Building A Shell Garage.

[Builder]

Originally Posted by Duffster

There has to be a news story or something you could post a link to.

I'm with Boulder on this one, I doubt it had anything to do with the trusses.

Boulder agrees with dumpster.

[Duffster]

Originally Posted by Builder

Boulder agrees with dumpster.

It's a sad, sad day.

[BearKiller]

Originally Posted by Duffster

There has to be a news story or something you could post a link to.

I'm with Boulder on this one, I doubt it had anything to do with the trusses.

I am not very good at this link posting business but I will see if I can find some of the news articles.

It was broadcast on most of the TV news channels within a couple hundred miles radius.

The closest town that actually has a TV station is 90-miles away.

The general consensus is that it was the trusses that gave way.

The outside walls for the most part with-stood the collapse.

[Gary Fowler]

I had my shop/garage built last year in southern Arkansas for $25,500. That included 30x30x6" main slab with 12x8 bathroom on one side and 12 x 30 leanto sheds on each side (minus the 8 for the bathroom on one side). The roof also has 18" overhang on all sides rather than 12" as some builders do. This included 2 insulated garage door, 16 foot and 10 foot x 8 foot high. All walls and ceiling with R19 insulation, totally wired with electric receptacles every 8foot on interior and 2 on each exterio wall under the sheds. Interior is lighted with 6 each 8 foot long double bulb commercial grade fluorescent lights and 2 double bulb spot lights for special circumstance lighting. The lighting is divided into two separate areas on the fluorescent and the spots are separately switchable. Also two separate exterior spots are installed on each corner. The interior walls and ceilings are sealed with 3/8" plywood. Exterior is exterior grade plywood and painted. Roof is 24 gauge galvalume painted sheetmetal with matching soffit and trim. It has 100 amp electrical service wired for 50 amp welding machine circuit and 10 circuits for light and receptacles. Attic is floored in the center of the gable at least 8 feet wide by 30 long with inside pull down attic access ladder with attic lighting. One automatic garage door opener for the 16 foot door was also included in the pricing. The pricing figures at $25.60 per square foot of slab area. Under roof cost=16.34 turnkey cost per sq. foot.
Electrical hook up to the building was done by electric company free of charge since they ran overhead wire. If I had ran underground, I would have had to pay for the wire and trenching. The cost did not include bathroom fixtures or sewer hook up, the plumbing was stubbed out for hook up and interior valves for cold water only. I will have to put in my hot water tank and line later if I want to have that.

[EddieWalker]

Originally Posted by BearKiller

There was a recently built church in our area that had the entire truss-built roof collapse catastrophically.

It fell so quick and hard that the compression blew out the windows and doors.

Thankfully, there was no one inside when it happened, as they would not have had a chance to get out.

Same thing happened to a church in Winona, TX a few years ago. The middle section of the roof collapsed after a heavy rain. The mayor at the time told me that the minister hired a guy who had never done anything like that and he thought they had spaced the trusses out too far apart to save money. There's more to the story then what I'll print because it's just stuff that I heard, but can't confirm. I live a few miles from there, and there is a history of money being raised for that church, but then the work that they do will cost more then they have raised, but the job is done so poorly that there are allot of questions about how much was spent and who got the money.

Eddie

[firefighter jim]

Had a 28x40 pole building constructed 2 1/2 years ago (Ohio). Standard height (8' and I think 4"). 6x6 corner posts, 4x6 other. Vinyl siding (double dutchlap). 4/12 pitch roof (trusses). 12" overhangs/soffets. 5/8" roof sheathing. 30 lb. felt. GAF architectural shingles (30 year). Ridge vent. 4" concrete floor (with wire). Gutters and downspouts. 2 7x16' insulated garage doors. $14k. (less site prep). Here are a couple pics of a picnic pavillion my wife and I built this past spring next to one of our garages. Total cost: $5k. Jim