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How much would it cost to have pilings driven for a small deck?
Posted on 4/15/13 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 4/15/13 at 5:49 pm
In bayou lafourche/Thibodaux. 4 or 6 total 6"-8" piles.
7
Posted on 4/15/13 at 5:51 pm to Coon
How long? How far out into the bayou?
Posted on 4/15/13 at 5:57 pm to 34venture
4' from the bank. Maybe 10'-15' long (1' of water, 4' out of water).
Deck with roof added later. Nothing too fancy.
How hard is it to water-jet piles in? Do you have to have a weight pushing down? I can't reach that far out with an extended boom fork lift because of the slope of the bayouside.
Deck with roof added later. Nothing too fancy.
How hard is it to water-jet piles in? Do you have to have a weight pushing down? I can't reach that far out with an extended boom fork lift because of the slope of the bayouside.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:01 pm to Coon
Big trackhoe should be able to pound them in, maybe?
May not be outrageous.
May not be outrageous.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:01 pm to Coon
An extended boom hoe would reach? If so you can most likely easily push them down. You won't need to jet them in.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:02 pm to Nodust
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Big trackhoe should be able to pound them in, maybe? .
You would think.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:05 pm to 34venture
A) would have to reach about 40' out
B) anything that could do that would destroy my yard.
Plus I'd have to get some sort of permit which I know would cost out the arse.
Will probably just dig and install 8x8's close to the edge than cantilever a few feet out.
B) anything that could do that would destroy my yard.
Plus I'd have to get some sort of permit which I know would cost out the arse.
Will probably just dig and install 8x8's close to the edge than cantilever a few feet out.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:09 pm to Coon
Yeah, that's kind of far. Just push the first ones in with a lull and then build it end on. You can drive those posts with a big enough man killer. It will be a lot of work, but a whole lot cheaper.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:12 pm to 34venture
Permit would not be too much.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:18 pm to Coon
Trackhoe on a barge is how they do them where I am. Last time I priced poles it was ~$300 per pole...
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:21 pm to wickowick
That's the way I've seen it done, and it ain't cheap.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:23 pm to JAB528
For 4 poles if you can come in under $2k you probably did good...
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:24 pm to wickowick
You're absolutely right.
OP just hire downshift to beat em in with a maul.
OP just hire downshift to beat em in with a maul.
This post was edited on 4/15/13 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:27 pm to Coon
Get your hands on a piece of 8" pipe
Make a very hellacious post driver.
Get to drivin
Make a very hellacious post driver.
Get to drivin
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:41 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
here is the manual method if you want to save money...
it depends on how soft the bottom is, but you can jump them in...we had a camp on bayou dupre and every piling we ever drove for the pier was "jumped" in(soft bottom)
if soft, determine the bottom point where firmer ground is...spike two treated/creosote deadmen(one on each side) true 2x12 or larger...we used creosote as that was still approved at the time and I want to say the deadmen we used was 3"x16"IIRC but they were "free" ....place the piling exactly where you want with some friends helping guide it...with one person on each side begin jumping up and down on the deadmen until they are firmly in the silt...
just for reference...Katrina took the camp but those pilings and both piers remained...
it depends on how soft the bottom is, but you can jump them in...we had a camp on bayou dupre and every piling we ever drove for the pier was "jumped" in(soft bottom)
if soft, determine the bottom point where firmer ground is...spike two treated/creosote deadmen(one on each side) true 2x12 or larger...we used creosote as that was still approved at the time and I want to say the deadmen we used was 3"x16"IIRC but they were "free" ....place the piling exactly where you want with some friends helping guide it...with one person on each side begin jumping up and down on the deadmen until they are firmly in the silt...
just for reference...Katrina took the camp but those pilings and both piers remained...
Posted on 4/15/13 at 6:42 pm to Coon
Floating dock
Posted on 4/15/13 at 7:41 pm to Pepperidge
It's pretty soft muddy bayou bottom fwiw.
Just ran the material numbers without driving: $1200 for the deck. Add a roof for $800.
Not worth twice as much to go out another 2'.
Just ran the material numbers without driving: $1200 for the deck. Add a roof for $800.
Not worth twice as much to go out another 2'.
Posted on 4/15/13 at 8:43 pm to Coon
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It's pretty soft muddy bayou bottom fwiw.
We always had work parties down at the camp...from 10 -20 people on a good work weekend... gather up enough help and you can do it manually...
an explanation to my earlier post regarding jumping...you don't have to jump high per se no more than a couple of inches to get the desired effect... it's the vibrating type action that sinks it... I was no more than 13 when we first started doing this so big heavy guys aren't really necessary...just jump "in time"
Posted on 4/15/13 at 9:15 pm to Pepperidge
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..spike two treated/creosote deadmen(one on each side) true 2x12 or larger...we used creosote as that was still approved at the time and I want to say the deadmen we used was 3"x16"IIRC but they were "free" ....place the piling exactly where you want with some friends helping guide it...with one person on each side begin jumping up and down on the deadmen until they are firmly in the silt...
The 2x12's get bolted perpendicular or parallel with the piling. I am having trouble picturing this process.
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