How do you price Drain tile?

[MJK]

For those who call it something else its the plastic pipe that hooks up to the gutter and you extend it out under ground with a pop up. How do you price these? Labor + Materials?

[mdvaden]

No formula.

It's according to the job.

Easy? Tough? Deep? Shallow? Roots? Obstacles?

[MJK]

I just don't understand were you get the numbers from? If there all fairly easy, where do you pull the numbers from if i'm making any sense here.

[Scag48]

It's priced the same way you'd price anything else. I bid these jobs.

[Travel'n Trees]

$6.00 a foot with $25 minimum.

[murray83]

average 20x40 home with an 8 foot basement i do them for $4000 (canadian).

[lawnboy]

average 20x40 home with an 8 foot basement i do them for $4000 (canadian).



That is crazy. No way you get that kind of money for that. It takes less than $200 in material, and maybe a day in labor, maybe.

[murray83]

you think thats bad?:confused: wow.......most average homes here for drain tile are around $4500-$7000.

my price is the excavation,i power wash and water proof the foundation walls,any piping and the included labour,3/4'' clear crushed rock and then backfill and grade.for $5000 from other contractors you don't even get the waterproofing and show up with a 160 excavator:rolleyes: .

i use the piping with the sock included it runs around $170 for a 250 foot roll.$45/hr for my backhoe.

[YardPro]

That is crazy. No way you get that kind of money for that. It takes less than $200 in material, and maybe a day in labor, maybe.

lawnboy... he's talking about a totally different job than you are.

[SodKing]

He is talking about installing those gutter valves at the end of some tile

[MJK]

$6.00 a foot with $25 minimum.


Wow you can charge this much for extending someones down spout?

[Travel'n Trees]

Yes buy a gutter adapter 3.69, a pop up for 9.99, and a pvc to corigated adapter for 1.99, and then pipe. I tried to get $ 6.50 to no avail, because some irrigation guy would rig one for less. But for a longer run of corrigated you have gravel, and soil seperator, and in the Spring and try to find these parts at lowes and home depot, especially pop ups they order 6 at a time and they say we got them and you get there and they don't. Lots of driving then you go to supplier and they get 30 to 40 percent more for parts, Do a good job and always make sure the pipe is straight at gutter, and you go long enough to make sure water is getting away from pop up down hill. This is investment in there house, and I tell them I can fix drainage, but I don't touch concrete.

[paponte]

It is quite apparent that everyone is not on the same page here. Are we talking about doing french drains off down spouts? Underground with drainage stone and either fabric or a sock into a basin? Or are you talking about just freaking running a pipe off a downspout? :confused:

[Travel'n Trees]

Every situation is different! They build a house low, and I wasn't taliking about socks.

[murray83]

well the thread is titled how do you price drain tile..............

[forestfireguy]

I'm sure everyone is a little confused, I know I was reading this mess. I believe the original intention was regarding laying pipe underground so rainwater does not pool/drain at the foundation. Our Canadien friend is talking of installing a complete foundation drain and waterproofing the foundation. 2 very different jobs. In answer to what I think the question was it's like anything else, machine time, manual labor time and materials, as said trying to pin it down to a per ft. price would be a losing deal for you as every job is different. Don't forget a better option sometimes is to use a drywell and keep it all underground.

[murray83]

i don't know what to call what anymore myself in the drainage sector.drain tile,weeping tile and a french drain are the same thing but some people use the terms in many forms for different issues so as shown here your going to get many answers.

but yeah,a drywell is a very nice option if you can swing it.

[Travel'n Trees]

I think we need to read the actual post

[ozd12005]

Time and material....Great money and easy work

[gardenkeeper88]

To hook up Cor. Pipe to a downspout and extend it into the yard about 10 ft. $75.00 ea. No Gravel

[Travel'n Trees]

The manufacture ads will do it for $65.00 in most major cities.

[the undergraduate]

If you're extending the gutters, don't use the corrugated pipe... use 4" PVC. Number one, the corrugation makes it clog too easily, and number two, it's very hard to get it to run level or downhill all the time when you're working with the flexible corrugated pipe. PVC is much easier to clean out and all you need is a good level to make sure you're running in the right direction.

In my former job, there were many corrugated pipe drains (installed by others) we had to replace with PVC because they no longer (or never) worked. Yes, PVC is more expensive (especially the fittings), but in the end the customer will have a better, longer lasting system.

[gardenkeeper88]

Makes a lot of sense! I would prob agree it sounds like the best choice. I am definately going to look into it. Thanks for your input.