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thatK30guy

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Got pricing for a new 30 x 40 x 10 shop I'm gonna build real soon.

Its a kit with painted metal siding and everything needed to complete a shop of the said size. Two 10 x 8 overhead doors and one walk-in door. All of this for $9500 delivered.

Concrete for 1200 sq. ft. at 4" thick and 3500# will cost right at $1500.

A friend of mine will work the concrete with power floating for the smooth floor as a final touch. He is asking $1000 for the labor and equipment to do everything.

So, Everything comes out closer to $13000 after taxes on the kit and concrete. Sound ok or should I keep looking for another kit?
 
Wood or steel frame? From what I've seen of prices around here that seems inline for a wood frame (pole barn type)

Edit- any zoning restrictions on building type? Is the building price erected or do you have to do that?
 
Wood, pole barn type.

Kit form, I build it.
 
keep me posted on the shop. I'll do you a favor and drop off my 74 for a full frame off restore. I know how excited you'll be to use the space. I'll make the sacrifice for you....:wink1:
 
I really have dreams of doing resto jobs to the right people if I can find them. I have a degree in body repair/painting, so thats one of the several tasks I have obtained thru my years of wrenching and wheeling.

However, a 30 x 40 shop will be small in order to cram my projects in there. I'm not planning to live at this current house for a long time so I just need man-space.....NOW. I've already got the '74 K5 chassis going in along with an '87 K30 dually, and a '75 F250 Highboy. If I really want to, I may make room for my '85 K30 but I really need to get the tranny rebuilt on this one so I can use the truck for hauling. The other 3 rigs will take up most of the space until I get the lift on the Highboy and back on the streets.

I have too many projects. :doah:
 
Sounds like it will be very nice! If I can make one suggestions it would be at least a 12' ceiling.

Brett
 
only thing i for see is if you want a vehicle lift ever in here i think you need min 6" thick floors.

sounds sweet.

and yes 12ft inside roof. aslo. 10ft runs out real quick. the extra 2ft will be super nice.
 
sweetk30 said:
only thing i for see is if you want a vehicle lift ever in here i think you need min 6" thick floors.

sounds sweet.

and yes 12ft inside roof. aslo. 10ft runs out real quick. the extra 2ft will be super nice.
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I agree with the 12 feet. Mine is 14 and the lift only leaves 2 feet to spare. As for the 6" floor, I cut 3'x4' by 2 feet deep after the fact in the 4" floor and installed steel for the footings with anchor bolts 18" deep. Wanted to be able to lift my 4 door long bed diesel truck.
 
sweetk30 said:
only thing i for see is if you want a vehicle lift ever in here i think you need min 6" thick floors.

sounds sweet.

and yes 12ft inside roof. aslo. 10ft runs out real quick. the extra 2ft will be super nice.
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Yep, I've always wanted 6" floors and 12' ceilings but not in this shop. As I said above, I'm not staying at this residence forever. Maybe 5 years, tops. I just need man-space NOW!

My dream shop, whenever I find or build my dream home (with a full basement) will have the 6" floors and 12' ceilings for a lift, all in a 30 x 60 shop.

If I win the lottery, the shop size will increase up to 50 x 150 or 200, with either 14' or 16' ceilings.

But for now, the 30 x 40 will suffice as I don't want to get carried away for something I don't plan on keeping for too long. It should net me a good resale value on the property, too.
 
How much more would it cost you to do the 6" floor and the 12' walls? If the price isn't too much off what you're willing to spend i say go for it as the next person buying might want a lift and it would be ready for one already which guarantees your resale.
 
More than I want to spend right now.

I was originally rounding up prices for materials by myself and when I got to the cost of the metal siding, it was enough to get me to look at kits instead so I can get the blueprints. Even the cheapest kit, with galvanized siding, was still more than what I had estimated to spend. I want painted siding for the better resale.

BTW, there aren't too many people in this town (3K pop.) that are into hobbies of mechanics and building rigs to generate a lift in the shop I'm building. I don't want to get carried away spending too much on this place and not getting it back in return. Who knows how the housing market will be in around 5 years?
 
barn

Here is what I just had finished right at 7g complete. Its a enclosed carport 18 x 35 x 9x 12.5PH A frame and 9 yards of concrete. I formed the concrete myself and hired a finisher for 300. I used a local company but here is a website that i used to choose the building http://www.gaport.com/garages.htm
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You wouldn't have to do the whole floor in 6" concrete. Just figure out where on the slab you would put the lift and dig out the dirt or base an extra couple of inches in that area. would probably only need several 3'x5' areas to make a few inches deeper. Just a thought.
 
I dont know what concrete finishers charge for labor around there but here you can usually count on half of what the concrete cost. so if a friend were helping me i would expect to pay him about 500 and about 750 to an actual company. Price are prolly different where you live I reckon.
 
Concrete for me will cost just under $1800 and labor/equipment from a friend to finish it will cost $1200.

Plans changed. I'm going from 30 x 40 to a 30 x 50 now. Found several ads in magazines where different companies offer to assemble the whole thing for $8000 in a "galvalume" siding finish.

$11,000 for a 1500 sq. ft. shop with concrete floor is pretty reasonable to me.
 
thatK30guy said:
Concrete for me will cost just under $1800 and labor/equipment from a friend to finish it will cost $1200.

Plans changed. I'm going from 30 x 40 to a 30 x 50 now. Found several ads in magazines where different companies offer to assemble the whole thing for $8000 in a "galvalume" siding finish.

$11,000 for a 1500 sq. ft. shop with concrete floor is pretty reasonable to me.
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Gee, some friend.:rolleyes: What's the cost so high for labor to finish the pad????? Is he using several laborers (sp) with gas powered finishers or what? Seems like you could get the finishing job done with 3 guys maybe 4 max. One on the concrete pump hose, another on with shovel in hand to fill in the low spots and the other two using vibrating the pour and screeding the slab. Brothers and friend can do all this, even the wifey. N experts need for this job. Wait several hours and then finish with rented tools from Home Depot.
 
Yep, he's having a few helpers and using all the tools necessary to get it done. He's even going to powerfloat which is why I wanted him to do it. The key word here with him doing it is "smooth floor".

I could do the whole thing myself but I have no experience running that powerfloat. Plus, he could get it done in half the time I could, and still make it look ten times better.

He's charging .80 per sq. ft. I would feel better knowing I had him do this than me fcuk anything up while trying to get the floor as smooth as I could. He does concrete jobs for a living, so this is where experience comes into play.
 
The materials for the walls and poles arrived today. This is the beginning of 3 phases. I still need to get the gas man over to find the gas lines and then find the sewer line, too. After those are found, I will get the inspector here to validate everything for the permit and then start building.

I'm hoping to start this weekend or next week some time.
 
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