Concrete Slabs in Sunshine Coast
A slab is what turns the space under a raised house into a usable room or garage. Brisbane-region guide rates run about A$75 to A$150 per square metre for plain concrete and A$95 to A$200 for coloured.
What concrete slabs in Sunshine Coast actually involves
This is the single most common misreading of a house-raising quote. The published South East Queensland raising bands explicitly exclude any new concrete slab — so the figure that covers lifting your house does not cover the floor you are lifting it to create. Brisbane-region guide rates are roughly A$75 to A$150 per square metre for plain concrete, averaging around A$110, and A$95 to A$200 per square metre for coloured. Multiply by the footprint you are enclosing and add it to the raising band, not into it.
The slab is a separate job from the raise
Sequencing matters. The slab goes in after the house is raised and after any excavation and retaining are complete, and its levels have to work with the new stump heights and with drainage that was designed at the same time. A slab poured to the wrong level under a raised house is an expensive thing to correct.
Where the property is in a designated flood hazard area, the council flood information search returns the finished floor level and freeboard that the Queensland standard MP 3.5 is applied against — and a slab under a newly raised house is a floor level. Getting those numbers before the pour, rather than after, is the point of doing the search early. On the flat coastal plain, where the Bureau of Meteorology notes flooding lasts longer, drainage around and beneath the slab deserves more attention than it typically gets on a hinterland block where water clears quickly.
What concrete slabs costs in Sunshine Coast
Brisbane-region guide rates: plain concrete A$75–150 per m² (averaging around A$110); coloured A$95–200 per m². Excluded from every published house-raising band — budget it as a separate line.
Full price ranges for every job type are on the pricing page. A firm price comes from a site visit — call (07) 5227 8232 or use the quote form.
Concrete Slabs in Sunshine Coast — common questions
Is a slab included in the house raising price?
No. The published raising bands exclude any new concrete slab, along with plans, engineering, approval, service reconnection and stairs. Budget it separately.
What does a slab cost?
Brisbane-region guide rates are roughly A$75 to A$150 per square metre plain, around A$110 on average, and A$95 to A$200 coloured. These are regional guide rates, not quoted Sunshine Coast job prices.
Can the slab be poured before the raise?
No. The slab follows the raise, and any excavation and retaining, because its level has to work with the final stump heights and the drainage design.
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