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#1 ·
How many blocks can the average Mason install in a day? Block wall 6' tall straight on level ground.
 
#6 ·
Quantity can really go down depending on type of wall and accessories. Running bond or stacked bond? Grouted ? Vertical or horizontal rebar? Rebar positioners? Type of reinforcement wire? I wish I could find 6' tall straight walls with nothing extra in them; though they would probably be on laying on the ground in ten years.:shifty:
 
#7 ·
Wall im pouring footing for tomorrow is 11 blocks tall 6" x 6" x 16" slumpstone 5' 6" tall vertical rebar every other block with 2 bond beams. Straight shot 130' long level. I bid it 6 months ago for $97.50 a foot with 18" x 18" footing with 4 #4 bars in footing. They told me it was to much but after calculating in all my costs and my daily average for myself thats what I came up with. 6 months and no legit contractor beat the price so I guess I priced it right. Never built walls for customers only around houses that were flipped. Figured 200 blocks a day with 3 guys and was wondering what the pros can handle.
 
#8 · (Edited)
You're about 40 dollars a foot too high. A good mason should get 4 to 5 hundred 6" slump a day depending on help and finish. I find I'm too expensive to figure in my labor on a wall unless I have 5 or 6 guys.The less I do the cheaper the wall. If you're getting your prices from Sepulvida, shop around. Los Angles block may be a bit cheaper or go straight to ORCO. Home Depot also carries a decent slump. They're probably the cheapest but their customer service is bad. Their cement sucks for finish work. It's got kind of an ugly color. I only use Colton.
Slump are hard to grout. You may consider a mid height inspection and grouting by hand.

Rereading your post it sounds like you got the job! Your price wasn't too high. Dang, wish I was getting those prices...You must be working in Rancho.
 
#9 ·
Alot of cost was due to 5 tree stumps in my path and old fence removal and 23 fence posts cemented in. I bid the job before I bought my Cat Skidsteer with BH30 Backhoe attachment and figured it would cost me up to $2,500 for demo and digging footing and hauling. That brought up my per foot costs alot. Ended up digging it in 1 day no problem with 2 of my guys going over it by hand to square it all up. If I new a good reliable and reasonable Mason in my area that needs work I can get alot more of these jobs. Im usually dont build walls unless its part of a build or big project but with work slow and it being a refferal from a good customer I have built for. Neighbor needs a wall 150' so any SoCal Masons hit me up. I would prefer just to set it up and have someone come Stack them for me.
 
#12 ·
It comes out to be $17.87 a square foot. Cost of living is alot less in OK and blocks material and dumpfees are probably cheaper to. Slump stone blocks are $246 a pallet of 120 6x6 or $1.78 a piece before tax and pallet pick up not delivered. Dump fees to dump old fence $78 a ton 1 ton minimum. And $120 to dump a load at the landfill with my 7'x12' Carson dump trailer. Oh and I almost forgot one of my Biggest expenses DIESEL $4.67 a gallon.
 
#22 ·
Its crazy reading some of this. I was talking to the foreman of the largest local masonry company...200 bricklayers, 300 labourers and as many form setters/licensed carpenters. He said that for a typical 10" block job (commercial, institutional, civil)they hope for 100, expect 75 and estimate for 60. Obviously there are many days when no block are being laid by anyone and some days that everyone is laying 150-200 blocks but man alive, that's some major differences in counts
 
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