New Jersey Winter 20/21

[djt1029]

$75 plus the permit fee. I do it more to encourage the home owner to do it than anything, mainly because I don't want to wait around for them to find the survey all the time

 

[Tony_D]

Anyone interested in a paver driveway in Secaucus? I'd love to do it but I can't start out with a job that size

 

[iceyman]

Maybe a new operator too.

New operator this year.. tight hoa .. he didnt hit any cars or anything so i feel fortunate lol. He will be good going forward.. box is 6 years old anyway lol

 

[Mike_C]

Anyone interested in a paver driveway in Secaucus? I'd love to do it but I can't start out with a job that size

How big?

 

[Tony_D]

How big?

It’s like a 4 car driveway I didn’t measure it

 

[AG09]

Anyone buy anything from the Jacobsen auction today?

 

[djt1029]

Anyone buy anything from the Jacobsen auction today?

I bid on a couple mowers for a backup machine but no luck

 

[HeatMiser]

@S_Marino87 lumber prices must be killing you. I knew they were way up but I didn’t realize how bad. I’m replacing a section of railing on my front deck and just for that it was an arm and leg

 

[demetrios007]

I quoted a deck pre covid at 19k and the people reached out while I was away to do it. They didnt realize material costs were way up. The updated quote is 26k, lumberyard material price is only good for 72hrs. An 8' 2x4 is almost 7 bucks, was under 3 bucks 15 months ago

 

[S_Marino87]

@S_Marino87 lumber prices must be killing you. I knew they were way up but I didn’t realize how bad. I’m replacing a section of railing on my front deck and just for that it was an arm and leg

It's completely out of control. I just got my March bill from my supplier last week and it was twice what it usually hovers around

 

[djt1029]

I've got a railroad tie wall to do in a few weeks, by then it might be cheaper to do it with block

 

[Mike_C]

I've got a railroad tie wall to do in a few weeks, by then it might be cheaper to do it with block

In the long run it’s always the case

 

[J.Ricci]

I'm eating about $1,000 in lumber cost on the pool house/cabana build on one of my current jobs

 

[treeguyry]

Wood prices finally forced my hand into buying a bunch of poly ground mats. They’re still way more expensive but as often as I replace plywood these will pay for themselves in a few years

 

[AG09]

Wood prices finally forced my hand into buying a bunch of poly ground mats. They’re still way more expensive but as often as I replace plywood these will pay for themselves in a few years

Where did you get them from? And what color? Im gonna pull the trigger too and get whote ones.

 

[sota]

I dunno if there's an opportunity for bulk pricing on them, but I could be interested in a couple of them myself, for reasons. $250per 4x8 though is a bit steep for a filthy casual such as myself.

 

[V_Scapes]

A less than desirable forecast for this week coming up.

 

[truckie80]

Looks like we can salvage half a day today, Thursday looks like another story

 

[sota]

Tuesday looks nice. Wednesday looks decent, which is more important for me. We're doing unofficial TKD classes in the park at the Warren municipal complex, until the school is officially reopened.

 

[UniqueTouch]

what’s up guys hope everyone doing well. Been away for a minute gotta lot or reading to make up. Been getting a lot more calls for commercial estimates some even for snow for this upcoming season which is rare for me but one of the places is a new site their building. I really have no idea how to price it and I hate feeling like I screwed myself after i get an account so I’ll probably see if anyone wants to partner on it. It’s in Monmouth county. We can handle basically any reasonable size job I just don’t know what things are supposed to cost which sucks. Anyway has anyone ever in the past just came out and asked the property manager or owner their budget or what they want to spend on it? I’m trying to figuring out a way to ask that without being too unprofessional lol. Any help on how to price these bigger jobs would be great. Not sure if I should do hourly, per push, seasonal for the snow part. Just wanna do the work and let someone else handle this.(my dream)