New Barn/Shop Build
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The barn kit showed up today - the driver thought it was sneaking up on 40,000 thousand pounds and it took over two and a half hours to unload. My initial reaction is I feel like the kid who just got a ten thousand piece model airplane kit. Spent most of the afternoon after that checking to see of everything is there and that the bolts sticking up out of the concrete match the holes in the steel and so far everything looks good. Used the 7320 to unload and it did fine despite the fact that it is almost impossible to see the end of the forks at most heights. Going to try and get a scissor lift next week and then start putting it all together.
EddieWalker
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Who did you buy the kit from?
I bought everything from DDM. They have two locations, Brenham and Bastrop. A couple of neighbors used them for theirs and were happy with them. As far as pricing went, they were 10K cheaper than Mueller and there was ZERO pressure on the sale. A couple of places that I talked to were much more like buying a used car (huge discount if you sign today!), these guys are more like going to the hardware store and buying a building kit. By acting as the gc on this project and doing some of the labor and hiring some out, I should come out around $20 a foot for the building with 3 phase power, lighting, and water.
EddieWalker
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$20 a foot is a great price. Sounds like you did your research!!!
Here is the rough price breakdown so far:
Concrete/dirt work - 39,000. I did spend an extra $4500 going to 6,000psi concrete with fiber reinforcement vs. 3,000 psi regular concrete and an additional $550 for an extra bundle of 5/8" rebar for the beams than what was called for. Used about 11,000 pounds of rebar and 129 yards of concrete. Additional fill dirt that we needed and hauling and compacting it was $4300 and included in the total.
Building kit - $26,300 with tax. The building is a 40 x 100 with 16 foot side walls and a 4/12 pitch roof. 2 man doors, one 14x12 roll up door and two additional 8x8 roll up doors. I had intended to spray foam it but I think I am going to go with the fiberglass roll insulation and was quoted about $4000 for it. Figure I will add about $1500 worth of high wall windows for more natural light and ventilation when the weather is good.
Electrical ? - I am an electrical supply packrat but still not sure where this one will end up.
Plumbing - Going to add a bathroom which means trenching about 100 yards to tie into an existing septic system. Guess I will have to fix my excavator.
Concrete/dirt work - 39,000. I did spend an extra $4500 going to 6,000psi concrete with fiber reinforcement vs. 3,000 psi regular concrete and an additional $550 for an extra bundle of 5/8" rebar for the beams than what was called for. Used about 11,000 pounds of rebar and 129 yards of concrete. Additional fill dirt that we needed and hauling and compacting it was $4300 and included in the total.
Building kit - $26,300 with tax. The building is a 40 x 100 with 16 foot side walls and a 4/12 pitch roof. 2 man doors, one 14x12 roll up door and two additional 8x8 roll up doors. I had intended to spray foam it but I think I am going to go with the fiberglass roll insulation and was quoted about $4000 for it. Figure I will add about $1500 worth of high wall windows for more natural light and ventilation when the weather is good.
Electrical ? - I am an electrical supply packrat but still not sure where this one will end up.
Plumbing - Going to add a bathroom which means trenching about 100 yards to tie into an existing septic system. Guess I will have to fix my excavator.
EddieWalker
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Is this correct? 4,000 square feet of concrete and dirt work for $39,000? or $9.75 a square foot for the foundation?
