You said HOW MUCH to dig a hole?

yummynanny

Hi all

We need a hole dug in our back garden to house a gas tank. Hole to be 4.2m wide x 2.2m long and 1.8m deep. No access issues. No pipework to avoid.

Not very sure what I expected to pay but was a little surprised by a quote of £750 "cash" for work which I expected man and machine to take half a day to achieve.

Either I'm not appreciating the extent of the work or the quote is a little out of kilter. Can anyone in the trade please enlighten me. Thanks in advance.

tomstickland

Get some more quotes then.

Mr_Proctalgia

I think the biggest part of the costs are likely to be the "Muck Away" charges.

alanobrien

yummynanny wrote:

Hi all

We need a hole dug in our back garden to house a gas tank. Hole to be 4.2m wide x 2.2m long and 1.8m deep. No access issues. No pipework to avoid.

Not very sure what I expected to pay but was a little surprised by a quote of £750 "cash" for work which I expected man and machine to take half a day to achieve.

Either I'm not appreciating the extent of the work or the quote is a little out of kilter. Can anyone in the trade please enlighten me. Thanks in advance.

Sounds a lot but its over 16m^3 of soil before you get air into it so approx 3 skips worth to get shot of = £250 approx just for that giving him £500 for the digging. As the man said its worth getting a few more quotes

yummynanny

Thanks all. Trying to get more quotes. Waiting replies from messages left for contractors. I just thought that so many people read this site, someone might be able to tell me if £750 was about right or not. If it is then I'm afraid OH will have to strip to the waist and get to work. I will help of course in a supervisory and motivational capacity.

prudryden

yummynanny wrote:

Hi all

We need a hole dug in our back garden to house a gas tank. Hole to be 4.2m wide x 2.2m long and 1.8m deep. No access issues. No pipework to avoid.

Not very sure what I expected to pay but was a little surprised by a quote of £750 "cash" for work which I expected man and machine to take half a day to achieve.

Either I'm not appreciating the extent of the work or the quote is a little out of kilter. Can anyone in the trade please enlighten me. Thanks in advance.

Need to get other quotes for your particular area. I, for one, am always reluctant to pay cash unless I know the workmen very well, BUT especially, if they ask for any funds up front so they can buy/rent materials, in this case, a digger.

If they have 3 people on the job - possible day's wage £70-£100 each.
Cost of mini -digger rental - Around £130/140 w/vat for single day. Slightly more for weekend use.
Skip for dirt and/or truck plus driver - ????

Best to check around. I'm not in the building trade, so hopefully you will get some response from some pros on here.

yummynanny

prudryden wrote:

Need to get other quotes for your particular area. I, for one, am always reluctant to pay cash unless I know the workmen very well, BUT especially, if they ask for any funds up front so they can buy/rent materials, in this case, a digger.

If they have 3 people on the job - possible day's wage £70-£100 each.
Cost of mini -digger rental - Around £130/140 w/vat for single day. Slightly more for weekend use.
Skip for dirt and/or truck plus driver - ????

Best to check around. I'm not in the building trade, so hopefully you will some response from some pros on here.

Thanks. No intention of paying cash to anyone and always suspicious of companies who quote cash but this is the only figure I have so far.

Hadn't thought that it might take three men. It's only a hole and the digger will do most of the work. Removal of dirt not included as not required. Fast coming to the conclusion that OH will have to work up a sweat himself. In fact the more I think about this option, the more attractive it becomes.

prudryden

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:rotfl: Good luck!

plumb1_2

yummynanny wrote:

Removal of dirt not included as not required.

£250/£300 for a man and machine for a day