356 yards of sod installed $3.50 a yard
8.14 yards of mulch $55.00 a yard installed
Topsoil 30 yards installed $49.00 per yard
pea gravel $58.00 for two tons
plus edging for walkway and two tons of pea gravel dont know how many hours to instal walk way it is 3' wide x 60' long will bid at $35.00 per man hour
total of bid without labor for walk is $3411.00
sound right? to high to low? proly think with edging and labor to instal walk way think the bid will be around $4,000.00
will also have to put tree rings around three trees to stop the crown rot with the higher grade as well as verticle mulch so the roots wont die again $35.00 per man hour
I dont charge by the yard. I NEVER charge by the yard, ft, etc. I just figure out my cost of materials, labor, and how much I want to make and how much I want my company to make, then I add like 300 to that incase their are some unforseen circumstances.
I know some disagree with me, but If I were you, figure out your cost of all your materials, how much it'll cost your in labor. Add X amount of dollars for just incase something you forgot about comes up, then ad what you want to make, then add what ever you want your company to make, either a x amount of $ or like 36%.
I never EVER bid by the sq ft/yard, etc. There is way to much stuff to go wrong. Like what if its on a grade and you have to stake down the rolls, well those stakes cost $, so IMO i'd never bid by the sqft/yard.
I would bid around $6900-$7100, maybe even more. But again, different parts of country have different prices. Some parts of country only charge $20 a man hour, where I charge $40 a man hour.
He wanted 200sq ft sod along with the patio. Patio was X amount and the sod was $800.
I get my sod from this place out on like 26mile and north ave.
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