Cost of pole barn - workshop

[Tdog]

While I built my barn when we 1st moved to the country 11 years ago, I don't think I am capable of repeating the chore for a Kubota garage & workshop. I got an estimate from a local builder who is pretty well respected.
His price was right at $17.50 per square foot. It included a 3.5" slab, & running underground water & electricity to the structure, but no inside plumbing/wiring. I asked him to use wood siding, not metal. I think it is T-111. The roof will be 26g metal.
Does anyone have any comparison data for similar structures?
Guess I picked a terrible time to build, with what's happened to the price of materials such as cement & wood.

 

[jwstewar]

Can't help a whole help, but I'll tell you about where I'm going to end up. I'm building a 30X48 w/ OSB/shingled roof & OSB/vinyl siding. I figure I'm doing to end up between 13 & 15k when all is said and done, of course, I'm building this with just the help of my Dad. We are going to end between $9 & $10 sq. ft. This kinda depends on what concrete costs me when I get ready to do that. My biggest cost increase from what I originally budgeted was OSB. We used 113 sheets. When I speced/budgeted it was $4.99 a sheet (last spring) by the time I bought I was lucky if I could get it for $15.49 /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif a sheet (I was happy when I found it at that price). So what was originally budgeted at around $500 ended up costing over $1800. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. That was our money for the vinyl siding. That is why it will only have Tyvek on it for this winter. Spring and tax return time I'll buy the siding.

 

[MarkLeininger]

I just built a garage and am pricing pole barns. Material for pole barn is about $10-15/sqft. Contractor built polebarn with concrete and electric but no water would be $20-25. That's in the metro Chicago area which would be higher cost than your area, so sounds like your price is real good to me. Getting a quality contractor is way more important than a few dollars per sqft cost, so I'd go with someone you know and trust.

 

[rcaretti]

I can give you some information for comparison, as I just had a barn built recently.

It's a 36x48 board and batten barn, with a 4" gravel base, 4" concrete slab, a finished tack room, and two 12x12 stalls with dutch doors, a 6 x 24 lean to, 1 foot overhanging roof, 48 inch cupola, ridge vent, and R-max Insulated metal roof. It ended up a little more than $20 a sq foot.

This price doesn't include electricity or water. The electrician is stopping by tomorrow, and I'm still trying to line up a contractor for water.

I had gotten three quotes, this company was just a little more than the lowest bidder, and seemed to use better materials (glu-lams, and stress tested lumber).

 

[SPIKER]

My barns been up for almost 3 yeras now, I paid 20K for 38x50x10 down stairs, with a full open loft, wich ended up being almost 10'6 in the center height. it has a 10' lean too/porch off the 50' side, too so down stairs is 48x50x10+ and upstairs is 38x50x10+. concrete looks to be about 5~7k and I put in my own elec & water already. I'm doing much of the base work for the concrete too so probably end up about 5K even with higher costs.

Insulation added 2 K more and have been installing it myself, windows I have not put in yet, probably 2~3k more.

I will also drywall the upstairs, and already have installed some stud walls to make upstairs buisness living type area.

siding is T1-11 and 21/32 OSB roof with 30 yr singles. Alum soffit materials were included too. all amish built frame/structure, with 6x6 beams, 4' + deep on concrete wafers. center beans down the 38' sop 16' free space with center beams set on 10' end walls and edge walls are set on 8' 6x6 beams... upper trusses were on-site fabricated using 2x6's & plywood. set on 16" ctrs, same for 2nd floor were 2x12"s set on 16" ctrs, upper floor is 3/4" T&G OSB nailed down, (should have made it glue & nailed down...)


Mark M

 

[cmhyland]

Rcaretti,
does that 20 to 25 a sq ft include concrete work?

Sounds like a good price. I'm doing a small Post & Beam barn for my tractor on a full foundation. It has an 11' side wall with a half loft and a split sliding 8x10 center door with windows. It's a very small barn 17x20 but will end up at nearly 55 per sq ft by the time it's all done.

Regards,
Chris

 

[rcaretti]

It did include the concrete. The outside sales person did mention that concrete had really gone up. They honored my original quote however.

I'm pleased with the company. I wish all contractors were as easy to deal with as my pole barn builder. They also left me a decent amount of unused lumber, and probably 8 or 9 tons of gravel, which I can use to make a small parking area, and fix the road where the trucks tore it up.

I don't blame them at all for tearing up the road a little, I have one area that has been a problem since the road was built. It will be a project for the FEL, once the barn work settles down.

 

[BillyP]

I built a 40x40 two years ago. Metal roof (insulated) and sides, clear span steel trusses, 4" concrete slab, 3/4" treated plywood 4' up on the inside wall, water and electric run to the building and one end open. The price was $7 a sq ft. This price included site prep.

 

[khd]

Chris:

Would like to know more on what your building as I am in the design phase of a pole/stick/PB hybrid 16x20 for construction next spring. 17.5K? ow......is this a precut building or are you doing it yourself ? I did a 12x16 8' sidewall/12x12 roof last year for my BIL and it came in about 20-25/sq including floating slab and site work and it had quite abit of details

Sorry.....no intent to hyjack the thread.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[cmhyland]

Kevin,
The barn is a 17x20 post and beam. 11' sidewalls ( 10' wall on 1' high above grade foundation) 10/12 pitch roof with architectual shingles, 5 windows and a man-door, and a 8x10 split center sliding door. The sliding door as a 24x48 12 light window in each door and a transom light ( window the full width of the door) above.

The building has full overhands with facia and sophets and all standard house style trim. The siding is kiln dried tongue and groove siding.

All the materials and labor for this finished building are 14.2K on my foundation.

The foundation and slab cost about 4K and the sitework was about 2K.

So the finished building will be about 60 bucks a sq ft finished.

It's an expensive little building but will really look beautiful.

This is the first of two buildings I'm putting up. The next is considerably bigger.

I've attached a picture of a similar building... The one I'm building is slightly smaller with quite a few trim features that will make it POP....

Regards,
Chris