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Anyone know how much it costs to get your driveway concreted?

a small fortune unless i misunderstand what you want

but depending on how long it is ripping up what you have and redoing it as concrete will not be cheap
 
paving generally refers to asphalt, i read his post like he wanted a slab driveway which would require more work vs just putting down another top layer
 
kazaam said:
Yeah, i have no idea what I'm talking about, sorry lol. I mean our driveway is tarred, i want to convert it to cement. They just did our neighbors and it seems like they just tore the thing all the way down and put cement in.
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ok my first post works. not cheap but it really depends on the size.
random guess 5K+
 
T9D said:
Found this:

Hmm wonder how accurate it is: http://www.homewyse.com/services/cost_to_install_concrete_driveway.html
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ya thats about right.. but have to factor in how much the owner wants to make 😉 and the whole prep labor.. Dig it all out level it put sand down hire some mexicans at homedepot taht have their own cement tools and order a truck for 350 bux or what ever it cost.. you can get diff stuff in the concrete like what i would do is put the nylon strands in it to make it stronger. Also would stamp it with some stamps and stain it brown or blue or something cool for anothe 100 :0

Good luck ive done alot driveways (never was in charge just a worker bee) and it is about 2 days prep to dig it out and level it but you need maybe few weeks if dont have machinery (bobcat / jackhammer / compacter/ backhoe )
 
Six years ago we paid $5400 to dig out our old asphalt driveway and replace it with concrete. It's two cars wide by two cars long more or less. And I think we got a slight discount from the guy as he was a friend of a friend, although it was his full-time business.
 
Anubis said:
ok my first post works. not cheap but it really depends on the size.
random guess 5K+
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My drive is perhaps 50 feet, and new asphalt is 5k. I imagine poured concrete would be a good bit more.

And OP, bear in mind that asphalt is somewhat flexible and easily patch-able. Concrete cracks.
 
You are looking at about 80 sq/ft per yard of concrete @ 4" thick. That's 8x10. Basically one car wide by half a car long. Even less if you go 5" to 6" thick. A 1000 sq/ft drive is going to take upwards of 14 yards of concrete on the low end and close to 20 if you for 6" depth.

Concrete is about $110 (locally for me) a yard delivered + cleanout. That's $1500 - $2500 alone depending on clean out and distance. Then you have to account for tearout and removal of the existing. No clue on that. Probably $1000-$3000? or more depending on who you use. Then you have to pay a crew to come out and form up the new slabs. Get the trucks in to pour. Then get it all spread and then finished. Probably an easy $3000-$4000 again in labor for a full crew to come in and do it in a day.

I'm going to swag a guess and say $5000-$9000 for a "normal" 1000 sq/ft drive with the tearout. You'll probably be surprised at how wide a range of quotes you'll get for the work.
 
Markbnj said:
My drive is perhaps 50 feet, and new asphalt is 5k. I imagine poured concrete would be a good bit more.

And OP, bear in mind that asphalt is somewhat flexible and easily patch-able. Concrete cracks.
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Expansion joints are your friend and will help mitigate cracking. Your bigger worry is salt eating away at it (salt block is good!) and leaving it cratered. That and frost heave getting under it and jacking the slabs up and down. A sealed, well poured concrete drive is going to offer A LOT longer low maintenance life than asphalt. And it won't leave black smears all over things when it's resurfaced every other year. 🙂
 
vi edit said:
Trying to blade or shovel that off in the winter would be an act in futility. No thank you.
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I shovel very little. I take off the minimum I need to get my Jeep in and out using 4wd. It can get interesting after a deep snow that's thawed and frozen a few times. Hit it running, and jump into the ruts :^D
 
Get an estimate for interlocking stones too, often it's cheaper than asphalt or cement.

My parents got an estimate to redo the driveway in asphalt and it was a INSANE how much more expensive it was than interlocking stone. They still have the old asphalt from many years back when oil was not as expensive, but now if they were to redo it they'd go interlocking stone.
 
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