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  • 26-10-2016 10:06pm
    #1
    Selfbuilding 16
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    folks,
    hope you can help.

    Just starting a self build (250 sq meters) in Galway and inquiring can anyone give a breakdown in putting in a raft foundation. The ground is level so little work will be needed from an excavation. side
    price breakdown:
    ground work: ??
    stone:??
    steel??
    concrete
    radon barrier and other items ???
    Labour????

    appreciate if someone could give a good approx. breakdown


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    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,458 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Selfbuilding 16 wrote: »
    folks,
    hope you can help.

    Just starting a self build (250 sq meters) in Galway and inquiring can anyone give a breakdown in putting in a raft foundation. The ground is level so little work will be needed from an excavation. side
    price breakdown:
    ground work: ??
    stone:??
    steel??
    concrete
    radon barrier and other items ???
    Labour????

    appreciate if someone could give a good approx. breakdown

    They joys of Self Build.
    Have you got an supervision?
    You could just send your Engineers drawings to a few ground crews to get prices, they would be a lot more accurate than guess figures posted on here tbh.


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    Selfbuilding 16
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Selfbuilding 16


    Ya that's in progress - just was looking for rough guess timate


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    Charlie Charolais
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭Charlie Charolais


    bungalow?


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    Tefral
    Registered Users Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭Tefral


    I have a thread with a fully broken down BOQ

    Copy and paste this into excel and adjust to suit your quantities

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101296233&postcount=3


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    kkelliher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭kkelliher


    Tefral wrote: »

    Copy and paste this into excel and adjust to suit your quantities

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=101296233&postcount=3

    there are so many reasons why this is a bad idea........... grand for a rough guide but please do not rely upon this as gospel as building (and especially costs) is not a one size fits all scenario and rates will vary from job to job, builder to builder, finish to finish, spec to spec.


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    Tefral
    Registered Users Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭Tefral


    kkelliher wrote: »
    grand for a rough guide

    Like was said, grand for a rough guide which is all that can be expected from an internet forum..


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    kkelliher
    Registered Users Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭kkelliher


    Tefral wrote: »
    Like was said, grand for a rough guide which is all that can be expected from an internet forum..

    you would be surprised how powerful this internet forum can be on the mindset of some...........onces its written down many believe it to be gospel.


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