stayed that way all day long, it was literally miserable but we made it happen.

[krusher]

WOW!

[bailgun]

Yard carts looks like a good way to go, the closest place that sells in yard carts that I could find is about an hour drive, it'd be nice if I can find a closer to home place to rent one. thanks for the info bailgun.

Last weekend I got busy and poured the foundation for the doorway.


This weekend was even busier. Saturday the weather worked out.




Sunday looked good till about 11:30 am when it started dumping rain and stayed that way all day long, it was literally miserable but we made it happen.

that shit looks SO FUN..... and my heart goes out to you for finishing in shitty weather. shit like that builds serious character. it's not like wood, where if it starts raining, you go inside and wait for the weather to clear. the mud is going to go off, regardless, and you gotta deal with it.