Need a concrete floor poured in

Luciddrummer

Hi all,

I need as much help with this as i can get.
I am building a room out my back garden... 30' by 15'

I need to get a concrete floor poured in.
Now... here is where the problems start.
My house has no side entrance and the back garden is on a forest.
Whoever does this will need to have a boom arm to go over the house and stretch a fair amount... im sure they are used to this these days anyway.

So...

Who does this? (im in the drogheda area)
How much roughly am i looking at? (very nervouse about this)
and is it better to have all the walls done before i get it pumped in? Im thinking it is as it will be the perfect boundary for the cement.


Thanks in advance!

Luciddrummer

ok got a quote back.

for a 30' by 15' room the guy said i would need 5.5 meters and 5" debth.... is this enough?? i Have no idea how this is measured out.

400 + Vat pumped in.

This good? I was expecting allot more

rayjdav

Easiest way to work out your meterage is LxBxH
In this case:
30' x 15' x 5" = 6.94 Say 7cu yds (approx: 5.35m/cu)

Attached is a standard volume calculator to a corporate company. No affiliation just handy tool I use.
http://www.cemex.ie/ps/ps_ac_ca.html

Depending on the room usage, I would have a preference to go that extra 1", ie 6"o/a depth.

Luciddrummer

Thanks for the reply mate.

I presume the same company dont actually put the floor in for you.
Who is it would be looking for to do this?? A builder?

rayjdav

Either a builder or A LOT of mates, who are willing to help with the pour and screeding:D:D, with at least one who actually knows what is going on:eek:
Be warned, depending on the complexity of the site, you may also be charged "waiting" for the truck, i.e., after 30 or 60 minutes, depending on the company, an additional hourly rate for the driver to wait for the pour to finish, like the boy scouts motto, BE PREPARED....;)

Bitten & Hisses

Some quarries have these:



A readymix truck with a built-in pump, but I'm not entirely sure of the reach. Others may just have standard trucks and you'd need to hire a separate pump. The beauty of the pump is, it will distribute the concrete evenly over the area you're covering, but obviously there is an extra cost.

mickdw

What about concrete foundation? Have you done this already?
How did you get that in?
How did you get blocks/materials in?
What about stone fill?

Luciddrummer

Yeah its something like that truck that will be needed.

Foundation is dug and filled (most of it)
Blocks material carried in my hand
hardcore and cement was wheelbarrowed in.

Way to time consuming and a major pain in the arse.

If i was to do that with the floor it will take a lifetime!