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Old 04-12-2009, 11:25 PM   #1
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Rebar Vs Chicken Wires


Hey fellow contractors, I have a client that would like me to pave their backyard with 3-4 inch of concrete, We are on a $800 budget. I know that it will be more cost effective if I were to use the chicken wires, but are there any Cons on these process. thx

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Old 04-12-2009, 11:40 PM   #2
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Hey fellow contractors, I have a client that would like me to pave their backyard with 3-4 inch of concrete, We are on a $800 budget. I know that it will be more cost effective if I were to use the chicken wires, but are there any Cons on these process. thx

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Do you mean 6-6-10-10,
or chicken wire?
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Old 04-12-2009, 11:48 PM   #3
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$800? That'll give the wire and a few chickens, no mud!
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Depends on how small their
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Hey fellow contractors, I have a client that would like me to pave their backyard with 3-4 inch of concrete, We are on a $800 budget. I know that it will be more cost effective if I were to use the chicken wires, but are there any Cons on these process. thx

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Must be a very small backyard! Just find a couple of mattress springs and cut in half horizontally or if those are hard to find maybe the antennas off the neighbors car.
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The Area is a 12'x30'. It will have 3 1/2" of concrete to it. I will need 4 1/2yard of concrete for this.

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antennas off the neighbors car.

Thats where my antenna went
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4 1/2 yds in the south bay with underload charge and now increased sales tax has got to be hitting the $ 800.00 mark let alone prep, forms, base, rebar or mesh.

And 12x30...you using a Mexican dump truck to move the mud?
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I charge $10.00 sq. ft
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Wow, a little over $2 a sq ft including the mud.

Want to come up and work, I've got a few 5,000 to 10,000 sq ft slabs coming up. But a couple of them have to be glass smooth since they are going to be polished.
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