Barn 40x44x14 - got quotes...

[heitjer]

... what do you think?

1) I based my price on my investigation of getting quotes for the single items by contracting all out and pursue permits by myself. Metal building frame with metal sheeting, no fancy extras (~16,000), 4" slab reinforced and geo-technical documents (~11,000), three roll up doors (10x12), two normal doors and 4 windows & misc. items (~5,000), permits & time (~2,000), equipment rental (~500). So I figured if I have to do all this by myself I have to pay $34,500 plus headache, beer and food for numerous helper.

2) I have a pole barn quote, wood framing but metal sheets, 5" slab , doors and windows for $32,000. It is yet still questionable if the City of Houston allows pole barn within their city limits. I was told this is a problem.

3) One quote for a wood framed (on top of the 4" slab) including all doors & windows etc with downspouts and permitting (turnkey) for $42,800. I was told that the same building with metal frame would be 8% more - so $46,200. Builder makes a very good impression so far. I will visit a similar barn that he build recently that is close to my location.

Other quotes are similar.

I seriously consider the option 3, wood framing - all inclusive for $40,000 (I think I can get this down a bit).

Is this a good price for a turnkey project? What should I look for when I visit the other barn?

All comments are much appreciated!

heitjer

 

[jayste]

Sounds a little steep for wood frame but when you factor the area and restrictions and all...maybe not. There are advantages to living out on the frontier!

 

[waxahachie]

Check out BCI Barn Builders in Oklahoma. I live near Dallas and they have built a number of buildings for me. They are CHEAP, and build a tremendously strong building. I've had several with 80 mph winds with no problem. They usually start work within two weeks and finish in two days. They build a post frame with certified trusses.
If it's steel you want, you can't beat Miller's Metal Buildings in Ft.Worth for quality and price for over 30 years.
Bill Mauldin

 

[heitjer]

Thanks for the replies -

the quotes are thinning out. Here is one more:

40x44x16 with a 3/12 pitch - custom built 2 x 6 wood framed, clear span, 26 gauge, 40 yr. warranty paint steel ( see standards on page 2)

Price includes:
(2) 3068 Steel entry door
(1) 10x12 Roll up doors
(1) 10x10 Roll up door
(1) 12114 Roll up door for RV
(1) 3030 Low-e windows
(3) 6030 Horizontal sliding windows
Vented ridge
Gutters and down-spouts
(4) Sky-light panels
4 slab as per standards with 18 beams
Letter of windstorm compliance for City of Houston
City permitting and engineering

$43k

 

[heitjer]

I contracted a guy today:

40x44x16 metal building
concrete slab 5" designed after an engineering drawing with 8 pillars (that was an extra $850)
4" isolation roof and walls
(3) 12x14 roll up doors
(3) 3x5 windows, 1 2x2 window
(2) man doors
(4) skylights

I looked at some of his previous work and I have a bunch of good references.

$29,000 turnkey

We need to bring in some dirt - that will be extra.

 

[wedge40]

That looks like a pretty good price.
As usual, photos please.



Wedge

 

[ITHINKICAN]

heitjer - Can you tell me who you selected?

We have done a little research - very little - we looked at guthrie (not impressed) and mueller. We like the price from mueller - they gave us a referral 'logic dimensions' for the install. They quoted $3 pr sq ft for install + $6 pr sq ft for concrete. We want to see their finished project and talk to the client - still waiting to hear back.

This is advertised on the mueller website - standard building - no doors - no windows - no floor - install yourself...
Big Barn - 40' x 50' x 14' with ONE Framed Opening
Utility - 20/90 mph - 12' x 12' $12,595 SALE $8,395
Basic - 20/20/110 mph - 12' x 12' $14,295 SALE $9,895
Snow - 20/30/100 mph - 12' x 12' $15,695 SALE $10,795
Premium - 20/10/120 mph - 12' x 12' $14,695 SALE $9,995
Texas Windstorm - 20/10/120 mph - 12' x 12' $15,795 SALE $11,495

Using this info it would be $9995 (building) + $12000 (concrete) + $6000 (install) = $27,995 but no doors, no windows...

 

[heitjer]

I will post pictures and progress here as we go along.

As far as the contractor goes - I found him on craigslist and worked myself through his referrals. I looks like he is a hard working and very engaged individual.

I gave him my first check tonight and he gets started tomorrow. I am still worried about the whole permitting side and I think this will be my first milestone of acceptance. We'll see.

I am not yet recommending this guy but will as soon as he delivers on the promises.

ITHINKICAN - I will send you a PM with my email and his contacts but will publicly vote for him after the project is done. I think this is fair!

As we know the internet never forgets....

 

[jcims]

Good luck with the project, heitjer. Don't forget to take some pics of the progress, I hope to be starting a similar project next year.

 

[ecoslik]

It sounds like you're getting a fair price.

Although ours is a different building size, I can share what we did for our new metal shop building. ... $35,880.

I am grateful; we are very blessed and were able to do a first rate build.

In the first week of July, we built Mueller's 40'x60'x16' with green (upgrade color) roof panels and trim to match our horse barn, 2-qty OVH 14' doors, 3-qty 4' man doors, 2-qty 2'x6' windows, and a 5"+ (min.) concrete slab with 18"x24" spread footings and 12"x18" center beams. Since this was a couple weeks before our tractor arrived, I paid $480 for a skidsteer operator to remove the grass, level the site and give me some positive drainage away from the building. I paid $1600 to rent a small skytrack (FEL rated: 5500lbs and 16') for 4 days plus $300 in misc tools and supplies. Mueller is/was running a special; the bolt-together building with delivery was $18000. The layout of the concrete slab and cast-in anchor bolts must be perfect for the building to bolt together properly and square; the concrete and layout was $10,000. I paid $5500 for a 6-7 man crew for 4-5 days.

These prices include a floor drain piped to 100' of french drain pipe buried at 4' in a gravel lined trench. Sometime this last month, I plumbed water for a hand sink (surface drains to floor drain) from a nearby, buried water line that I installed this past year. The prices do not include the 200 amp electrical service, surface outlets, switches and lighting that a licensed electrician installed in the few days after the building was completed; the entire building except the doors are insulated in 2" of spray foam achieving R14 with the added benefit is sealing out bugs, dust, and most sound.

The good news is that this building allowed me to move out of 4-qty 10'x20' storage units that I had rented for 6-8 years (uuuugh). I built 6-qty 4'x'8'x12' wood shelves for the items that I moved from storage so that I could use the full height of the building instead of all the floor area.

On Thursday of this week, the materials will be delivered to add 30'x60' shed roofs to each side of the building.