Building a duplex...efficiently. | Contractor Talk - Professional ...
Jan 30, 2012 · Just build the $30/month or so into the rental price. Also has the benefit of lowering your insurance, and protecting your investment. They pay for it, you get to write it off...
how to build a firewall - Contractor Talk
Sep 23, 2008 · How to build a firewall: Step 1. Build a wall Step 2. Light a match Step 3. Get paid .
Has anyone here ever built a simple side by side duplex?
Jan 3, 2022 · Today I started to draw a preliminary floor plan for a duplex I am considering to build and was looking to see if anyone has any insight on my plan before I go to a professional to have it drawn. What I am considering is a overall footprint being …
Slab on grade vs crawl space or full basement
Dec 31, 2023 · Even with the deep frost walls, slab on grade is going to be the cheapest way to build. I always like to pour a slab in crawl spaces, so you still have the expense of slab plus floor framing / decking in a crawl space home. Full basement will be significantly more $$ yet.
low cost retaining wall?? | Contractor Talk - Professional …
Jun 15, 2008 · Not storing anything. Buy a truck load of sand a load of gravel and a pallet of portland. Mix a few bags and stack them let them set thats the idea. Last time i figured it up it would be a lot cheaper than store bought sackrete here (only thing i didnt now about was the bags).Not to mention not having to build and pay for forms for a retaining ...
pole barn construction cost | Contractor Talk - Professional ...
Jan 25, 2018 · I was looking into either a metal building or pole-barn type garage. I figured pole-barn would be the cheapest route to take but when I heard those prices I was kinda taken back alittle. I had it figured in my head the cost would be as follows from cheapest to most expensive. 1.. pole-barn (least expensive) 2..metal 3.. stick built 4.. block
New enclosed trailer on order, show me how you set up...
May 1, 2008 · The cheapest way used to be to buy those metal assemble yourself 24'' deep x 48'' wide x 60'' tall shelves, put them together and install them upside down so you had a lip to hold everything on the shelves.
ICF guys. Need some tips! - Contractor Talk
Apr 16, 2013 · By the time I figured footings, footing forms, ICF forms, concrete, rebar, window bulkheads and wells, and waterproofing, I am about $2300 under the cheapest and best pan forming company that I got a bid from.
Building First Home Guide? | Contractor Talk - Professional ...
Apr 18, 2018 · One guy wanting to build a house with low knowledge of the process but still a craftsman that can do many things pretty well (perhaps things like roofing. Drywall concrete and such) but hires a few subs (electrical or hvac or plumbing) and has the passion to do it …
Materials up charge covers time to get them? - Contractor Talk
Apr 20, 2024 · It happens that a client will get a proposal and start pricing out their own material and ask why it is cheaper to buy it directly. I explain everything that is involved with the process and if they prefer to buy their own materials we can adjust the proposal and add the time it took to build out the materials list for them.