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   brownbagg | Feb 26, 2007 12:54am | #1

   here it $1.50 a brick

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   Piffin | Feb 26, 2007 01:01am | #3

   Wanna hear something strange?When I started into construction in Florida in about 1970, the rate was nine or ten cents a brickThe price for framing a house was just going up to two dollars a foot.From what I hear, there are a lot of p;lalces where the price for framing is still only two bucks a foot 

    

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   AllTrade | Feb 26, 2007 02:02am | #4

   No kidding. When I started my business back in 1987 I was getting 30 per square labor for roofing. In the year 2000 I was still bidding some jobs at  30 per square  labor and not getting them. Needless to say I branched out and put roofing exclusively in the past.

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   DoRight | Feb 26, 2007 07:03pm | #12

   Can you thank the open border leftist Democrats for that? 

   Nought your head up and down.

   Unbeleivable!  just unbelievable!

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   DoRight | Feb 26, 2007 07:03pm | #13

   Who do you think is wining those bids for sub $30?  Unemployed college professors, you suppose?

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   JerraldHayes | Feb 26, 2007 12:57am | #2

   Would need to know some more specifications regarding the brickwork (i.e. bond, opening details if any, etc.) and can I dare say that the cost of brickwork here in the NY CT region is going to be very different than the rate in GA.

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   BobKovacs | Feb 26, 2007 02:24am | #5

   On the opposite end of the spectrum from Brownbagg's $1.50/brick, here in NJ, brick veneer is in the $34-42/SF range for union installations.  As you can see, the info you're going to get here will be completely useless unless you provide a LOT more detail.

   Bob

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   jonblakemore | Feb 26, 2007 08:43pm | #15

   Is the $34-42 labor & material? 

   Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA

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   BobKovacs | Feb 27, 2007 02:35am | #16

    

   Is the $34-42 labor & material?

    

   Yes.  So that works out to somewhere around $5-6/brick.   If you take out the brick itself at anywhere from $600-1200/thousand, and then take out the mortar, ties, weeps, etc., you're still in the $3-5/brick range, labor only.

   Bob

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   BKCBUILDER | Feb 26, 2007 02:45am | #6

    Labor only, basic work $1/brick, $2/block(8x8x16). NE Ohio

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   brownbagg | Feb 26, 2007 03:59am | #7

   when I built three years ago it for block. a dollar a block, today its four dollar a block. That regular CMU

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   mwgaines | Feb 26, 2007 06:18am | #8

   I've gotten several recent estimates to install brick veneer. They've ranged from $400-650 per thousand for residential installations. Most masons here in SC charge "per thousand bricks laid". That's labor only of course. Detail work is typically charged by the job. Commercial and industrial jobs typically involve bidding processes and governmental oversight, so I suspect that politics inevitably determine those rates.New knowledge is priceless. 

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   Matt | Feb 26, 2007 03:34pm | #10

   WOW!  Must be due to the storm...  I'm surprised we have any bricklayers left around here.  I woulda thought they would all go to Louisiana.

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   dedubya | Feb 26, 2007 04:43pm | #11

   If I had my druthers I would be in Seattle,but I can't move these little snot suckers around the country just as yet. My Prices around here are 375.00 per thousand labor only,  when I have a job in Roanoke Va. my prices go up to what the prevailing rate is 40 miles away. wich is 550.00 per thousand labor only.The prices are all over the place at this time of year the masonry distributers in your area usally can hit the commen price what masons are charging where you live.

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   Matt | Feb 26, 2007 03:30pm | #9

   From my bricklayer's price list:

   Brick veneer, regular v joint: $375/1000
   Foundation brick veneer:   $275/1000
   Block, 4:, 6", 8":          $1.25/ea
   Block, 10"                    $1.35/ea
   Block, 12"                    $1.50/ea
   Fill block:                       $.50/ea

   These prices are labor only.  The price list is actually 3 pages long.  All kinds of extras.  Stuff like different bonds, different joints, soldi blocks, rowlocks, set up fees for small jobs & scaffold work, quoins, keystones, etc, etc, etc.

   I'm in central NC.  I'd expect similar prices in GA unless it's metro Atlanta.

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   jonblakemore | Feb 26, 2007 08:41pm | #14

   Our mason charges $750/1,000 bricks and $1.75 for 4-8" block, $2.75 for 10-12" block. Parging block is $.35/SF for under 5' and $.45 for over 5'.

    

   Jon Blakemore

   RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA

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   Matt | Feb 27, 2007 03:21am | #17

   I'm thinking that the prices you are paying are heavily influenced by the DC metro area prices.  As a matter of fact, I guess that these days Fredricksburg is part of the DC metro area?  BTW - I'm from Northern VA.

   As we see though, prices are all over the map.

   I guessing Bob's price might be near the top - being that he is in the big city.

   Edited 2/26/2007 7:25 pm ET by Matt

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   jonblakemore | Feb 27, 2007 04:52am | #18

   Fredericksburg is just on the cusp. Most of our customers are professionals that commute up to DC or NOVA.The sub in question is from about a half hour south of us, still somewhat in the country. I'm surprised that your rates are that much lower than us. I would not have been surprised at $600 or $650 per K., but you get it really cheap. Are your subs insured? Do they speak English?Finally, what is the difference between brick veneer and foundation veneer? 

   Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA

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   Matt | Feb 27, 2007 05:23am | #19

   Yes they are insured and actually are incorporated.  We require $1 mil general liability and $1/2 mil workers comp - I think it is.  I cannot hire anyone who does not have the proper paperwork.  The masons speak some english - I speak some Spanish.    The crewleaders, owners and owners wives speak fluent english - actually the 2 women in the office are white... These are who I deal with on all "business" matters.   They do great work.  I know other bricklayers too with similar prices, but I will continue to give the aforementioned company my business as long as things go as they are.  If for example, if I need a crawl space foundation, they show up with at least a dozen masons and helpers and they don't mind much if I micro-manage them - as I see necessary.  The only thing that gets to be a drag is sometimes they work very long hours.  They probably have 50 field workers working for them.  I have to hold up my end of the deal which is to insure that all materials are on site so that they are not held up.

   >> what is the difference between brick veneer and foundation veneer <<  Foundation veneer is installed in conjunction with block to build a crawlspaces or installed on brick ledges of concrete basement foundations.  Foundation veneer generally starts below grade and comes up to just below the first floor level.  Regular brick veneer is applied to the sidewall framing of a house with brick ties.  Hope that is clear, sorry it wasn't the first time. 

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   jonblakemore | Feb 27, 2007 05:28am | #20

   The reason I ask about the difference is the price break is pretty good. I don't know if I posted this, but our mason charges $700/k for <5' and adds $50/k for >5'. You get about 25% off for the low stuff, that's pretty nice. 

   Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA