Anyone ever use a carport kit for a workshop

[AGRIMAN]

Do you weld? A concrete slab with steel plate anchored into the corners with j-hooks would allow for welding oil field pipe uprights with pipe horizontals or red iron. Top it with tin and do the sides as well if you want. It makes for a sturdy building at a reasonable price, assuming you can do the work.

+1. My old shop is a 30x30 (used for equipment storage now) and was home built using a similar methods.

It was built for a small fraction of the cost of the new red iron one.

 

[Teachu2]

I had a VersaTube 30x44' with 10' walls at my previous property. I had the thin foam/foil insulation installed when it was built. It was on a concrete pad with elevated footings, and stayed in great condition. About the same cost as a true red iron steel building, but much easier to finish out inside.

When I moved to the Sierra Nevada foothills, I started out to do a similar building. My neighbors were unhappy that I was going to build a shop (HOA said I could, anyway) so I had compromised by building a conventional stick and stucco building that matches the house. This uses a layer of styrofoam insulation between the wood frame and the stucco, and I had them sheet the frame with OSB under the stucco. Concrete pad base, concrete tile roof, extremely wildfire-resistant. Cool in the summer, warm in the winter, dry as a bone year-round. Cost was about 20% more than a steel building, and it's far superior.

 

[EddieWalker]

If you are going to pour concrete, then it makes more sense to just build a pole barn. The two biggest expenses in a building are the floor and the roof.

I've seen a lot of those metal sheds around here and they hold up well, seem to be a good value for a quick roof over a car. Most are placed on gravel. I've bid on enclosing them for clients and nobody has ever moved forward after they see what it will cost.

 

[Turbys_1700]

My current shop is a 45x20 metal building on a concrete slab. My father first built it at his previous home and moved it to my house when his home was taken by a new highway.

The first phase was a 40x20 shed placed at his home. Later he added side walls but was open on one end sitting on a gravel floor.

When he moved it to it's current location he left it as it was. He later traded motor coaches and added a 5 foot section, enclosed it completely, and added a side door. When moved it was put on a concrete pad.

It works great as a tractor garage but does sweat in the summer. I guess the biggest positive is the ability to add on and make it longer if necessary. It is over 20 plus years old and has held up well.

 

[clemsonfor]

I would get one you can get all 4 sides a man door and roll up door I think for like $3000. If you have to have a slab get that poured and anchors preset. or use gravel, If you did a wood floor you would reduce your head height.

 

[clemsonfor]

If you are going to pour concrete, then it makes more sense to just build a pole barn. The two biggest expenses in a building are the floor and the roof.

I've seen a lot of those metal sheds around here and they hold up well, seem to be a good value for a quick roof over a car. Most are placed on gravel. I've bid on enclosing them for clients and nobody has ever moved forward after they see what it will cost.

I have one that I use for firewood storage, its like 18x21 or something like that, its about 3/4 filled to about 5 foot tall. The other corner I have a bench in it on the side to the ground, and I have a box that I keep stuff in that's locked.


Now Eddie to the reason I quoted you. They probably kick their self that they did not do it to start because I think when built the sides are $150 on each side and each end closed is $540 or a total of $1400. That would be a total box with out access a roll up door would only add $500 to it. If you want a certified structure to withstand 130mph winds the initial price would only be another $100. They are good and quality built for the money. People can trash talk them all they want but the ones with the curved corners certified plans to withstand 130mph wind would cost totally enclosed with an 8x8 rollup door cost $2685 + tax built on your property! That's materials and labor included . The straight A frame roof is again just another $100 up front. This would be with 6 foot legs on the side which makes the curved part about 7ft in the air, I can walk down the side of mine without bending over and I am 6'2''. I have Carolina Carport brand some of the lesser competitors only offer 5ft legs as standard and I would have to bend over. If you want taller I think it only goes up and other $100 a foot though so you can add 2 more feet for $300 and could then park a CUT tractor right up to the edge if you backed it to the side, easy! (NO I do not work for or have any affiliation with Carolina Carport, I am just a satisfied customer and think you need to put companies that do good work out there just like we trash the bad ones.)

I got a competent crew who spoke English that installed mine, were very professional and did every thing I asked, and were gone in just a few hours. Now I only had a 18x21 with one side to the ground.

 

[J.Wal]

I love my metal carport. $710 delivered to my house.

Got 6’ wood fencing section, stained it and it blends in with the shop behind it!

Now that I have been told ALL L series Kubota tractors have the same key, I want to enclose the ends with at least a heavy duty bar that will prevent someone from driving off.....

 

[newbury]

So dealing with a myriad of issues, and my neighbor came up and suggested that I go for a metal carport kit with either a wood or a concrete floor for a "temporary" or 10 year shop. 25X30 sort of size. It am debating a number of solutions to my problem of shop space and i do not want to do the shipping container solution and I do not have the funds to really go all in on a metal building.

Is 25x30 big enough?
And what's wrong with a two shipping container solution with a roof spanning between them? Shipping containers seem to be relatively cheap again.

 

[woodlandfarms]

It looks like we have figured a way out to afford a "real" shop, although a 50x50 seems too darn small but it will exceed my finances I am sure. We looked hard at the shipping container idea, and until I have secured my moneys, it is very much an idea. Up here in the PNW Containers are running 2500 per 40ft. So 2 of those bad boys, and some trusses to make a roof and you nearing the 15K mark And the space is low and the cargo containers are problematic with humidity.

BUt never say never....

 

[EddieWalker]

I did this awhile ago and didn't spend that much money. Not even close. Of course, I made my own trusses that spanned 24 feet and left the floor gravel. Trusses where shaped like the letter A, which gave me added height. The guy who owns it now parks a cabbed tractor with his batwing attached, and a full sized backhoe in there.

To deal with humidity, put vents down low at one end, near the floor, and on the ceiling at the other end. As the day warms up, air enters the low vent and travels to the high vent, eliminating condensation.

To attach the trusses, I bolted 2x12s to the side of the container. Just drill and bolt them in place. My containers where not perfectly level, so I adjusted the 2x12's as I installed them to be level. I think I was off a couple inches from the front to the back of the container, which you never noticed over 40 feet.

The back and front wall where just posts in the ground, purlins across the posts and T1-11 plywood. I hate that stuff, but it's cheap and effective if you keep it painted.