I was lucky enough to be taught by my mother that the worst thing I could be told is no. In slc, a lot of old industrial buildings are being torn down to make way for high density housing. I went and approached developers until I found one with multiple buildings I got permission to take down. Then I went to a company that moves buildings and offered them a building in exchange for moving the other one to my property and they accepted. So I have a sweet 40x115 shop being built for my garage, along with lighting, windows, and whatever else was laying around that I could use. So Go out there guys and recycle some otherwise landfill waste! Plenty of other buildings to save and a great way to fit a large garage build, into a small budget.
Finally someone who understands how important costs are. I don't watch videos any more that don't include cost, that's just dumb. You did a real good job. Thank you.
Building a 40x30x10' pole barn now in NW Ohio. Best deal was $44k for everything to put up the building and concrete. Includes ~350 SF of concrete for sidewalk and driveway extension. No electrical, plumbing or insulation. Basic building with 9x9 overhead and 3' man door. Had the concrete company also do the site prep work and saved $2k, plus makes concrete guy happy to be pouring on his own prep work. They brought $200k of equipment and had the site prep done in 3.5hr. $26.5k for building w/ doors + $17.5k for concrete & site prep.
We just paid $32,700 for 30*40*10 with 1 ft overhang soffit, walk through door, 2 garage doors, 2 windows, 4 in concrete, gravel for new driveway included, gutters in southern illinois
I wanted to try and make the video as informative as possible about the financial aspect for anyone that wants to build a shop. I hope this gives you a general idea of what something like this will cost and just one example of a budget for a project.
@@RecklessWrenchGarage was the $30k for the building kit? Or was that for installation as well? Im still watching the video...so if you covered that then im sorry! lol thank you
Nice shop, thanks for answering that question. If your trying to figure out why the prices fluctuate just take these pre-built sheds for example. I just bought a 14' x 28' with a base price just under $13k, I added double floor, complete spray foam 1", insulated 9' x 7' overhead door and the final price was just north of $20k. Then $5,500 for concrete, gutters were $950 (got screwed on this), $750 for the metal ceiling, $400 for the OSB walls, $300 for the insulation bats and can't say what my electrical cost (I'm a journeyman electrician by trade) but when I get time I'm going tally up my total cost. If you forget anything your going to know real quick that your way over budget so put that in the back of your mind right from the start. If your going to do it yourself make sure you follow all building codes and the NEC, the NEC has really changed the rules on these garages.
The best comment you made, "One and Done." When I do something or have something done, "ONE and DONE!!!!!!!!!!!" No more problems or issues. Also, thanks for the pricing, saving up for a garage now.
I also went with option 2 but did a good chunk myself such as all electrical and finish work. Also gonna be building a loft similar to yours. I ended up doing a 30x50 with a 10x50 covered concrete porch pretty similar to yours with 14' walls because I also knew I wanted to do a loft like yours. Also going to be doing a similar "cost to build" video on my channel like this because despite having a pretty good idea of what I wanted, there were still a handful of things I did not anticipate and went way over budget. Mainly had no idea I would spend so much on just dirt work for the pad and trenching for water/electric. Also didn't think about needing gutters put on to catch all the extra water draining off the roof. Great video. Thanks for sharing and sweet shop! Also, according to my local code they do not allow exposed foam of any kind. I was told if I use spray foam or foam board to insulate I would have to cover it in 1/2" drywall. That's not going to happen! As soon as I vent my sink drain out the roof and add a porch light, I will call the inspector for my final inspection and after he signs off, I'll roll the dice and insulate it how I want if I have enough budget leftover. Codes are very strict in my county:(
Data point for others. Pole building 30'x48' with 16' eave height and 10:12 attic trusses. 26ga steel roof with 12" overhangs all sides; OSB, housewrap, and vinyl sided to match house. One 12'×14' R16 insulated overhead door, one R16 insulated 10'x9' overhead door, double-wide mandoor and 36"x60" windows in each gable end at attic level. Poles include pole savers, and thr attic decking, stairs, and safety walls included. This built on my property $72K. I did all the site preparation myself - equipment is mine but I spent about $2000 in fill and stone, included digging a dry sump for the gutters to meet Code. I ran the electrical myself, and wire, subpanel, and permits totalled $1600. Currently getting costs for 5" concrete floor with thickened area for a future lift along with a 28'x16' apron in front of doors to connect to my existing drive. One quote was $9k for plain finish with no sealing on floor and broom on apron and another was $15K with hard trowel finish and sealed for floor and broom on apron. Mind you this is literally just bringing in the concrete and welded wire fabric and spread and finishing. The stone is all graded and compacted tight by me and I'm doing the vapor barrier. The concrete plants have told me there was a big increase in concrete cost. I originally priced this out in 2019 as a completed turnkey from a local builder and all-in it would have been $65K!! I wanted to pay cash and needed to wait another year, but then the pandemic... Same builder updated his quote and it came in at $122K! Kicking myself for not just financing the bit back then with pretty darn low interests rates...
Great breakdown for us normal non contract experienced or industry tied consumers. I don’t even own a home yet but know I want a garage just like yours some day. Also congrats. It looks like a dream come true.
A mezanine can be built with the load bearing on the slab foundation, or reinforced areas for your posts. The attachment to the walls would be more for aesthetics or extra lateral support. If a mezanine is an afterthought for your building, you can cut squares out of your slab where you want the posts to sit, and dig out for a footing to be installed.
Good looking garage. I am doing my homework to get my building done. I hate paying people to do stuff myself. But I usually think I can do more than I can... I will be spreading my build over a couple years probably because I want to pay cash for all of it
Man that's a nice shop. I wish I had poured concrete last like you did. I did that first and then started on the walls. The only difference between what you did and what I'm doing is I'm building by myself and half my building is block. Thanks for all the information. When I start to look for all what I can't do or beyond my abilities I have an idea of cost. Thanks for the informative video
Is there a reason you prefer the concrete to be done last rather than first as the full sized building base? I am going to build a 30x50 in a few months so just trying to get some input before I get started. I would have thought doing the concrete first would help the pole wood last longer since it would sit on top of the concrete and wouldn't get as much moisture to it maybe? Would like to know your thoughts! Thanks :)
Another thing I’d like to suggest for electrical, is run another 50a circuit wherever the electric car is eventually going to be. I’ve been using one of my welder outlets but I’m finally going to bite the bullet and run a separate line for it. Even if you don’t have or plan on getting one, it’s a solid selling point and I guarantee that at some point you’ll be using it.
Great idea's, but don't park your electric car in your shop, there have been several fire's and electric car batteries exploding all over the country, good luck and stay safe.
@@robertwestbrook9344 That was only one vehicle (the chevy Bolt) it was 19 vehicles total and that was a year ago. Chevy identified the problem and fixed them. EV’s are far less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles.
@@whodat90 there isn’t even close to a large enough sample size to say that with any certainty at all - EVs are less than 1% and the avg age is way less than all the gas/diesel vehicles on the road. The other thing is that ICE vehicles are much more likely to catch fire while in use - whereas EVs charging overnight in your garage are more likely to result in building damage instead of just burning the vehicle.
@@WideAwakeHuman I’d like to see the data supporting your claim. I just did a quick google search and found reports from Reuters and KBB stating that EVs are up to 100 times less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles. Ford just recalled 600k+ vehicles due to risk of fire while running, 200K for fires while sitting. Hyundai/Kia recalled just under 300k vehicles for fire risk while sitting, including a stop-sale and warning not to park indoors. But hey, rather than junk up this thread let’s agree to disagree?
If you;re going to go that far, mught as well make it a 60amp for an RV hookup, put it outside under the eves of that parking area. Then you;re ready for all worlds, as well as a panel tie in for another panel.
We just finished a 64x30x14 pool building 2 days ago and ironically here is you and my recommended feed. Almost like my phone's listening to me... Our cost came out to almost the same as yours. We're in Ohio and ours ended up a little more but I feel good knowing yours was comparable. I will say it is shocking how much a pool building cost these days. I never would have guessed I'd pay 80 grand for a barn with nothing in it lol
Interesting , Thank you . A fine example of why it is so important to know what you want and at least an idea of actual quality . We must also remember that a building needs to be solid , long lasting and useful
I live in northern Michigan but grew up on a Nebraska farm where we poured concrete, built sheds, and if we needed something done we did it ourselves. I am a crippled veteran so spending the $180k they were asking to build my shop was out of the question. They wanted $80k to put up a 24x24x10 garage. Yeah the builders/contractors here are really proud of their work. I built a 32x48x12 for about $18k. I have to worry about snow load. 72psi is the requirement, because we can get 6 to 8 feet of snow in a few hours. Lake effect is epic. I see the inside of your building and if you built that where I am, it would be on the ground by the end of December. I had to clear trees to build my shop, so I did that and rented a small excavator to rip up the stumps. Started running the chainsaw in the last week of June, had to wait for the snow to melt and the ground to dry enough to work. Then I prepped the foundation, built the forms, and poured a 5" thick slab with steel mesh and fiber concrete. The guy who came out to help me pour it charged me $6k and brought one other guy, then the cement trucks started running. We did it in on a Saturday afternoon in September. Yes it took me all summer to clear roughly 3 acres of trees, stumps, and rocks, then dig the footings and level it all by hand with string levels. I got it within a quarter of an inch across the entire slab. I picked the best maple trees that I had to clear which were the straightest, and used chainsaws to cut one side flat. Some of them are 14" in diameter, so its VERY overbuilt for the poles. Then I started building the walls. Hired two guys to come help me put up the trusses which I had to buy for $5200, and rented a scissors lift to raise them up. That took two days, and I paid those guys $1000 each to help with the roof, which took another two days to sheet with 5/8 OSB then put the steel on. From that point it was all me. I built the sides, the sliding door, wired and started insulating it. Sheeted the entire building with 5/8 OSB then put on the steel, they don't sell the lighter stuff around here. Buried the wire to the shop from the meter 150 feet away with a ditch witch. I figured why not put in a lift for working on my cars, and I made deeper pads in the slab where the lift would be bolted down. I'm getting old and like I said, I am a crippled veteran, crawling under cars is not my idea of fun anymore. I finished the basic structure in November, and hung the sliding door two days before the first big snow back in 2015. In 2018 I put a lean to on the north side so I could park three vehicles out of the weather. In 2021 I built a lean to on the south side where I can park six vehicles out of the rain and hail we get occasionally. Currently I am insulating it more and adding a lot more LED lights so I can see what I am doing. This summer I will build a simple 5 car garage next to the shop, gravel floor, 22' deep, 8' ceiling, and once again I am using the trees I have to cut down to make room for it. This time I am getting a portable sawmill to cut the posts, and its going to be a post and beam structure rather than a 16" center stick build like most people do. Yeah I am kinda into old muscle cars, and I want another spot to park them out of the weather as I finish rebuilding them. Then there is the house I built... with shipping containers with the same $30k building loan that I used to do the shop. I call it my two story burrito bag. The best idea with shipping containers is to insulate the outside with a stick built fascia otherwise the steel gets cold and condenses water on the inside. Rain and stuff inside the house don't mix well. Its all temporary but I am making it nice enough to live in until I can get a log cabin kit and put that up where the old decrepit falling in cabin is sitting. This was a hunting camp before I bought it, but I needed an inexpensive place to live, and this fit the bill. Been a crazy amount of work though. Its all built with an eye towards going off grid easily, because the grid is VERY unstable here. It went down 47 times last year, which is why I have a 7kw generator. All the lighting is LED, heat is a pellet stove, firewood, or the compost pile water heaters I build (sawdust from the sawmill and woodchips will make one next year and I will make a video series of it). I make ethanol fuel from cattails and tree sap, because gasoline is expensive and I like to drive old muscle cars with Pontiac 455s in them. Started doing that back in 2007 when gas was $5 the first time. Along with the garage I plan to build a greenhouse so I can grow food all winter and power the grow lights with a small generator running on methane or ethanol which will dump the CO2 produced by burning those fuels in an engine, into the greenhouse to use less water and grow more food. Inadvertently I built EMP proof buildings. So I am apocalypse ready... save for big space rocks or the Yellowstone caldera. If you have time like I do, and some of the skills you can do this too. If you don't have either of those... best to pay people to do it for you.
Thank you. I often wondered how.much such a building would cost me. Now that I have an idea I think I'll wonder about something else. But really, A great presentation!
I've loved watching your shop build series. It kinda came at the right time for me and I just pulled the trigger on a building really similar to your set up. You convinced me to build taller than I had originally planned and I'm going to add the back mezzanine too. That is an excellent use of space. I've got a bunch more site work to do since my yard is not nearly as flat. Thanks for the cost break down. The only thing I hadn't the first clue about was the cost of spray foam. At least now I'm prepared for what it'll cost.
I am so glad to hear that these videos have helped at least 1 person 🤘🏻 going into my build I didn't know how much anything would cost. Good luck on your shop!
Holy Shnykies .... Built my little shop several years ago.... maybe a year before Covid. Wow, have the prices of things gone way through the roof. Dirt work w/concrete poured and finished was 4 and change per foot. Trench for electric, full wire job, led lights throughout was under 2500. (I had to fill the trench after) 24×48 all steel with upgraded metals. Upgraded to hurricane grade roof and doors. (So. Indiana) I contracted most of the job but I had good relationship with the excavation company owners and they know everybody in the biz and hooked me up with some really good folks that did smaller jobs like mine during any slowdowns in their schedules. So I let them do their own thing on their time. It's like an afternoon to complete an entire job. Electrician came 2 days for about 3 hours total and was done and gone. Site and concrete was the same way. Amazing to see guys swarm the site, kick up dust from 6pm to sundown and the entire site is prepped and the next night I get home and the slab is down. Get up in the morning and they've already come and finished the slab. Anyway, yeah .... I don't think I could afford a building right now with the costs being so high...
I ordered a 40x60 red iron building for 65k. Spend 5k on permitting. Was saving up to get the concrete and got laid off from work. Had to take a new job out of the area and use all my money on looking for work and moving. Now the shop is sitting in the back and the permit time is ticking and I have no prospects of getting it built. Sometimes life goes in unplanned directions. You just have to do the best you can and then embrace the changes and hope not to lose everything.😢 But I have a good job and hope I can get some money before my permit extension options run out.
Moving out halfway across just became a reality to us. While out here learning the area from the city, hoping to save up for 100 x 100 x 50 . I like the flex space, the goal is to have enough space to maintenance long heavy duty vehicles. At the very least guests can park their RVs inside during bad weather or disaster conditions.
I was absolutely terrified of electricity so never learned to wire anything until I was in my mid 40’s. Once I learned (correctly and safely)I was so thankful because of the money I’ve saved
I learned on my own too. Rewired my whole house and put in a 200 amp service. Wired my garage and went overkill on the outlets. They're all ganged off of one GFCI, so it meets code in my area. I can't believe what electricians charge to put in an outlet for a welder. I bought everything I needed, minus the wire which I got free at work, and it cost me 55 dollars and a couple hours of my life.
I'm looking at building a 60x80x16, prices have went stupid. As of 12-6-22 Morton for instance wanted $50 a square foot for an insulated building. $240k. I've got bids for less, but sticker shock is a real thing. I have 2 local concrete places and material alone would be 15k. Concrete contractors want an addition 17k to do the job. Menards project calculated material alone would be 100k. I'm sure I could do the entire thing myself as I've got equipment and the background to do it, but I'm lacking the time. Although it is feasible to build a little at a time on the weekends, it's not ideal.
so just with my work field i would really only save $17k so doing the concrete and dirt work myself i could do the wiring but not worth screwing it up and causing a fire. this was really good to know thank you!
Other than wanting more square footage I wish I had even more electrical outlets. I built mine in 1996 and had all at least 20a every 6 feet. I never anticipated all of the led desk lamps I would need at every tool station because of my old eyes and all of the battery chargers.
In Ravalli county Montana a 30' x 40' X 10' pole barn with inside 4" slab, one 16' x 8' garage door, 3' one man door, one 4' window, no vapor barrier is $40,500.00. This price did not include the dirt work, that was an additional $3,500.00 and had to find my own contractor for this. I had to cut into uphill side, about 6' cut on high side then slope and drainage ditches and was left with flat gravel pad. This would class as a basic build.
Just completed (yesterday) my 40x70 x12 pole barn with cement here in south Louisiana for $62k complete cost for building and cement. I did nothing, 2 brothers built building in 3 days in 98F heat. Waiting on cement to be poured, hopefully in next few weeks. I am sure the inside and electrical will cost a fortune.
I love the info. I’ll be doing something similar without the mezzanine but adding a couple Mr Cool HVAC units as mine will be 1/2 for pew pew and 1/2 bicycle workshop.
Great vid, I am building a Bardno East of Austin in the spring. Were thinking 40x70 split living/shop. This gave me some good info to estimate prices. Thank you so much!
Built my own 30x50with 14ft walls last year. Contracted out the 8 inch slab. No insulation yet, very minor electrical atm. 220v, lighting and a few outlets. I got about 32k into it total atm. Sure has been nice to have. Spray foam that I want here in HOT AF AZ is soooo expensive. Have had quotes as high as 20k.
Damn... $75k... 15K for concrete... Half the building material costs.. Just seems a lot but I'm in my 50's.. I remember listening to the old dogs when I was younger being shocked at the price of things.. Makes sense now.. The money looses its value a lot faster than we think.. Enjoy the shop, brother!
The cost to build your building took my breath away! Building costs today are insane! 36 years ago I sub contracted my own house and it was a nightmare. Because they knew I would not be a repeat customer they would show up when they felt like it and didn't even call me when their couldn't make it. I ended up firing two of the contractors.
You actually made he best decision. Csys being what they are you were able to save some and take each stage as financially able and avoiding a bank loan is the first thing to eliminate. Not sure where your at in Tex, however, get a concrete saw and put n a storm shelter / hidey hole Tornados are no joke and metal buildings are like a kte.
Looks like a great space. Thanks for sharing all the details. Doing some research on a garage build I’m going to be doing in the future. This video helps generate some ideas and questions. Thanks
I’m in the process of planning a 50x60 or 40x70 pole building now.. prices where I live are all over the place. Looked into a metal building much more affordable but I’ll have to build it myself. Not sure if I want to take on that big of a project.
I’m in the business. Free advice; Beware of metal building brokers posing as manufacturers. Your anchor bolts need to be perfect. Hire an experienced steel erector. Anything over a 2:12 is a waste of $ unless you just want the look of a steeper pitch. If a manufacturer asks for more than a 10% deposit and have “free” or “included” all over their quote, run..
@@BLKBETE11 I’m planning at least a 4 / 12 pitch. My snow load is 85 lbs. most people around here build pole barns but not very cheep so was looking at steel building.
i’ll tell ya that’s pretty cheap, in 2001 we built our 50x65 and it was $210,000… but the county we were in most was for engineering cause we were on a coast of FL, and right now i moved right to the center of the state and anything under $75,000 i don’t need a single permit to put one up… and you just gave me a damn good ballpark cost on something that big for our race shop! thanks for the video!
Thanks for the break down! These have gotten even more pricey. Especially the red iron builds I want to add a overhang similar to yours to park my fifth wheel under. I was quoted 30k just to add that. And it isn’t even going to be fully enclosed. Waiting for these insane prices to drop down. The market has gone crazy. If I would of added that while I was building my shop it would of been about 15k. Wish I just bit the bullet than, but we didn’t have a fifth wheel at the time. It’s always cheaper to do it before it’s built!
I had my 30x30 done and had the roll insulation put in. Foil on exterior and insulation on back. It’s 1 ft to6ft elevation on back of building. Built up with over 425 split black. A3 ft man door and 24x10 pull up door. Including 3 dump trucks of fill dirt and rock. A4in thick slab for a total of $30,000 here in Tennessee. I feel I did pretty good considering.
@@bwdd Pretty aggressive stance from a compete stranger with an abbreviation for a name and no public photo. What does it say about you? Well, if you don't know. Here is a Google definition. break down See definitions in: All Chemistry Dance phrasal verb of break 1. (of a machine or motor vehicle) suddenly cease to function. "his van broke down" Similar: stop working cease to work/function go wrong seize up give out develop a fault conk out go kaput go on the blink die give up the ghost go phut have had it pack up 2. (of a relationship, agreement, or process) cease to continue; collapse. "pay negotiations with management broke down". Thanks for the correction. I'm not sure if you're trying to be a grammar Nazi? If you are, then you should know you. Sentences don't start with "and". If you are inquiring about my employment status. What do you know about retiring? I have been an active tax payer and am semi-retired as we correspond. You know what the saying is, "when you assume..." ...wow
2 years late to the party but I want to build a 40x60x14 on my property. the place I want it is mostly flat but its a good 500ft + from my house so it will be a long run for electric, water, and natural gas. I also plan to add a bathroom so there's plumbing involved. I built a 250 gallon compressor, using an old LP tank, with a single stage twin cylinder compressor that runs on single phase 240v that's going to go in it. (its under my carport, wired up to a double fuse box atm). I want 2 12x12 roll up doors and 2 man doors. full insulation (Georgia heat and humidity), floor drains and a 2 post lift. most lift manufacturers say 5" high pressure concrete but I'm going with 6". I was planning on going the full metal building route but seeing the pole barn setup has me rethinking that.
I actually got a 20x38 ft all metal building. The one with all the galvanized metal that you said you didn't like lol. So far I have done the dirt work, concrete, The building itself, doors windows and insulation. And we're up to about 30k. Haven't done electrical yet and I got a really good deal on a standard residential double wide garage door being that a family friend works for the garage door company and rich people like to update their doors and just throw away a perfectly fine double wide insulated garage door that I got for $500 instead of $5,000
Wow, concrete is stupid expensive now! About 4 years ago, I built a 40x60 steel building with a 6" 4000 psi slab that cost me $12k. That included trenching and everything. I leveled and compacted the soil myself. 76 yards went into that floor.
Seems like a fairly reasonable price. Eventually I'd like to blow down my 36x36x12 and put up a 40x60. I feel like 40x60 is more than enough shop to have a few cars, a couple of toys, and a solid workshop.
Great video, I was thinking of building a shop the exact same size as yours. Would you mind going into detail on the permits you had to pull and how you walked away from the build (things like; you wish it were bigger, you wish it was smaller, you wish it was air conditioned, you wish you had more insulation, the insulation just right, you wish you had more plug outlets, etc)? Basically, everything you would have done differently if you did it again.
Seeing the yellow stickers I know who did the doors. I would say if you can, always go with a sectional door. It’s generally cheaper and it can be maintained/fixed so much easier if you accidentally bump it or a part breaks. Part of that is to design your ceilings and openings to allow sectional doors (lights and fans can conflict with sectional doors if not in the design consideration). NEVER let the metal building company talk you into their door package cause it’s probably the cheapest roll up door they can throw in. Most of the package doors I see won’t accept door openers. Also if you have to get a roll up door, never go over 12’, it’s just more problems down the road.
@@MrTXForester Thanks for this info, I'm planning a shop build for several months from now and this makes a lot of sense. I'll see if I can't plan on the sectional style doors. I was 50/50 before your comment on which doors I would go with.
last summer I was told by a contractor in northern Idaho that it would be $200,000 for his companies labor, not counting material, to erect a metal building with concret pad and electric. I would be supplying all materials. 40ft x 60 ft. Family in the Willamette Valley of Oregon was told $84,000 for everything included, except concrete. Same building. from Priest River it is exactly 13 minutes to my property. it takes about the same to my families property from their downtown.
I thought the prices were okay until you got to the final electrical, seems very high. Then the doors came in high but they are probably very hood quality. Insulation spray on, is over priced everywhere. It is needed fo all of them if it is to be closed up. Thanks for sharing.
I did a 40x100 Red Iron steel with 4- 12x12 doors and 3 people doors .. 16 foot walls so that I could put a 2nd story inside for storage. for $92k. I did do my own electrical. And this was in 2019
I have done everything myself. 30x50. I have less than 30k on it so far. Plus I have heat and AC.. But I still lack the spray foam and closing off the interior walls. But that price includes buying the property. .Advice for anyone doing this. His electrical service is inadequate. A welder and air compressor is 80 amps alone. He is already overloaded. Minimum 200 amp service.
My bro in law we are building a 2 story garage right now..30 x 36 with attached car port on both side...total estimated cost in Canada 169k. Not counting the wasted 35k digging hitting mountain, refilling hole new drawings...
So far I have $55k into my 30x60, that includes leveling the pad, building and install, gravel, concrete, and doors. I have 2 at 12x12, and 2 at 10x10 doors, plus the man door and two windows. I'm currently waiting on the concrete to be poured. The time frame, was building purchased in early August, install was 2nd week of November. Hopefully it'll be finished in a couple weeks. Then I'll worry about electric next spring. I like your mezzanine, I may build something similar at some point, plus the porch.
Huge help thanks! I’m looking to do the same style but a 40x60x16. I have 2 questions though… 1. What is the height from your mezzanine floor to the bottom of your rafters? If I go with 14’ eaves maybe I can do a steel rafter…. 2. Do you happen to have the links for your building and some of the contractors that you used?
You never put anything smaller than a 42 Ct 200 amp panel in a shop. Also make the stairs to the mezzanine on hinges . Use a harbor freight A/c wench to lift it. Not hard to do and not expensive. It will free up a lot of floor space. I had one in my old shop. We sold that farm ,but the next shop will have an elevator ( using the same H/F winch.you could also do that and just remove the stairs. There are plenty of videos here on different waves to build one
Thanks for the informative video. I'm getting ready for a shop and you have been very helpful By the way, your shop turned out really well. Again, thanks. Dennis
Very informative video! Had my 34x50 built this year as well and for the most part all costs you mentioned were very comparable up here in NE OH. I also managed all the contractors as you did and saved money moving some dirt myself, doing my own driveway, final grading, and my interior electrical. Hope to do a video myself of all the costs involved as it’s so helpful for the planning stages.
here in wyoming a 40x50x14 cost is crazy. Concrete costs is 35k, building cost (VERY basic building) 43k, labor to build it, 30k, so I won't be doing it for a while.
Thanks for the info, great video. In the architectural phase of building a 50x50 steel building in Phx. Knowing I should go with 2" spray foam helps with my budgeting.
My dream shop costs 150 grand. Currently too much for my hobby needs. But there are some ways i could go about getting it for far less, but those would limit the usage for the first couple years.
4in concrete floor seems thin for me. As a landscape architect, we only do a 4in vehicle concrete paving when the client wants to cheap out the project.
For those looking for total cost $74,500. Skip to 12:41 for the cost breakdown.
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Cheaper than a new pick up, nice!
I was lucky enough to be taught by my mother that the worst thing I could be told is no. In slc, a lot of old industrial buildings are being torn down to make way for high density housing. I went and approached developers until I found one with multiple buildings I got permission to take down. Then I went to a company that moves buildings and offered them a building in exchange for moving the other one to my property and they accepted. So I have a sweet 40x115 shop being built for my garage, along with lighting, windows, and whatever else was laying around that I could use.
So Go out there guys and recycle some otherwise landfill waste! Plenty of other buildings to save and a great way to fit a large garage build, into a small budget.
Dude, that's awesome.
One of those guys I need to make friends with and learn from.
Must have been a steel building? Pretty cool.
@@tomm1109 one was post and beam steal structure, but the one I used was wood, built in a way that it was east to dissemble.
Holy shit what a great idea!!!
Finally someone who understands how important costs are. I don't watch videos any more that don't include cost, that's just dumb. You did a real good job. Thank you.
Building a 40x30x10' pole barn now in NW Ohio. Best deal was $44k for everything to put up the building and concrete. Includes ~350 SF of concrete for sidewalk and driveway extension. No electrical, plumbing or insulation. Basic building with 9x9 overhead and 3' man door. Had the concrete company also do the site prep work and saved $2k, plus makes concrete guy happy to be pouring on his own prep work. They brought $200k of equipment and had the site prep done in 3.5hr. $26.5k for building w/ doors + $17.5k for concrete & site prep.
i live in nw ohio would like to know who you used...thanks
@@stevewallace6851 Yeah. Me too. Attica wanted $10k to prep my site.
We just paid $32,700 for 30*40*10 with 1 ft overhang soffit, walk through door, 2 garage doors, 2 windows, 4 in concrete, gravel for new driveway included, gutters in southern illinois
Where I live just the permits and filing fees would be 40k!! Then the property tax increase would be another 10-15,000 per year!!!
@@notnecessary7730 me too - new home permit is $100K ... where does that money go ?
I wanted to try and make the video as informative as possible about the financial aspect for anyone that wants to build a shop. I hope this gives you a general idea of what something like this will cost and just one example of a budget for a project.
Willing to share who you used for the building? I’m in Texas also
Wolf Barns
@@RecklessWrenchGarage was the $30k for the building kit? Or was that for installation as well? Im still watching the video...so if you covered that then im sorry! lol thank you
@@RecklessWrenchGarage What part of Texas? 80-120k is the range I'm being quoted in central Texas (NW Austin)
Dallas area
I’m in construction and the fact you knew what you wanted helps the job go smoothly. Nice shop I’m jealous.
Knowing what you want is definitely the hardest part!
Nice shop, thanks for answering that question. If your trying to figure out why the prices fluctuate just take these pre-built sheds for example. I just bought a 14' x 28' with a base price just under $13k, I added double floor, complete spray foam 1", insulated 9' x 7' overhead door and the final price was just north of $20k. Then $5,500 for concrete, gutters were $950 (got screwed on this), $750 for the metal ceiling, $400 for the OSB walls, $300 for the insulation bats and can't say what my electrical cost (I'm a journeyman electrician by trade) but when I get time I'm going tally up my total cost. If you forget anything your going to know real quick that your way over budget so put that in the back of your mind right from the start. If your going to do it yourself make sure you follow all building codes and the NEC, the NEC has really changed the rules on these garages.
The best comment you made, "One and Done." When I do something or have something done, "ONE and DONE!!!!!!!!!!!" No more problems or issues. Also, thanks for the pricing, saving up for a garage now.
I also went with option 2 but did a good chunk myself such as all electrical and finish work. Also gonna be building a loft similar to yours. I ended up doing a 30x50 with a 10x50 covered concrete porch pretty similar to yours with 14' walls because I also knew I wanted to do a loft like yours. Also going to be doing a similar "cost to build" video on my channel like this because despite having a pretty good idea of what I wanted, there were still a handful of things I did not anticipate and went way over budget. Mainly had no idea I would spend so much on just dirt work for the pad and trenching for water/electric. Also didn't think about needing gutters put on to catch all the extra water draining off the roof. Great video. Thanks for sharing and sweet shop!
Also, according to my local code they do not allow exposed foam of any kind. I was told if I use spray foam or foam board to insulate I would have to cover it in 1/2" drywall. That's not going to happen! As soon as I vent my sink drain out the roof and add a porch light, I will call the inspector for my final inspection and after he signs off, I'll roll the dice and insulate it how I want if I have enough budget leftover. Codes are very strict in my county:(
Data point for others. Pole building 30'x48' with 16' eave height and 10:12 attic trusses. 26ga steel roof with 12" overhangs all sides; OSB, housewrap, and vinyl sided to match house. One 12'×14' R16 insulated overhead door, one R16 insulated 10'x9' overhead door, double-wide mandoor and 36"x60" windows in each gable end at attic level. Poles include pole savers, and thr attic decking, stairs, and safety walls included. This built on my property $72K. I did all the site preparation myself - equipment is mine but I spent about $2000 in fill and stone, included digging a dry sump for the gutters to meet Code. I ran the electrical myself, and wire, subpanel, and permits totalled $1600. Currently getting costs for 5" concrete floor with thickened area for a future lift along with a 28'x16' apron in front of doors to connect to my existing drive. One quote was $9k for plain finish with no sealing on floor and broom on apron and another was $15K with hard trowel finish and sealed for floor and broom on apron. Mind you this is literally just bringing in the concrete and welded wire fabric and spread and finishing. The stone is all graded and compacted tight by me and I'm doing the vapor barrier. The concrete plants have told me there was a big increase in concrete cost. I originally priced this out in 2019 as a completed turnkey from a local builder and all-in it would have been $65K!! I wanted to pay cash and needed to wait another year, but then the pandemic... Same builder updated his quote and it came in at $122K! Kicking myself for not just financing the bit back then with pretty darn low interests rates...
I’m glad I got my 36 x60 built 25 years ago. The price today is about 100k more then what spent back then.
Great breakdown for us normal non contract experienced or industry tied consumers. I don’t even own a home yet but know I want a garage just like yours some day. Also congrats. It looks like a dream come true.
A mezanine can be built with the load bearing on the slab foundation, or reinforced areas for your posts. The attachment to the walls would be more for aesthetics or extra lateral support. If a mezanine is an afterthought for your building, you can cut squares out of your slab where you want the posts to sit, and dig out for a footing to be installed.
I'm about to build a 40 x 60 pole barn: half shop half dwelling. This helps. Need to learn as much as possible. Thx
I got a quote back in 2018 for a 40x60x16 kit, no labor, for $35k. The built quotes were close to $115k. I think you did well with the cost.
Good looking garage. I am doing my homework to get my building done. I hate paying people to do stuff myself. But I usually think I can do more than I can... I will be spreading my build over a couple years probably because I want to pay cash for all of it
Excellent video!! Can’t believe they charge extra for base trim “rat guard” and colored fasteners. 26Ga. is well worth it. You did your homework.
Man that's a nice shop. I wish I had poured concrete last like you did. I did that first and then started on the walls. The only difference between what you did and what I'm doing is I'm building by myself and half my building is block. Thanks for all the information. When I start to look for all what I can't do or beyond my abilities I have an idea of cost. Thanks for the informative video
Thank you
Is there a reason you prefer the concrete to be done last rather than first as the full sized building base? I am going to build a 30x50 in a few months so just trying to get some input before I get started. I would have thought doing the concrete first would help the pole wood last longer since it would sit on top of the concrete and wouldn't get as much moisture to it maybe? Would like to know your thoughts! Thanks :)
Another thing I’d like to suggest for electrical, is run another 50a circuit wherever the electric car is eventually going to be. I’ve been using one of my welder outlets but I’m finally going to bite the bullet and run a separate line for it. Even if you don’t have or plan on getting one, it’s a solid selling point and I guarantee that at some point you’ll be using it.
Great idea's, but don't park your electric car in your shop, there have been several fire's and electric car batteries exploding all over the country, good luck and stay safe.
@@robertwestbrook9344 That was only one vehicle (the chevy Bolt) it was 19 vehicles total and that was a year ago. Chevy identified the problem and fixed them. EV’s are far less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles.
@@whodat90 there isn’t even close to a large enough sample size to say that with any certainty at all - EVs are less than 1% and the avg age is way less than all the gas/diesel vehicles on the road. The other thing is that ICE vehicles are much more likely to catch fire while in use - whereas EVs charging overnight in your garage are more likely to result in building damage instead of just burning the vehicle.
@@WideAwakeHuman I’d like to see the data supporting your claim. I just did a quick google search and found reports from Reuters and KBB stating that EVs are up to 100 times less likely to catch fire than ICE vehicles. Ford just recalled 600k+ vehicles due to risk of fire while running, 200K for fires while sitting. Hyundai/Kia recalled just under 300k vehicles for fire risk while sitting, including a stop-sale and warning not to park indoors. But hey, rather than junk up this thread let’s agree to disagree?
If you;re going to go that far, mught as well make it a 60amp for an RV hookup, put it outside under the eves of that parking area. Then you;re ready for all worlds, as well as a panel tie in for another panel.
We just finished a 64x30x14 pool building 2 days ago and ironically here is you and my recommended feed. Almost like my phone's listening to me... Our cost came out to almost the same as yours. We're in Ohio and ours ended up a little more but I feel good knowing yours was comparable. I will say it is shocking how much a pool building cost these days. I never would have guessed I'd pay 80 grand for a barn with nothing in it lol
Interesting , Thank you . A fine example of why it is so important to know what you want and at least an idea of actual quality . We must also remember that a building needs to be solid , long lasting and useful
$74,500. There you go people, you can spend 15 minutes somewhere else now.
Good man
Thank you sir
You sir are a man of culture.
He breaks it down know it all
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I live in northern Michigan but grew up on a Nebraska farm where we poured concrete, built sheds, and if we needed something done we did it ourselves. I am a crippled veteran so spending the $180k they were asking to build my shop was out of the question. They wanted $80k to put up a 24x24x10 garage. Yeah the builders/contractors here are really proud of their work. I built a 32x48x12 for about $18k.
I have to worry about snow load. 72psi is the requirement, because we can get 6 to 8 feet of snow in a few hours. Lake effect is epic. I see the inside of your building and if you built that where I am, it would be on the ground by the end of December. I had to clear trees to build my shop, so I did that and rented a small excavator to rip up the stumps. Started running the chainsaw in the last week of June, had to wait for the snow to melt and the ground to dry enough to work.
Then I prepped the foundation, built the forms, and poured a 5" thick slab with steel mesh and fiber concrete. The guy who came out to help me pour it charged me $6k and brought one other guy, then the cement trucks started running. We did it in on a Saturday afternoon in September. Yes it took me all summer to clear roughly 3 acres of trees, stumps, and rocks, then dig the footings and level it all by hand with string levels. I got it within a quarter of an inch across the entire slab.
I picked the best maple trees that I had to clear which were the straightest, and used chainsaws to cut one side flat. Some of them are 14" in diameter, so its VERY overbuilt for the poles. Then I started building the walls. Hired two guys to come help me put up the trusses which I had to buy for $5200, and rented a scissors lift to raise them up. That took two days, and I paid those guys $1000 each to help with the roof, which took another two days to sheet with 5/8 OSB then put the steel on.
From that point it was all me. I built the sides, the sliding door, wired and started insulating it. Sheeted the entire building with 5/8 OSB then put on the steel, they don't sell the lighter stuff around here. Buried the wire to the shop from the meter 150 feet away with a ditch witch. I figured why not put in a lift for working on my cars, and I made deeper pads in the slab where the lift would be bolted down. I'm getting old and like I said, I am a crippled veteran, crawling under cars is not my idea of fun anymore.
I finished the basic structure in November, and hung the sliding door two days before the first big snow back in 2015. In 2018 I put a lean to on the north side so I could park three vehicles out of the weather. In 2021 I built a lean to on the south side where I can park six vehicles out of the rain and hail we get occasionally. Currently I am insulating it more and adding a lot more LED lights so I can see what I am doing.
This summer I will build a simple 5 car garage next to the shop, gravel floor, 22' deep, 8' ceiling, and once again I am using the trees I have to cut down to make room for it. This time I am getting a portable sawmill to cut the posts, and its going to be a post and beam structure rather than a 16" center stick build like most people do. Yeah I am kinda into old muscle cars, and I want another spot to park them out of the weather as I finish rebuilding them.
Then there is the house I built... with shipping containers with the same $30k building loan that I used to do the shop. I call it my two story burrito bag. The best idea with shipping containers is to insulate the outside with a stick built fascia otherwise the steel gets cold and condenses water on the inside. Rain and stuff inside the house don't mix well. Its all temporary but I am making it nice enough to live in until I can get a log cabin kit and put that up where the old decrepit falling in cabin is sitting.
This was a hunting camp before I bought it, but I needed an inexpensive place to live, and this fit the bill. Been a crazy amount of work though.
Its all built with an eye towards going off grid easily, because the grid is VERY unstable here. It went down 47 times last year, which is why I have a 7kw generator. All the lighting is LED, heat is a pellet stove, firewood, or the compost pile water heaters I build (sawdust from the sawmill and woodchips will make one next year and I will make a video series of it). I make ethanol fuel from cattails and tree sap, because gasoline is expensive and I like to drive old muscle cars with Pontiac 455s in them. Started doing that back in 2007 when gas was $5 the first time.
Along with the garage I plan to build a greenhouse so I can grow food all winter and power the grow lights with a small generator running on methane or ethanol which will dump the CO2 produced by burning those fuels in an engine, into the greenhouse to use less water and grow more food.
Inadvertently I built EMP proof buildings. So I am apocalypse ready... save for big space rocks or the Yellowstone caldera.
If you have time like I do, and some of the skills you can do this too. If you don't have either of those... best to pay people to do it for you.
You should make a video of these buildings, I’m in MI too and would love to see
Thank you. I often wondered how.much such a building would cost me. Now that I have an idea I think I'll wonder about something else. But really, A great presentation!
I've loved watching your shop build series. It kinda came at the right time for me and I just pulled the trigger on a building really similar to your set up. You convinced me to build taller than I had originally planned and I'm going to add the back mezzanine too. That is an excellent use of space. I've got a bunch more site work to do since my yard is not nearly as flat. Thanks for the cost break down. The only thing I hadn't the first clue about was the cost of spray foam. At least now I'm prepared for what it'll cost.
I am so glad to hear that these videos have helped at least 1 person 🤘🏻 going into my build I didn't know how much anything would cost. Good luck on your shop!
Building taller has more advantages than just saving foot print space. It is a lot easier to heat and cool down when you have two levels.
An excellent investment.
Holy Shnykies ....
Built my little shop several years ago.... maybe a year before Covid.
Wow, have the prices of things gone way through the roof.
Dirt work w/concrete poured and finished was 4 and change per foot.
Trench for electric, full wire job, led lights throughout was under 2500. (I had to fill the trench after)
24×48 all steel with upgraded metals.
Upgraded to hurricane grade roof and doors. (So. Indiana)
I contracted most of the job but I had good relationship with the excavation company owners and they know everybody in the biz and hooked me up with some really good folks that did smaller jobs like mine during any slowdowns in their schedules.
So I let them do their own thing on their time.
It's like an afternoon to complete an entire job.
Electrician came 2 days for about 3 hours total and was done and gone. Site and concrete was the same way. Amazing to see guys swarm the site, kick up dust from 6pm to sundown and the entire site is prepped and the next night I get home and the slab is down. Get up in the morning and they've already come and finished the slab.
Anyway, yeah ....
I don't think I could afford a building right now with the costs being so high...
Yeah, COVID has screwed the building market and inflation in general. I don't want to think how much cheaper this would have been in 2019
Thanks a lot for this. I've been wanting to build a 30 x 40 shop. This gave me hope that I can get it done sooner than I anticipated.
I ordered a 40x60 red iron building for 65k. Spend 5k on permitting. Was saving up to get the concrete and got laid off from work. Had to take a new job out of the area and use all my money on looking for work and moving. Now the shop is sitting in the back and the permit time is ticking and I have no prospects of getting it built. Sometimes life goes in unplanned directions. You just have to do the best you can and then embrace the changes and hope not to lose everything.😢 But I have a good job and hope I can get some money before my permit extension options run out.
Thanks for making such a comprehensive breakdown. Want to build a similar shop of my own and expected double the cost you had.
Moving out halfway across just became a reality to us. While out here learning the area from the city, hoping to save up for 100 x 100 x 50 . I like the flex space, the goal is to have enough space to maintenance long heavy duty vehicles. At the very least guests can park their RVs inside during bad weather or disaster conditions.
I was absolutely terrified of electricity so never learned to wire anything until I was in my mid 40’s. Once I learned (correctly and safely)I was so thankful because of the money I’ve saved
I learned on my own too. Rewired my whole house and put in a 200 amp service. Wired my garage and went overkill on the outlets. They're all ganged off of one GFCI, so it meets code in my area. I can't believe what electricians charge to put in an outlet for a welder. I bought everything I needed, minus the wire which I got free at work, and it cost me 55 dollars and a couple hours of my life.
Good Video. Clear and concise. I appreciate the cost breakdown very much. Enjoy your building.
I'm looking at building a 60x80x16, prices have went stupid. As of 12-6-22 Morton for instance wanted $50 a square foot for an insulated building. $240k. I've got bids for less, but sticker shock is a real thing. I have 2 local concrete places and material alone would be 15k. Concrete contractors want an addition 17k to do the job. Menards project calculated material alone would be 100k. I'm sure I could do the entire thing myself as I've got equipment and the background to do it, but I'm lacking the time. Although it is feasible to build a little at a time on the weekends, it's not ideal.
so just with my work field i would really only save $17k so doing the concrete and dirt work myself i could do the wiring but not worth screwing it up and causing a fire. this was really good to know thank you!
Other than wanting more square footage I wish I had even more electrical outlets. I built mine in 1996 and had all at least 20a every 6 feet. I never anticipated all of the led desk lamps I would need at every tool station because of my old eyes and all of the battery chargers.
In Ravalli county Montana a 30' x 40' X 10' pole barn with inside 4" slab, one 16' x 8' garage door, 3' one man door, one 4' window, no vapor barrier is $40,500.00. This price did not include the dirt work, that was an additional $3,500.00 and had to find my own contractor for this. I had to cut into uphill side, about 6' cut on high side then slope and drainage ditches and was left with flat gravel pad. This would class as a basic build.
Just completed (yesterday) my 40x70 x12 pole barn with cement here in south Louisiana for $62k complete cost for building and cement. I did nothing, 2 brothers built building in 3 days in 98F heat. Waiting on cement to be poured, hopefully in next few weeks. I am sure the inside and electrical will cost a fortune.
awesome, one of my favorite types of videos on youtube. I have a 30x60 as well, 14ft walls are a must!
Finishing up my 30x50x14...You're absolutely right!
Hi Bobby, in the planning stages of a building now. What is it you like about the 14’ wall vs higher or lower? Thanks
@@timhilton5096 oh man, the building feels twice as big inside. And of you get a 3:1 pitch, second floor can stand up. You won't be disappointed
I love the info. I’ll be doing something similar without the mezzanine but adding a couple Mr Cool HVAC units as mine will be 1/2 for pew pew and 1/2 bicycle workshop.
Great vid, I am building a Bardno East of Austin in the spring. Were thinking 40x70 split living/shop. This gave me some good info to estimate prices. Thank you so much!
Built my own 30x50with 14ft walls last year. Contracted out the 8 inch slab. No insulation yet, very minor electrical atm. 220v, lighting and a few outlets. I got about 32k into it total atm. Sure has been nice to have. Spray foam that I want here in HOT AF AZ is soooo expensive. Have had quotes as high as 20k.
I thought you were my buddy Lol he just built the same thing same numbers in VA he's having the ceiling spray foamed this spring then a wall at a time
Damn... $75k... 15K for concrete... Half the building material costs.. Just seems a lot but I'm in my 50's.. I remember listening to the old dogs when I was younger being shocked at the price of things.. Makes sense now.. The money looses its value a lot faster than we think.. Enjoy the shop, brother!
So glad I built my 40x60 in 2001.
Great video. Very detailed and informative. We just recently completed a build and you hit all the major points a person should consider.
The cost to build your building took my breath away! Building costs today are insane! 36 years ago I sub contracted my own house and it was a nightmare. Because they knew I would not be a repeat customer they would show up when they felt like it and didn't even call me when their couldn't make it. I ended up firing two of the contractors.
You actually made he best decision. Csys being what they are you were able to save some and take each stage as financially able and avoiding a bank loan is the first thing to eliminate. Not sure where your at in Tex, however, get a concrete saw and put n a storm shelter / hidey hole Tornados are no joke and metal buildings are like a kte.
I agree on it being a Dream Shop, that's the only way I could get it is by dreams
Looks like a great space. Thanks for sharing all the details. Doing some research on a garage build I’m going to be doing in the future. This video helps generate some ideas and questions. Thanks
Thanks for the feedback!
Glad to know I'm in the process of a 40x60
Great video and cost breakdown! Congrats on getting the shop building you wanted!
nice thanks for clarifying the cost break down i plan to build a wood shop of my own and this helped me out appreciate it
Great video , I put in garage doors a 12x12 door 2 guys can carry it in from trailer , we do it all the time .
I’m in the process of planning a 50x60 or 40x70 pole building now.. prices where I live are all over the place. Looked into a metal building much more affordable but I’ll have to build it myself. Not sure if I want to take on that big of a project.
I’m in the business. Free advice; Beware of metal building brokers posing as manufacturers. Your anchor bolts need to be perfect. Hire an experienced steel erector. Anything over a 2:12 is a waste of $ unless you just want the look of a steeper pitch. If a manufacturer asks for more than a 10% deposit and have “free” or “included” all over their quote, run..
@@BLKBETE11 I’m planning at least a 4 / 12 pitch. My snow load is 85 lbs. most people around here build pole barns but not very cheep so was looking at steel building.
i’ll tell ya that’s pretty cheap, in 2001 we built our 50x65 and it was $210,000… but the county we were in most was for engineering cause we were on a coast of FL, and right now i moved right to the center of the state and anything under $75,000 i don’t need a single permit to put one up… and you just gave me a damn good ballpark cost on something that big for our race shop! thanks for the video!
Glad this was helpful!
Very helpful video, I’m planning on a 30x60 as restrictions on lot. Have built my own buildings in the past but I’m no Bob Villa!
Thanks for the break down! These have gotten even more pricey. Especially the red iron builds I want to add a overhang similar to yours to park my fifth wheel under. I was quoted 30k just to add that. And it isn’t even going to be fully enclosed. Waiting for these insane prices to drop down. The market has gone crazy. If I would of added that while I was building my shop it would of been about 15k. Wish I just bit the bullet than, but we didn’t have a fifth wheel at the time. It’s always cheaper to do it before it’s built!
I had my 30x30 done and had the roll insulation put in. Foil on exterior and insulation on back. It’s 1 ft to6ft elevation on back of building. Built up with over 425 split black. A3 ft man door and 24x10 pull up door. Including 3 dump trucks of fill dirt and rock. A4in thick slab for a total of $30,000 here in Tennessee. I feel I did pretty good considering.
Thanks for sharing the cost breakdown. All in all, that about the price of a new truck. Not bad! Looking forward to watching more of your videos.
Thank you! I thought the same thing at the end, a lot of new trucks are this price or more
What's a brake down? And you go to work and hold down a job and are a contributing member of society? wow.
@@bwdd Pretty aggressive stance from a compete stranger with an abbreviation for a name and no public photo. What does it say about you?
Well, if you don't know. Here is a Google definition.
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Thanks for the correction. I'm not sure if you're trying to be a grammar Nazi? If you are, then you should know you. Sentences don't start with "and".
If you are inquiring about my employment status. What do you know about retiring? I have been an active tax payer and am semi-retired as we correspond. You know what the saying is, "when you assume..."
...wow
2 years late to the party but I want to build a 40x60x14 on my property. the place I want it is mostly flat but its a good 500ft + from my house so it will be a long run for electric, water, and natural gas. I also plan to add a bathroom so there's plumbing involved. I built a 250 gallon compressor, using an old LP tank, with a single stage twin cylinder compressor that runs on single phase 240v that's going to go in it. (its under my carport, wired up to a double fuse box atm). I want 2 12x12 roll up doors and 2 man doors. full insulation (Georgia heat and humidity), floor drains and a 2 post lift. most lift manufacturers say 5" high pressure concrete but I'm going with 6". I was planning on going the full metal building route but seeing the pole barn setup has me rethinking that.
I actually got a 20x38 ft all metal building. The one with all the galvanized metal that you said you didn't like lol. So far I have done the dirt work, concrete, The building itself, doors windows and insulation. And we're up to about 30k.
Haven't done electrical yet and I got a really good deal on a standard residential double wide garage door being that a family friend works for the garage door company and rich people like to update their doors and just throw away a perfectly fine double wide insulated garage door that I got for $500 instead of $5,000
I wasn't completely opposed to the all.metal buildings, they just weren't my #1 choice for what I wanted to do.
Very informative and what a great building you have. My compliments.
nice build should have built it 10 years ago. I had a 3 wall 30x60 18 foot wall dirt floor for 18,000 all metal.
Wow, concrete is stupid expensive now!
About 4 years ago, I built a 40x60 steel building with a 6" 4000 psi slab that cost me $12k. That included trenching and everything. I leveled and compacted the soil myself. 76 yards went into that floor.
Seems like a fairly reasonable price. Eventually I'd like to blow down my 36x36x12 and put up a 40x60. I feel like 40x60 is more than enough shop to have a few cars, a couple of toys, and a solid workshop.
Great video, I was thinking of building a shop the exact same size as yours.
Would you mind going into detail on the permits you had to pull and how you walked away from the build (things like; you wish it were bigger, you wish it was smaller, you wish it was air conditioned, you wish you had more insulation, the insulation just right, you wish you had more plug outlets, etc)?
Basically, everything you would have done differently if you did it again.
Seeing the yellow stickers I know who did the doors. I would say if you can, always go with a sectional door. It’s generally cheaper and it can be maintained/fixed so much easier if you accidentally bump it or a part breaks. Part of that is to design your ceilings and openings to allow sectional doors (lights and fans can conflict with sectional doors if not in the design consideration). NEVER let the metal building company talk you into their door package cause it’s probably the cheapest roll up door they can throw in. Most of the package doors I see won’t accept door openers. Also if you have to get a roll up door, never go over 12’, it’s just more problems down the road.
@@MrTXForester Thanks for this info, I'm planning a shop build for several months from now and this makes a lot of sense. I'll see if I can't plan on the sectional style doors. I was 50/50 before your comment on which doors I would go with.
last summer I was told by a contractor in northern Idaho that it would be $200,000 for his companies labor, not counting material, to erect a metal building with concret pad and electric. I would be supplying all materials. 40ft x 60 ft. Family in the Willamette Valley of Oregon was told $84,000 for everything included, except concrete. Same building. from Priest River it is exactly 13 minutes to my property. it takes about the same to my families property from their downtown.
I thought the prices were okay until you got to the final electrical, seems very high. Then the doors came in high but they are probably very hood quality. Insulation spray on, is over priced everywhere. It is needed fo all of them if it is to be closed up. Thanks for sharing.
I did a 40x100 Red Iron steel with 4- 12x12 doors and 3 people doors .. 16 foot walls so that I could put a 2nd story inside for storage. for $92k. I did do my own electrical. And this was in 2019
This was very helpful. I still have to finish college but I am getting ideas for what I want to do
Rather than look for the total and walking away, watch the entire video, there are pointers that are invaluable along the way imo.
Thank you for the cost breakdown, much appreciated.
I have done everything myself. 30x50. I have less than 30k on it so far. Plus I have heat and AC.. But I still lack the spray foam and closing off the interior walls. But that price includes buying the property. .Advice for anyone doing this. His electrical service is inadequate. A welder and air compressor is 80 amps alone. He is already overloaded. Minimum 200 amp service.
My bro in law we are building a 2 story garage right now..30 x 36 with attached car port on both side...total estimated cost in Canada 169k. Not counting the wasted 35k digging hitting mountain, refilling hole new drawings...
So far I have $55k into my 30x60, that includes leveling the pad, building and install, gravel, concrete, and doors.
I have 2 at 12x12, and 2 at 10x10 doors, plus the man door and two windows. I'm currently waiting on the concrete to be poured.
The time frame, was building purchased in early August, install was 2nd week of November. Hopefully it'll be finished in a couple weeks. Then I'll worry about electric next spring.
I like your mezzanine, I may build something similar at some point, plus the porch.
Huge help thanks!
I’m looking to do the same style but a 40x60x16.
I have 2 questions though…
1. What is the height from your mezzanine floor to the bottom of your rafters? If I go with 14’ eaves maybe I can do a steel rafter….
2. Do you happen to have the links for your building and some of the contractors that you used?
You never put anything smaller than a 42 Ct 200 amp panel in a shop. Also make the stairs to the mezzanine on hinges . Use a harbor freight A/c wench to lift it. Not hard to do and not expensive. It will free up a lot of floor space. I had one in my old shop. We sold that farm ,but the next shop will have an elevator ( using the same H/F winch.you could also do that and just remove the stairs. There are plenty of videos here on different waves to build one
I am looking to do something similar at some point except I plan on going 40x60 and sectioning 1000-1200sf for living space.🤘😎🏍
Thanks for the informative video. I'm getting ready for a shop and you have been very helpful By the way, your shop turned out really well. Again, thanks. Dennis
Thanks for all the heads up !
Very informative video! Had my 34x50 built this year as well and for the most part all costs you mentioned were very comparable up here in NE OH. I also managed all the contractors as you did and saved money moving some dirt myself, doing my own driveway, final grading, and my interior electrical. Hope to do a video myself of all the costs involved as it’s so helpful for the planning stages.
Are you in Ashtabua county?
@@rumtum99 I’m in Stark county
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Love this video! Didn’t think a building of this quality would be so affordable! You have another subscriber in me!
You’re dead nuts correct. Only get 26 gauge. It makes a huge difference. Very nice build.
Thank you for the clear breakdown on the cost of your building project. Awesome shop!
Thank you, I hope the information is helpful
Good information
great info FWG. thank you!! i'm interested in building something similar, so your video was more than helpful!
This is the closest I've seen to what I think it should actually cost. ty
here in wyoming a 40x50x14 cost is crazy. Concrete costs is 35k, building cost (VERY basic building) 43k, labor to build it, 30k, so I won't be doing it for a while.
Absolute best video on this subject!!!!
Great walk through of the entire order and process. Thanks!
Nice to see you’re doing well my friend! Good advice!
-baby miller
Thanks for the info, great video. In the architectural phase of building a 50x50 steel building in Phx. Knowing I should go with 2" spray foam helps with my budgeting.
How did your building turn out? What are you heating/cooling it with and are you happy with the 2 inch spray? Any moisture drips from the ceiling?
Thanks for the cost breakdown ,congrats on your barn.
My dream shop costs 150 grand.
Currently too much for my hobby needs.
But there are some ways i could go about getting it for far less, but those would limit the usage for the first couple years.
I contracted the concrete foundation out, then did the rest myself. This way I can pay as I go, took 8 months, but was the way I wanted
Thank you for tje honesty, great vid!
Thanks for watching!
Awesome. Thanks for the info. Love the loft area.
Great info. Fellow Texan here saying thanks for this video! Can you give the name of the pole barn builder you used?
Great video, great info, very timely as I am planning a very similar building here in AZ.
Thank you for sharing costs and insight!
That's some nice looking closed cell right there.
4in concrete floor seems thin for me.
As a landscape architect, we only do a 4in vehicle concrete paving when the client wants to cheap out the project.