Remodel Continued

We finally got the final hardscape quote in and it was $10.6k. A much smaller outfit then the other two firms. They don’t sub out any work and have less overhead so price reflects that. I did look at what the cost of material is for hardscapes (http://www.bestbuyintown.biz/resources-results/price-lists/) and found it is just under $3sqft. So, material is reasonably inexpensive. Labor is what cost a lot: retaining wall, moving material, gravel, etc.

I don’t expect to go with the hardscapes due to the 40% cost over a deck. However, we may try to lay the footing where the stairs land with pavers. That would be 5×5 and 7×4 or about 50sqft. That is $150 maybe $200 in pavers plus we’ll need another $100 for gravel and sand. About 2-3 hours of digging, compacting and leveling and we should have a good base to lay pavers. I figure at least 1 full day to do the stair landings assuming we have all the supplies.

On the deck front. We will likely go with Cedar (30% higher for Composite). I’d rather go with the hardscape for $10k over Timbertech deck…wouldn’t you? The image below shows cut corners which is what we will go with. We’ll have one staircase be about 4ft wide and the other 6ft wide with railings. Landing on pavers. The rails will be Cedar with aluminum posts (powder coated black). Seems to be the new style now. We are still waiting to hear back from two more places on quotes. One place is willing to buy kiln dried pre-stained cedar. The other mentioned they could buy kiln dried and pre-stain it themselves. We’ll see where the costs come in. Hopefully they all align.

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We are 1/3rd done with dismantling our current deck. It is 28×12 and so far we disposed of a 12 x 12 section for $10. We have two more dump visits to a place that will recycle the wood. We will take 8×12 and 8×12 chunks the next time. Total cost including supplies and gas and disposal fee will be under $100. That beats paying someone else $500. Course the cost is about 8 hours of work and some hurt body parts, including shoulder. A lot of prying and lifting.

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