can someone give me an idea of what the going rate (per sq. ft.) is for treated wood decks? i havent done one in many years (11.00 sq. ft. then) and recently had a request for one that is close to home and straightforward… it will be alll treated wood, 5/4 decking, 16″ o.c. joisting. also its in the detroit area if that matters, thanks.
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forum
Up Next
Video Shorts
Featured Story
Learn how to fight wood-boring beetles and prevent home infestations with expert advice from Richard D. Kramer, an authority in pest control.
Highlights
"I have learned so much thanks to the searchable articles on the FHB website. I can confidently say that I expect to be a life-long subscriber." - M.K.
Replies
Sorry i can't help with the $. One thought comes to mind, if the customer is Bill Schroeder of the Lions, I'd get the cash up front.
Roar!Half of good living is staying out of bad situations.
Forget the primal scream, just Roar!
Hey kinda scared me for a minute when I saw the name and then I realized you are in detroit and I am in Tx. can't imagine someone ruining such a good name. Bill
Sorry to give you the fright. As a cheese head who invested lots of emotion into your shirt-tail relative I just thought it fair to give out a warning. Frankly, if I had his money I gould burn mine. It is hard to fathom how much a bottom tier guy gets in the NFL. And he isn't bottom tier.
I'm sure Texas checks are good.
$35/sqft to $65/sqft depending on area and materials used. Then figure your permit costs and any design work. Most city inspectors will require a drawing of some kind.
For a ballpark I use $15/sf. If the deck is a fairly simple shape, the main cost differences are in the railings.
FIRE88DOG the subject of deck pricing came up in a discussion here back in
may called s.f
deck price. I'll state again what I stated there and have repeated over
and over again all over the net in various forums (usually it in response to
someone asking what a good square foot price to charge for finish work inside
a house).
To explain why Square Foot Pricing is dangerous and risky for virtually any
kind of project I use a simple example of a simple deck to demonstrate why.
You can check messages#
20437.3 for that example to see what I am talking about and you may change
your mind about using a Square Foot Price to figure your project.
SCHELLINGM is correct in saying that "the main cost
differences are in the railings." but it's not just that
the main cost difference is the "type of railing". The
real potential for error is in the ratio of Linear Feet of Railing to Square
Foot of Deck as I demonstrate in my example
If you would like, I can do a Unit Cost Systems estimate pretty easily for
you this weekend and post it here. You can then substitute your regional costs
for materials with mine and the labor rate you want to charge in place of our
company data. ( I'm in NY Westchester County just to the north of NYC). BUT
you will have to do an accurate take-off of the project for me to work from.
Use the schedule of values that I listed in that message as your guide for you
take-off.
Let me know and I'll see if I can help you out. Right now it looks like the
Square Foot Price numbers you will get in answer to your post will be all over
the map.
"Architecture is the
handwriting of Man." - Bernard
Maybeck.
Just last month I built a little deck that was framed overtop of a small concrete stoop.
The deck measured 13 feet long and projected 8 feet in depth.
Although less than 5 feet high off the ground, I still used 6x6s for the posts, and 2X8s for the joists, and the framing was 16" OC. My deck boards were 5/4 KD treated, and the railings were 2X2 pickets chamfered on one end and screwed in place. All deck boards were screwed down with 2 inch "grabber" exterior deck screws. This was a simple, straightforward deck.
It was just me and one helper. We also installed a shed style roof over the entire structure, complete with aluminum soffit/fascia and gutters. The entire job...deck and roof, only took us 34 hours each to complete.
Counting the rental of a post hole auger ($60), the material cost of the deck only ( not counting roof ) was approx. $520. The deck was only 104 sq.ft. so the material costs ran $5 per sq.ft.
AS for your labor cost...you need to compute what price per hour you want to charge and figure how many men and hours it will take you to complete the job.
Hope this helps.
Davo