Need a 12x12 deck built.

[petyweestraw]

Why is everyone afraid of a few critters? I got spiders big enuff to take out a small mouse. I leave them be they leave me be.

[ceyko]

Why is everyone afraid of a few critters? I got spiders big enuff to take out a small mouse. I leave them be they leave me be.

Spiders are one thing, snakes and other nasty ones is another. Especially if you have kids and/or dogs under there. EVERY house has spiders in/outside.

[Vertnut]

If it doesn't matter other than a place to put the hot tub, I'd pour a concrete patio at $4 a foot (less than $600) and be done with it. It will be cheaper than a 12x12 deck and it will be there forever with no maintenance.

[talisman]

If it doesn't matter other than a place to put the hot tub, I'd pour a concrete patio at $4 a foot (less than $600) and be done with it. It will be cheaper than a 12x12 deck and it will be there forever with no maintenance.

Looks like you need to put a 1 in front of that 600. Geez. Had no idea this stuff was so expensive. At this rate, it's going to be cheaper for me to just buy a small hot tub and install it on the existing patio than take the free one. Bummer.

[8mpg]

Keep calling around. There are cheaper people out there to do the patio.

[ram57ta]

Call my brother in law...this is the type of work he is very good at and he is very reasonable. He only uses top quality materials. His name is Steve. 682-554-3386. Tell him Jeff sent you.

[Vertnut]

Looks like you need to put a 1 in front of that 600. Geez. Had no idea this stuff was so expensive. At this rate, it's going to be cheaper for me to just buy a small hot tub and install it on the existing patio than take the free one. Bummer.

For $1600 I'll do it tomorrow...myself. LOL!

[racrguy]

Looks like you need to put a 1 in front of that 600. Geez. Had no idea this stuff was so expensive. At this rate, it's going to be cheaper for me to just buy a small hot tub and install it on the existing patio than take the free one. Bummer.

For a 4" think surface you'd need less than 2 yards of concrete, I want to say that a yard is going for 80-100 per, so 600 doesn't seem too far off.

[FATHERFORD]

Yeah I got quoted 1400 to do a 14x24 slab in my barn...

[talisman]

For a 4" think surface you'd need less than 2 yards of concrete, I want to say that a yard is going for 80-100 per, so 600 doesn't seem too far off.

I was told there is a 4 yard minimum.

[FATHERFORD]

I was told there is a 4 yard minimum.

Get different quotes.

You can also rent trailers that have a yard of concrete already in them ready to go. Just pour.

[mikec]

When you order concrete, there is a four yard minimum, generally speaking it is close to $100 per yard. So, at four inches this would be a 1.78 yard pour. However, four inches is not thick enough to support this volume of weight. To do it properly you would need to go to a 5-6" base, beams wouldn't hurt. Doing it like this you would likely be able to use all the concrete that would have to be ordered.

That said, the hard part of this is that most concrete guys are going to charge a premium for such a small job, likely in the $10-12 a foot region. I have two different concrete guys I regularly use, and for small jobs like this, that is what they charge. Randy, I know you know what you're doing, but $4 a foot is going to be on a larger job where they can turn a profit, which we both know is the name of the game.

On the rental trailers, you can get the pull behind units that hold 1.25 yards. I did this on a retaining wall job two months ago, and that ran just under $200 for the 1.25 yards. I went back for another .75 yards, and that ran me another $150. Ridiculously expensive to say the least.

Eric, the best bet is to just build a deck around it, would definitely be the most cost effective. Draw backs, as stated above, are the maintenance and refinishing and the like. Constant exposure to water, coupled with the sun baking it, will be hard on it. Were you to just go that route I could see you spending a couple hundred in materials, and about the same in labor.

[mikec]

And thank you Kyle and Matt for the kind words.

[talisman]

Yeah, what I've been looking at now, is there are some HT manufacturers making simple plug and play units. I would end up spending about double what I was going in at with the current plan, but it would be a whole lot less BS to deal with. I am eventually going to expand this patio anyway, but right now I'm looking for a wham bam solution, not to mention the unease at relying on an older free unit. I'm also going to talk to both my Docs; Leah said they can actually write you a prescription for these things. That would be incredibly bad ass.

[2165 Turbo Rail]

My dad bought one of those plug and play units. His is used but works great.