Does Contractor have to remove old fence posts and cement?

7/29/2017 at 4:11:28 PM

Hi, James from Maverick Fences.

Typically cutting posts just below ground level is acceptable assuming the customer is ok with the post positions being off-set slightly. Expect to pay upwards of $150/post to dig and dispose of old concreted posts, so if you're ok with just cutting them off at ground level you'll save lots of time and money.

Expect to pay around $35 Lin/ft and $100/post. Ball park range.

Good luck!

7/29/2017 at 4:59:48 PM

It is just common sense to prepare an clean up the site properly before and after the work, normally this included in the quote subsecuently the price.

Kind regards

7/29/2017 at 5:17:14 PM

All up to the clien needs and wants. If u want it done be prepared to pay...

7/29/2017 at 7:52:35 PM

Yes it is standard practice to leave the concrete in the ground. I've only had one client 35 years want the old concrete removed which I did but charge them as much as the fence cost and it wrecked a bit of their backyard which I told them it would do.

7/29/2017 at 7:57:39 PM

Well that all depends I always try and remove the old post with the concrete and made a custom jack to do so, but if the post is rotted into the concrete I make sure the customer is ok with me cutting it off and putting new post in beside the old one. But I always tell my customers when I give them a quote. And I usually charge 40 to 50 a lnft to remove and dispose old material and that includes all new materials and labour

Thanks