Re: Cost to pour concrete steps

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cowboyro join:2000-10-11 Shelton, CT Reviews: ·AT&T U-Verse	reply to DonkeyButt Re: Cost to pour concrete steps said by DonkeyButt: I think the "unskilled" labor would come in to break up the 20,000 pounds of slumped up cement at the bottom with broken up forms sticking out of it! Ummm.. .physics will disagree, the force on each riser will be ~180lbs. Do the math... Maybe if people used their heads contractors wouldn't be so shameless in charging the way they do...
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DonkeyButt join:2009-08-05 Englewood, OH 1 edit	Lets see... You estimate 4.5 cubic yards and concrete weighs 150 lbs per cubic feet. There is 27 cubic feet in a yard. 4.5 X 27 X 150 = 18,225 lbs of cement. You state eight steps. 18,225 / 8 = 2,278.125 pounds per step. What does physics have to do with this, other than you unsuccessful attempt to look intelligent? (it's called MATH) Use YOUR head, those are YOUR numbers!!!!!
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