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Cost for House Pad
Posted on 11/6/17 at 9:43 am
Posted on 11/6/17 at 9:43 am
What would a good estimated cost be to build a house pad? House itself would be around 3000SF (60'x50'). Lot itself is 80'x200', and would want a nice slope on it and not a drastic one.
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Posted on 11/6/17 at 11:02 am to TigerSaint1
I think this is a pretty open ended question...
1.) location?
2.) how much dirt needs to be brought in?
3.) any clearing?
1.) location?
2.) how much dirt needs to be brought in?
3.) any clearing?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 11:11 am to TigerSaint1
Soil type? Elevation? Distance to an aggregate yard or borrow pit?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 1:46 pm to TigerSaint1
3000SF on a 36" elevated pad is 9000CF of compacted fill.
depending on the type of fill required you should budget about $0.75/SF at that elevation, and i'll probably be a bit less
as noted above the most important variable is distance from the dirt pit
depending on the type of fill required you should budget about $0.75/SF at that elevation, and i'll probably be a bit less
as noted above the most important variable is distance from the dirt pit
This post was edited on 11/6/17 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 2:19 pm to Lion4Life
Baton Rouge/Prarieville
Not sure on qty for dirt
no clearing, open lot
Not sure on qty for dirt
no clearing, open lot
Posted on 11/6/17 at 2:21 pm to cgrand
I believe there are restrictions in the area that the dirt being brought in needs to be from the area. But IDK if there is a distance requirement of how far is considered "local"?
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:41 pm to TigerSaint1
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I believe there are restrictions in the area that the dirt being brought in needs to be from the area. But IDK if there is a distance requirement of how far is considered "local"?
if you are in a flood plain, you cannot use fill unless:
1) it comes from another part of your property (dig a pond)
2) it is "mitigated" fill which means it comes from the same flood plain
basically any water you displace in the flood plain must be mitigated within the same flood plain
Posted on 11/6/17 at 5:30 pm to TigerSaint1
You could dig yourself a small pond and save some cash on paying for dirt. We built a 3/4-1acre pond, 15ft deep for our pad.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 3:01 pm to sonoma8
Lot isnt big enough for that.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 3:07 pm to TigerSaint1
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Lot isnt big enough for that.
Sounds like a good enough reason for a moat.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 1:31 pm to sonoma8
How high did you have to build up for your house pad? How much did it cost you, using your own dirt?
We're thinking of doing this...
We're thinking of doing this...
Posted on 7/10/19 at 2:00 pm to TigerSaint1
Regardless of the cost, whatever height you think it needs to be, go 6 more inches. You’l never regret it.
Posted on 7/10/19 at 2:10 pm to Geauxtiga
The wife will appreciate the 6 inches for once. 
Posted on 7/10/19 at 5:34 pm to TigerSaint1
Probably between 3fiddy and 350
Posted on 7/10/19 at 9:23 pm to cgrand
The most recent code in Ascension is you can bring in 3’ of fill without mitigation but anything greater than that must be mitigated
Posted on 7/10/19 at 9:55 pm to TigerSaint1
You haven’t stated how high the lad needs to be built to.
Big price difference between coming up 1 foot as opposed to 3 feet.
I had to come up a foot and a half when I built in 2010. I wanted a nice gently sloped curtain around the pad also. Mine was 6k but pretty sure costs have went up since then.
Big price difference between coming up 1 foot as opposed to 3 feet.
I had to come up a foot and a half when I built in 2010. I wanted a nice gently sloped curtain around the pad also. Mine was 6k but pretty sure costs have went up since then.
Posted on 7/11/19 at 12:08 am to Mister Bigfish
He may only have to come up 1ft from ground elevation but the topsoil will need to be removed before hand so it will be "thicker" than 1ft in reality.
Did a 40x40x3 pad for my shop a few months ago in tangipohoa parish. Rented a dozer and done the work myself. 8 20yd loads of red clay was 1400 and the dozer for 2 days was 1000. I never got a quote for someone else to do it so I have nothing to compare the cost to but I can only assume it would easily be double that.
I can come do it for you whenever you're ready.
Did a 40x40x3 pad for my shop a few months ago in tangipohoa parish. Rented a dozer and done the work myself. 8 20yd loads of red clay was 1400 and the dozer for 2 days was 1000. I never got a quote for someone else to do it so I have nothing to compare the cost to but I can only assume it would easily be double that.
I can come do it for you whenever you're ready.
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