Hello!
I need to remove approximately 15 square meters of about 10 cm thick concrete floor in a basement from 1947 to build a laundry/spa. In the Gothenburg area.
If I do it myself, I need to rent a good demolition machine, a large floor saw/angle grinder, and a container, and haul the debris up 8 steps and about 40 meters to a place where a container can be set up.
Not too keen on doing it myself, so I'm wondering what it would cost to hire a craftsman/laborer to do it for me?
I'll pour the floor later myself.
Thanks in advance
I need to remove approximately 15 square meters of about 10 cm thick concrete floor in a basement from 1947 to build a laundry/spa. In the Gothenburg area.
If I do it myself, I need to rent a good demolition machine, a large floor saw/angle grinder, and a container, and haul the debris up 8 steps and about 40 meters to a place where a container can be set up.
Not too keen on doing it myself, so I'm wondering what it would cost to hire a craftsman/laborer to do it for me?
I'll pour the floor later myself.
Thanks in advance
We ourselves have about 3-4cm which worked great to break up with a regular rotary hammer when I rerouted some drain pipes while renovating the laundry room. However, there were some substantial boulders underneath. But that can probably vary from house to house.
We also had large rocks under the concrete floor in the basement - they were significantly more difficult to remove than the concrete debris when the floor was being prepared.
I assume you can find craftsmen who do rough demolition for a bit under 200:-/h after ROT deduction. Just estimate how long it will take to break and carry. To that, add the rental, transport, and disposal of the container.
Aren't you going to dig a bit under the concrete as well to make room for a new capillary-breaking layer and possibly insulation? That also takes time...
I assume you can find craftsmen who do rough demolition for a bit under 200:-/h after ROT deduction. Just estimate how long it will take to break and carry. To that, add the rental, transport, and disposal of the container.
Aren't you going to dig a bit under the concrete as well to make room for a new capillary-breaking layer and possibly insulation? That also takes time...
Dad used a crowbar to remove 25 sqm in the basement. 10 cm thick concrete from 1944, not particularly hard though.
10 cm thick concrete from 1944, not particularly hard though.
I sawed the concrete into 30*30 cm pieces with a large angle grinder. Then I took and gave one or two hard hits on each square and they cracked at the cut. The floor was 10 square meters and about 10 cm thick from 1921 when the house was built. The worst part was that a massive amount of dust came from the angle grinder so I could barely see anything. Much easier to carry whole pieces than a lot of broken-up ones. Just be careful that the dust gets sucked into the grinder and could probably cause trouble. It all took me 4 days, but if you need to, you do it.
I had two Poles at a job who only used a sledgehammer.
They didn't want to use a demolition hammer or saw, thought it took too long.
It was a house from '38, about 16 m2, and they were finished in two days.
Everything was carried out to a container.
They didn't want to use a demolition hammer or saw, thought it took too long.
It was a house from '38, about 16 m2, and they were finished in two days.
Everything was carried out to a container.
Your words about me being weak made me go down to the basement and do some hammering. It turned out you were right, it was about 5cm thick and it was easy to break through since it was quite soft.
On Saturday, in other words, it will be a laughter and violence fest. If you're keen on stopping by to hammer/grind/drill/pry, I'll provide food and beer
On Saturday, in other words, it will be a laughter and violence fest. If you're keen on stopping by to hammer/grind/drill/pry, I'll provide food and beer