Moving A Window

gregs_old

How much would you charge to move a wall out two feet with the following conditions? The wall is exterior, so I need to pour slab, frame it out (it's under the roofline) move the window out and redrywall and texture. Basically, a 2' by 10' area. Thanks for your help.

maj

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AtlanticWBConst

Ohh, that's EASY,

I 'm sure a homeowner will tell me.,.... they figure ...bout.....a day and a half....

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Sider' Brian

Figure labor and materials then determine what your your profit should be too easy!

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small business

That's a lot of labor,are you going to have to dig and set a new foundation ?

Glasshousebltr

Extending to the eve are we?

Bob

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joasis

Lets see.....load bearing????? come on now...2 days max!

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go dart

why would anyone add on 2 ft? i'll get a call like this once in a while and its funny how the homeowner stays away from the words ROOM ADDITION which it is. this ain't no two day job. why don't you try to turn this into something worth building, like a dining rm and kitchen addn / remodel if you don't the next guy will

gregs_old

Yes, I'll have to dig and set a new foundation to extend the room two feet. The existing space is a 10 x 10 dining room and it sits under the master bedroom above on the northwest corner of the back of the house. The master above is cantilevered out 2 feet, so no roofing will be required. The adjacent room is the 10x12 kitchen. The project is to take down the wall between the two spaces and gain the 2 feet in the DR by moving the wall out so the resulting room will be a 20x12 kitchen...wide enough to have an island, which is what the client really wants.

go dart, you make a good point about it being a lot of work for just two feet, but I think that is all this project needs.

My biggest problem is figuring out how to estimate labor appropriately because I'm not sure exactly how long the project will take. Obviously, I'm new to the business.

Dave-Raleigh

Which town/state is this in?

Do you know all the steps it will take to bump the wall out 2' starting with getting a permit and ending with walls and trim ready for paint? Just lay them all out and figure the labor for each one. Add in your overhead and profit, contigency, etc and give them the bottom line.

Are you the one removing the wall, fixing the ceiling, worrying about the removed wall being a load bearing wall (holding up the bedroom), electrical/plumbing in that wall, etc. Same questions for the wall between the kitchen/dining area they want to take out. Whats the outside finish? what kind of window?

Or are you just the poor schmuck (and I don't mean that in a derogatory way) that got called to do the bumpout part?

Are you doing the kitchen remodel? What about the floor once the wall is removed?

If you are estimating all the other stuff then the bumpout should be pretty straight forward to estimate.

This smells of a homeowner that hasn't a clue on what it takes to do a major kitchen remodel trying to get work peacemealed out and you were the 1st guy on his list.

Off the top of my head its $65K for the kitchen remodel and another $7K for the bumpout. If all you want me to do is the bumpout then its $10K. Do I get the job?

go dart

greg try a manuel spreadsheet starting w/ the admin stuff to pulling matls to framing etc. simply list what you have planned each day for your crew or yourself. no sq ft pricing will work for something like this. or better yet take daves advice and shoot them a price to qualify them. dave that was one of the better post i've seen lately hope you stay on.

nadonailer

Where I live, about $20k - engineering costs are high, as well as state/city regs....

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alter_ego

I'd be afraid to dowel in a two foot run then build a load bearing wall on the outside edge of it...... sounds like a warranty call to me....kinda like running a 1' peice of tile in a threshohd....