I am looking to replace a home driveway, patio, and connecting walkways, and am gathering quotations. I am posting here to ask for help with several items:
- Is a concrete job ok to perform at this time of the year in the northeast U.S., starting next week, where daily temperatures are in the
- Is a 4 inch thick, 4000 PSI, 6-1/2 bag mix with 10/10 gauge mesh a reasonable method? Should I consider asking for 5" or thicker, more cement bags per yard, heavier mesh, etc.?
- Expansion joints using 1/2" fiber "as needed" are being offered. Should I insist on expansion joints every "X" number of feet instead? The climate here is well below freezing in the several months of winter and in the high 80's in the warmest months of the summer.
- The job calls for about 2600 square feet of concrete, about half for the driveway and the remainder for a large patio and 3 walkways. A rough guess is 27 yards of concrete to be installed after removing existing concrete, compacting the base, pouring gravel as a sub-base and then installing the new concrete. Any wild guess as to what a job like this should cost?
I would very much appreciate any other thoughts or suggestions as well.
Thanks very much for help and suggestions.