Here is a scheme for my next job’s foundation. The basement will be finished, except for the mechanical room part.
It is more or less 100 cy of concrete, with 32 cy of the 100 in slabs. My cost to have a guy form and pour and strip it comes to about $200 per cy, thus it is about a $20,000 foundation.
I am intrigued with the precast foundation concept. The slabs will still be there, at my cost of approximately $6400. Given the balance of $13,600 left for the pour job’s walls and footings, how much of that and more will a precast foundation run me?
I am talking about the Superior Walls kind, the ones with the foam insulation and stud faces, that allow direct sheetrock attachment.
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We build with ICF Insulated Concrete Forms we are about $8.00SF material and labor. We can not compete with 8' walls but when they want 10' walls we are in the same price. Better walls, higher R-vlaue, no framing required. We use ARXX but I think we are going to change to NUDURA. Panels are 8' not 4' like Arxx.
Tim
You already have all the info you need.
Contact Superior Walls,( http://www.superiorwalls.com), fax or E-mail them your foundation plan. Indicate the height and width that you want each wall to be, and simply ask them for a price. They will gladly work you up a price quote. Takes all the guess work out of it...don't ya think!
Davo