Help with costing a demolition job please

[doobin]

I've been asked to price to demolish this fire damaged bungalow:

This would be my first proper demolition job, but I reckon I'd be OK at destroying things . Rubbish to be taken away, so skip (how big?) and how many wagons of rubble to go? I'll see if it might be worth getting a crusher in too.

I'm thinking hired 13t with a grapple and my Bobcat with selector grab? Should knock down OK in a day, and another day or two burning timbers and sorting through? Footings are staying.

What sort of money should I be looking at?

Thanks guys.

 

[Stubota86]

I’d go with a 40yd bin personally, especially if it’s suspended floor but check how much plasterboard you’re allowed to put in it as some places want it separated of over a certain percentage

 

[JD450A]

Too many Variables to be honest Doob. Plus Price to skip the timber as if you get caught burning it you'll be raped by the E.A

Needs a Asbestos Survey before you start, then theres other paperwork to be done... demo is a twat to do tbh.

 

[doobin]

Too many Variables to be honest Doob. Plus Price to skip the timber as if you get caught burning it you'll be raped by the E.A

Needs a Asbestos Survey before you start, then theres other paperwork to be done... demo is a twat to do tbh.

Despite being Asbestos Trained I hadn;t even considered that, thanks mate.

 

[Left hooker]

Probably about 20 6w loads of block and concrete
3 x 12 cm of wood
2 x 12 cm of rubbish
Looks similar size to one we took down few months ago

 

[Komatsu]

Agree with what old man Rory says, to many variables, each demo job is differ from the last, what about subbing it out to a demo contractor, and putting your % on top?.......you also get to see how the job is done rather than learning on the job.

 

[fred]

I’d go with a 40yd bin personally, especially if it’s suspended floor but check how much plasterboard you’re allowed to put in it as some places want it separated of over a certain percentage

Dig hole and bury plasterboard. Soil is cheap to muck away

obviously I would never ever do this under any circumstances

 

[JD450A]

Dig hole and bury plasterboard. Soil is cheap to muck away

obviously I would never ever do this under any circumstances

Foolish, makes it contaminated waste and if your caught it'll put your muckaway up to £190/ton

 

[Brendan]

Check your insurance for how much of an increase to have demolition on it.
All depends on how much your going to reclaim/sell on.
Not really done much in the way of demo

 

[Komatsu]

Not sure how much you know about demo doob so apologies in advance... should you decide to sub it out if you go down that route, using a member from the NFDC would be advisable, they’d take care of all RAMS etc and also gives you the piece of mind that they have reached a professional standard that has allowed them to be in the association. https://demolition-nfdc.com/find-members/?dosrch=1&listingfields[1]=&listingfields[57]=North+East&category=member

 

[doobin]

All I know is that all the other local contractors are always knocking houses down! I'm pretty switched on, so I reckon I could handle it safely.

 

[Gunners]

Demo firms are short on work atm. Might be an easy buck to get some to price it for you and you make a margin? From what I know from a colleague who runs a big time demo "group" round my way, a bungalow like that is between £10-15k with no Asbestos. He priced one locally the other week that I'm supposed to be doing groundworks on at £12k. Someone else has come in a £5k Thats how desperate the big firms are to keep lads busy.

 

[Komatsu]

All I know is that all the other local contractors are always knocking houses down! I'm pretty switched on, so I reckon I could handle it safely.

And this week on “you’ve been framed” we’ve got Doob and his digger knocking a house down

 

[Furniss]

And this week on “you’ve been framed” we’ve got Doob and his digger knocking a house down

There is a video of french tv interviewing a bloke who knocked down wrong house ........ I nearly posted it on here cos it was priceless... he came across as not too bright.

Gaffer rang him up to ask if it was going alright - and he said yes it's done.... so boss asked him if there wasn't too much shite on road and he said no why .... it not near the road

 

[Smiffy]

Apart from the obvious scrap there is a surprising amount of value in parts
uPVC doors with a frame for example are £50 and up
2x4 has a value especially if it's old slow growth stuff
Watched someone smash thousands of pounds of salvageable materials up the other day

 

[DaveDCB]

I took down a huge 5 bed house with my 3cx once for £200... flattened it in a day and piled it up.. oh to be young and stupid again! Demo company were running the job, they must of been laughing if they charged anywhere near the 15k previously mentioned!

 

[Left hooker]

Foolish, makes it contaminated waste and if your caught it'll put your muckaway up to £190/ton

Yet it's ground up and sold to farmers for cattle stall bedding or to spread on fields

 

[Stubota86]

Apart from the obvious scrap there is a surprising amount of value in parts
uPVC doors with a frame for example are £50 and up
2x4 has a value especially if it's old slow growth stuff
Watched someone smash thousands of pounds of salvageable materials up the other day

ive chucked away so much old 4x2 in the past, had no idea it had any value to it

crazy how strong and hard to cut it is when you compare it to the new stuff

 

[Shovelhands]

Yet it's ground up and sold to farmers for cattle stall bedding or to spread on fields

I believe it is now banned for land spreading.

 

[fred]

Foolish, makes it contaminated waste and if your caught it'll put your muckaway up to £190/ton

think you missed the point, it’s buried not carted off