Why I let pros build it (pics)

[bwallen149]

Here are more pics of the almost completed project. I know all about doing things myself. I was al set to build this thing on my own. Last year I completly ripped shingles and rotten decking off the house and reroofed it. I love building things myself but..... If I was to buy the kit either from the 84 lumber or menards or the metal sales place that build this barn it would have cost me $5500 for just the kit. This company build the thing for $7415 including tax. And the builders are amish and if there are two things the amish can do its build barns and build cabinets, not to mention they started on thursday morning at 8am and were finished at 12 noon on friday. I still have plenty of work to do. As you can see by the pics I still have the concrete floor to pour (already has 40 ton of fill dust in it, plate compacted every three inches and still needs more). I have to run the wiring from the house to the barn for ac, phone, intercom, etc. I am going to slowly start insulation and finishing out the wall and ceiling as time and money permit. And I still have a good bit of driveway left to install. Thank god the neighbor has a bobcat, backhoe, and dozer. So anyway enough of that more pics. btw the building is 26'x40'x10'. 16'x8' overhead door.

 

[bwallen149]

overhead door

 

[bwallen149]

inside, floor still needs more fill before the concrete..

 

[bwallen149]

trusses 8' o.c. 39# snow load. Also had 1/4 inch fanfold under metal, over purlins to prevent condensation. Also had ridgevent installed so when I do get the ceiling in and insulated I can cut the fanfold out at the ridge and have a functioning ridgevent.

 

[40Kchicks]

I really like the two tone siding. That is definitely a good buy. $2000 dollars for that much labor is a good deal as far as I’m concerned.

Very nice
Eric

 

[bwallen149]

Yea, I like the two tone sides, only added $250. That darn cupola on top, now thats a different story. $275 for that thing, it is 2'x2' and about 3' tall. But that is the one thing the wife insisted on so i did not fight it to hard. Thinkin I may add some windows later, it kinda looks plain.

 

[EastTexFrank]

Nice looking building. Send those Amish down to Texas. I have a job for them. I have a pole barn project but I think I'm going to delay it until next year. The wife will just have to live with my tractor and implements being in the garage for that much longer.
As for being your own general contractor when building a house ... did that once and I hope I'll never have to do it again. I did it during a building boom and I hope I never have to handle that much frustration again. Trying to get the subs to show up for work on time and actually do something when they were there without having them disappear off to some other job every time you turned your back made me feel like a prison guard. I could have probably done a lot of the work myself, and probably as well, but I didn't have the time to spend on it. I suppose in the end it was worth it, got the job done and the way I wanted it, but it was a big time hassle. Nope, no more BIG time projects for me, I'll let the pros do the heavy lifting. They have the equipment and labor to do it. Now, where did I put those plans for the new deck, hot tub and gazebo enclosure that I promised I'd start in the next 2 or three weeks. Hey, gimme a break ... it was a trade off for my pole barn.

 

[AndyM]

<font color="blue"> I always had a reason that I didn't have kids, now you have given me a reason that I should have had kids..... too late now. Besides, my big project days are all behind me. </font>

Since we don't have any kids either, my wife asked me the other day who was going to take care of us when we got old.
See, there was another reason you should have had kids. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[AndyM]

<font color="blue"> If I was to buy the kit either from the 84 lumber or menards or the metal sales place that build this barn it would have cost me $5500 for just the kit. This company build the thing for $7415 including tax. And the builders are amish and if there are two things the amish can do its build barns and build cabinets, not to mention they started on thursday morning at 8am and were finished at 12 noon on friday. </font>

Boy, you got a heck of a deal on the labor! It looks great too. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

I hope to build one this year, and I'm going to tackle it myself. We'll see how that one works out.

 

[GerardC]

VERY NICE BUILDING! I too would say you got an awesome price. Good luck with the rest of it. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif