Want to put up a shop..

[s219]

As it is now, I am building my own. Went a tad bigger, 40x72. And decided to do a 6 course block foundation with a 12' wall on top of that. Gonna have 2 12' sliders, 1 18' overhead door. There will be a wall in the middle dividing it into a 40x40 section and a 40x32 section. The 40x32 will be gravel floor and not much else. The 40x40 will be insulated, concreted, finished with OSB walls and metal ceiling, electric, etc. I am anticipating a total material cost around 25k. And that includes several loads of gravel for the drive and for the inside under the concrete, fill, and floor for the unfinished side

I know it takes time to document things, but I hope you take photos and share your progress here (even if it's all at the end). That sounds like it will be a nice building.

 

[LD1]

I know it takes time to document things, but I hope you take photos and share your progress here (even if it's all at the end). That sounds like it will be a nice building.

I have taken a few pics so far. And am keeping track of all costs in a spreadsheet. I am hoping to be done by the end of summer with everything. But I will for sure be under roof by then.

Right now, the only thing done is the footer and block. Working on moving dirt and gravel now doing some backfilling (outside) and prepping the inside pad for concrete with gravel.Next step will be concrete.

When I get done, I will posts all the pictures. I'd rather post them all at once so someone can see it start to finish rather than only posting a pic or two a week all summer long and people will end up loosing track of whats been done.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Do some shopping on the net. Last 3 barns we wanted we got built on our prepped site for less than a kit local.

Chris

 

[aczlan]

Do some shopping on the net. Last 3 barns we wanted we got built on our prepped site for less than a kit local.

Chris

Yep. I got a quote last week for a 30x40x12 with concrete floors, a band of translucent panel at the top of the wall, 3 11x12 garage doors and a man door for under 16k (no site work included).

Aaron Z

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hey buckeye, how much did it cost to add the concrete? I have a 30x40 shop with a dirt floor and I desperatly want to have a concrete floor! If I had the money, I would keep the 30x40 shop dirt floor and use as a barn and tractor storage, then build a seperate shop of modest size. But for now I think it would be cheaper to just add a concrete floor to the barn.

Around$4500 in 2010. Concrete $2700, finisher $1200, rebar & chairs, $600
wished I had done it sooner.

 

[SouthernSooner]

Around$4500 in 2010. Concrete $2700, finisher $1200, rebar & chairs, $600
wished I had done it sooner.

That looks awesome and a great price as well! Didn't mean to hijack the thread, but I will be looking into this as an option. Did you do the prep work excavating and building forms)?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That looks awesome and a great price as well! Didn't mean to hijack the thread, but I will be looking into this as an option. Did you do the prep work excavating and building forms)?

I did the prep, layed the rebar, and ordered the concrete.

 

[Mac25]

I just had a 36x36 built with two 10x10 insulated OH doors, 6x9 porch, electrical and concrete for $22,000. Just the structure without OH doors was $13,255.