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Cost of a natural stone wall
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Posted by amyruth33 6a (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 08 at 13:43
| We are in the process of hiring a contractor for building a natural stone wall. It will be approximately 3x100 feet with rock harvested from our property and some trucked in if necessary. The estimates have been, in our opinion, on the high side. $15,000 is the price and I was wondering if this is in the ball park. I have had a difficult time finding guys who work in natural stone as most prefer to bang out paver wall. You opinion is appreciated. Thanks. |
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RE: Cost of a natural stone wall
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| Uh, just think about it $150/ft..... If I hire 5 local workers for lets say $10/hr that is $400/day. It may take 5 days to complete the job, Okay so that is $2000. Where are you located I could fly in, hire the workers, stay in a high class hotel and still come home with ten grand for a weeks work. Someone wants to get rich off of your paycheck. !!!!! |
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| I agree. I do masonry on the side and I usually charge about $25-$30 per square foot. If there are corners, steps or other features then there is additional charges (b/c it's more time consuming) but I think that the price you got was a little high. I am assuming that was for a retaining wall. If you are doing a freestanding wall then the price you got may be really fair. Maybe you could ask jfranco to do it for like $3000. |
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| $3000 for a 100 foot long by 3 foot high natural stone wall is ridiculously low, especially if they are gathering natural stone around your property, which is a lot of extra work,not only in the gathering ,but the difficulty of assembly. 5 guys working on it isn't any faster then a couple of talented people working on it. Where I live, wallstone alone costs around $15-$30 just for the actual stone. So lets say your need around 300 square feet of wallstone. at $30/s.f. thats $9000 without labor, or gravel, or any other misc. items. So what in hell are jfranco and gratefulgardener3300 talking about??? We're not talking concrete blocks here, boys...Peace. |
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| 300 square feet @ $15,000 = $50/s.f |
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| A 100' wall 3' high is gonna take a lot of stone,too. Anything over 2' will need a wider base for stability, that's also more stone; and like it's been mentioned there's gravel and/or sand that will be extra. I'd ask to see what projects the contractor has done in your area and go take a look at his work. If he's professional, you want a good job done and have the money, then maybe the $15,000 is fair. |
RE: cost of steps?
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| Do you price differently for steps? differently than $25-$30 sq. ft.? |
RE: Cost of a natural stone wall
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| I know this is an old post dredged up, but this price sounds fair. Well-made long-lasting stone walls are really works of art which require great skill. (Hence most preferring to "bang out paver wall" but also hence the high price tag, especially if the stone is to be harvested from your property.) |
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