Concrete Slab Cost | Foundation Cost for our Self-Build Home

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Here's a detailed cost breakdown of our slab foundation. Concrete slab costs can vary depending on size, detailed specs, labor hired out, and material prices at the time of building. We are owner builders so we were able to save lot of money by doing most of the labor ourselves.
Keep an eye out for a blog with links to all of the materials and tools we used during this portion of our project.
00:00 Intro and foundation design
01:38 Costs for slab foundation materials & labor
09:19 Costs for foundation-specific tools
11:03 Summary and Outro (w/ surprise gift)
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@cameronreuss4512 Жыл бұрын

Dude, this is great information. Thank you for putting this together !

@xidaye1096 6 күн бұрын

Very impressive! Congratulations!

@andresg1748 2 ай бұрын

Such a good video man! Thank you for putting all this information 🤩

@jennymcdermitt9995 10 ай бұрын

Hey just found your channel last night I have been binge watching.

@keithprinn720 Жыл бұрын

as long as you are happy that is what counts, your labour and project management 20K easy all saving. congrats

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@nicholashall9 9 ай бұрын

Love the detail!!

@ggdrywallllc166 9 ай бұрын

thank you for all the info i love your channel so glad i found it i will be building my house soon and getting an rv just like you guys lol

@mightykrum67 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is super helpful!

@dahay79 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! This will definitely help me with my self build new home

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@claytonsmith7154 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting together such a detailed cost breakdown. Good job. Subscribed.

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@YepLeon Ай бұрын

Very good details. Good work

@averageliving4Life 2 жыл бұрын

Great job guys. Sounds like a awesome record system. Price sounds great too. Even though I'm in a different area, I can still compare prices

@MasonDixonAcres 2 жыл бұрын

Right on! It's nothing more than a Google Sheets spreadsheet and a lot of tedious data entry 😄

@andrewshakespeare4978 Жыл бұрын

Nice work!!

@robertnelson607 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the breakdown it was very helpful for what I want to do

@MasonDixonAcres 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@PDZ1122 10 күн бұрын

Hm , I'll have to think about a dirt floor with maybe some trash bags for carpeting as a cheaper alternative.

@darrellsutton7693 Жыл бұрын

Dude very impressive! thx

@markmdmd 11 ай бұрын

thank you, gonna save this one.

@MasonDixonAcres 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@Gonzalo39098 Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@jameswright-2024 Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing

@xLong_Johnson Жыл бұрын

a budget from someone who went the extra mile to get quality, perfect.

@schrodingerscat7218 9 ай бұрын

30-09-2023 I will just say thank you (and hit the like).

@annettehough2792 2 жыл бұрын

Good job on keeping excellent records. One day your grandchildren will look back at this and marvel at your work. Seriously, you are doing fantastic and your beautiful helper ain’t bad either. I mean Elaina, not Georgie, by the way.

@MasonDixonAcres 2 жыл бұрын

That will be pretty cool that all this could be out in the interwebs well past our lifetimes. We couldn't be doing this project without the help of each other!! I forgot to mention it in the video but Elaina has put in just as much of her time and energy! -Alex

@annettehough2792 2 жыл бұрын

@@MasonDixonAcres You make a great team. I’m sure Elaina knows that you appreciate her. Just a piece of advice from an old lady…we like to hear it sometimes. 😉

@allansmith350 Ай бұрын

you keep incredible records and the prices were extremely reasonable. We had to buy like 200 concrete caps and I swear they were a fortune

@MasonDixonAcres Ай бұрын

The square ones were very expensive, I do remember looking around a little before coming across the inexpensive round ones and they did a great job for a fraction of the cost. Some commercial jobs require the square ones

@allansmith350 Ай бұрын

@@MasonDixonAcres ah makes sense. Well I guess I have a bunch of the good stuff left over for "someday"

@david39t80 13 күн бұрын

Tools are sellable. Now subtract the KZfaq revenue ;) Good down to earth honest info thank you

@harshabrahmandam8959 3 ай бұрын

Can you tell me what a 25 foot excavation for a basement will cost?

@Nttt739 9 ай бұрын

What about rental equipment?

@Dorchwoods Жыл бұрын

That's a good price, foundations are insane these days. I'm going to be doing a crawlspace and I'm hoping it's a bit cheaper but we shall see

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Hoping that you can manage to save some money with it!

@NotTelling51 4 ай бұрын

Was it cheaper? I'm thinking of doing the same thing.

@Dorchwoods 4 ай бұрын

@ling51 not much cheaper at all, definitely worth doing a full basement. It was only like $3500 cheaper to do a crawlspace, so we decided to just pay the extra $3500 for a full basement and get an extra 1,020 square feet out of it, it was kind of a no brainer for us

@NotTelling51 4 ай бұрын

@Dorchwoods my mistake I thought you meant as compared to a slab. Sorry bout that.

@Dorchwoods 4 ай бұрын

@@NotTelling51 I mean even then, the cost increase to go from a slab to a full basement definitely seems worth it. Every person I talked to with a slab wishes they had just gone with a full basement from the get go. We took that into consideration and didn't wanna be in that same situation 20 years from now

@jameswright-2024 Жыл бұрын

one thing I would like to ask you. I have always found it difficult to accept the idea of running the utility lines under the concrete (especially footings and other sensitive areas). Have you considered running the lines in a way that would allow them to be buried deep and insulated and enter the sides of the house in locations where they are needed, but at the same time allow access if something goes wrong? Or is that something that building codes prohibit, do you know?

@Nttt739 9 ай бұрын

You can

@DoorDashDrama Жыл бұрын

amazing info.....

@a.barker7792 2 ай бұрын

The pumper trunk was $4600 on top of thar?

@msparacino4191 9 ай бұрын

Curious why you didn’t do a Shallow Frost Proof Foundation. I’m in Pa also

@MasonDixonAcres 9 ай бұрын

Thought about it, decided to go the more traditional route for my first ever project of this scale. It may also have complicated some utility entrances for my specific layout. There are probably a couple other reasons I am blanking on, but overall it certainly could have been done to save a couple grand on footers and block.

@ramble_on1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing with us! I feel $15/sqft is still kind of high when you put all cost in. I thought slab on at the highest should be $10/saft

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

A slab on grade for something like a shed would be, but when you do a footer, stem wall, plumbing, insulation, radiant, etc. it adds up

@ramble_on1 Жыл бұрын

@@MasonDixonAcres you right! You have much more work than just a regular slab on… thanks for replay. Good luck with your projects

@paulmcdonough9319 Жыл бұрын

do you do the work? not sure if you know how this labor is day after day

@AtabongFonkeng Жыл бұрын

Where did you buy your 8" CMU? That price is 50% below the market rate.

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Lowes! HD actually had them listed for like $1.30 a block but it must have been a mistake in their system bc the pro desk wasn’t able to order them. They still printed me off a valid quote however, and i took it right over to Lowe’s where they have a price match policy and they were forced to match it. And got free delivery! I should also note that both of these particular stores get their block from York Building Products who has a block plant directly next to them, so that majorly cuts their shipping costs.

@randyanderson1983 Жыл бұрын

You used pex-a for radiant???

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Oxygen barrier

@xj9988 Жыл бұрын

How much that would cost if you would outsource everything?

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Too many variables to guess, since it would involve excavators, plumbers, and concrete guys in your area

@TheMindOfOpex 3 ай бұрын

Crazy expensive! But if you got that throw away money, better to do it this way

@kaatto2121 Жыл бұрын

Where did you find the hired labor ?

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Recommended from our friend who is a builder, who of course had a bad experience shortly after us and no longer uses them..

@dylanyoung7898 Жыл бұрын

How much did you make off the job? What did you profit?

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

It’s our foundation, so $0

@VanillaAttila 8 ай бұрын

Prices are about double here in BC Canada.

@MasonDixonAcres 8 ай бұрын

Not surprised at all, the PNW is a very expensive spot

@jameswright-2024 Жыл бұрын

60 bucks am hour x 30 hours x 12 weeks = $21,600 + $24,700 = $46,300 for a 1440 square feet slab on grade with 8 x 16 footing and 40" block CMU wall over 12 weeks is $32 a square foot foundation job. My contractor wants $22 a square foot (labor and material) to do a walkout basement on sloped land with 9 feet tall block wall with usable space 2000 square feet foundation to including grading the driveway all the way to the entrance with backfill, my family said: "no too expensive." I am not sure what to think any more

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Don't forget about radiant tubing, insulation, drain plumbing, conduit, waterproofing in your case.. there are more variables besides size

@jameswright-2024 Жыл бұрын

@@MasonDixonAcres right

@DanielKezar Жыл бұрын

maybe i missed it but i didnt see the video of the slab pour and what went wrong anywhere on your channel. is there something i am missing here?

@bayareaartist999 Жыл бұрын

he probably can't make a video because lawyers are involved.

@DanielKezar Жыл бұрын

@@bayareaartist999 If that's the case, I'm surprised he could mention the price of it.

@bayareaartist999 Жыл бұрын

@@DanielKezar well he said that he hasn't paid them yet.

@brendaninglis Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve been looking for it too. At least I know I’m not missing it

@billygraham5589 5 ай бұрын

I wonder why the footers and stem walls go so deep.

@MasonDixonAcres 5 ай бұрын

frost line

@thedp 11 ай бұрын

reasle of tools you are done with ? price seemed pretty high all things considered :(

@gabec6522 Жыл бұрын

Nice video but like u said 30 hours a week over 12 weeks. If you average that at 40 dollars an hour you adding about 14,500 extra in labor. People need to not base prices from contractors or this video

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Correct, this is a cost video for a self-build.

@workstationmark4103 Жыл бұрын

How much would a professional charge?

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Tough to say. Depends on scope of work, whether they're buying materials or not, geographic location, etc.

@bayareaartist999 Жыл бұрын

double the price and it would take 3x as long.

@randydavidson2825 Жыл бұрын

What about the skid steer? I know you used it. I don't have one... just sayin'.

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

That will be included in a future cost breakdown for all the tools we bought, and that machine has played a role in basically every step of the build so I’m not attributing it only to foundation cost

@henrytwigger2245 6 ай бұрын

6% sales tax, we get robbed of 20% in UK.

@MasonDixonAcres 6 ай бұрын

geez that's craziness!

@gabec6522 Жыл бұрын

This is cheap as heck. The foundation and slab would of been 23 -25 thousand in my area. Flat work goes for 9 dollars a sq foot.

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Wowee. I will say i was very choosy with every vendor for each line item, searching to find the best price on materials. Doing a good bit of the labor ourselves certainly helped

@Theskylineconstruction Жыл бұрын

Finding the cheapest becomes costly. As we see on the concrete company who refunded $500.

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

They weren’t the cheapest.. and they never ended up giving me the 500

@a.barker7792 2 ай бұрын

Your labor from a contractor would of been $ 26k alone at $ 65 per hour for 360 hours.

@coryhunnicutt123187 Ай бұрын

Ain’t no way it’s that intensive wow

@a.barker7792 Ай бұрын

@coryhunnicutt123187 his numbers not mine. I agree with you.

@ChuckNorris-ju5fn 9 ай бұрын

WAYYY to expensive for basically concrete no one will ever see

@Dimrain13 10 ай бұрын

Why did you go so over built? This is very far beyond code in the north and likely could have been done just as well for around $8k

@MasonDixonAcres 10 ай бұрын

Not sure what particular features you are referring to

@ericfraser7543 Жыл бұрын

Your concrete guy should have gave you $500 off alone for the saw cut he did not do.... My guy charged me $300 to saw cut my slab in 2020.

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Good point! We are still in contention with him and the concrete company

@FJB2020 Жыл бұрын

For place and finish it should cost $1-$1.50 per sqft. He definitely took them for a ride on that one.

@claytonsmith7154 Жыл бұрын

@@FJB2020 I'm sure it varies by region but in my area place and finish runs $3 per sqft

@FJB2020 Жыл бұрын

@@claytonsmith7154 What area? That is really high..

@bobsalter225 Жыл бұрын

@Eric Fraser Because it’s not worth cutting the concrete with heat pipes unless you stop trying to be so cheap and pour an extra inch to help insure the pipes don’t get cut. Those pipes will float when pouring.

@bobsalter225 Жыл бұрын

Wow, another homeowner who thinks he’s a plumber, concrete, Hvac guy. And gips the concrete guys out of their money after dealing with this guy for a labor only job. Yay, great savings. Quit your day job,now your a contractor!

@MasonDixonAcres Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob

@mustacheschonfeld5037 Жыл бұрын

Bob's salty lol. 😂😂😂

@bayareaartist999 Жыл бұрын

Yeah and people used to build their own homes all the time. Hell you used to be able to order a home from Sears. My grandfather and grandmother built their first home back in the 50's which was this size. A self built homeowner doesn't have to be as good as the best in all trades. They need to understand what needs to happen and hire out accordingly. The issue is that he should have paid a little more for the slab pour. That extra money would have gone towards the concrete guys relationship with the plant to guarantee prompt delivery. I just hope he took core samples of the concrete. He ordered 4000 psi? who knows what came in those trucks...