Pole / steel / or stick

[Cadmandu]

Hi all
I'm building a 30 x36 garage do I have this correct? List is from highest price to lowest.
Stick frame
Steel building
Post construction
Can someone give me a ball park price for all three say like 35k , 25k , 20k
Is this close price will include site prep materials and labor
12x8 door and 6 Windows 1 entrance door
Thanks

 

[rok_hunter]

That really depends where you're at, what kind of site prep is needed, what style construction (even among the three general types you listed).

What's the wall height? Roof height? What guage thickness on the steel for the walls? Roof? Talking pole barn - 6x6 square posts, round poles? Set in the ground or bolted to a slab? 8', 10', 12' spacing? Basic 2x4 purlins or 2x6? Vertical stud framing? Floor type - concrete, gravel, dirt? If concrete, what thickness? What PSI? Heated? For the big door - roll-up? Garage style? Bi-fold? Insulated? Windows - single pane, double pane, size?

You can see there's a ton that goes into cost.

In the FL panhandle, 2 years ago, before the GLPR (great lumber price runaway), my 30x40x12 enclosed pole barn was about $28k. That was 6x6 posts on 10' centers, 29G steel walls & roof, 2x6 perlins all around with 2x6 vertical joists (all due to wind code where I'm at), on a 3" 3000psi concrete slab. I have a 10x10 roll-up door, two 3x3 double pane windows and a single walk-through door. I had some miscellaneous costs for site clearing and prep (couple thousand in my case) and some fill dirt ($500 or so if I remember right). Afterwards I added electrical and spray foam insulation.

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[readhead]

What I’m quoting in Colorado has no bearing on what may be a reasonable price in your area. I can say that I am now giving seven day quotes on steel and it may be down to three day quotes by the end of the month.

What that means is that anyone getting ready to build should have permit ready plans and be ready to write a check as soon as they agree on a price.

 

[ace10]

Roanoke will be half the cost of Fairfax, regardless of which structure you choose.

 

[ericm]

If you're going to insulate and finish the inside, don't forget to include that in your quotes or estimates. Stick built is easier to finish so the price difference narrows.

 

[rwilly]

I was just quoted a 30 X 60 X 10 stick built —-$105K.

Ouch!

 

[Matt D.]

In Montgomery, TX I just finished a 50 X 60 with 16’ eaves and a 5/12 pitch at close to $81,100

Land and pad prep baked into another deal, would have been $10-14K to pay cash for the pad prep.

Actual costs:

$22000 Slab
$46000 Building including erection
$10000 Sectional Garage Doors (5)
$1100 3’ X 3’ Windows (7)
$2000 200A Power to shop

Keep in mind I did a ton of work and basically did half of the pad prep and all of the electrical work to power the shop.

Right now I’m working on hanging the garage doors (please see my other thread, I do need some help) plumbing the conduit for wiring, lights, etc. I will use spray foam and A/C the shop when I’m all done.

Getting the basic structure up is really the easy part unless you’re gonna throw tons of money at subs to do stuff that isn’t complicated.

I’ve probably got another $30-40K worth of stuff to do before I’m “done”.

-Matt

 

[nadogail]

As the price of preferable materials continues to rise; I expect we will soon be seeing geodesic dome sheds built from corrugated paper and protected with recycled paint.

 

[rangerfredbob]

I have roughly 30k into building my 36x48x14 pole building... 16k for the kit (got the price locked before the rona situation) including doors, siding, one wall with clear span across the top, blanket insulation for walls and ceiling and all fasteners. Then 11k for the floor (~5.5" slab) then little stuff here and there. That is of course building it myself, professionals could get it done WAY faster than I did...

 

[karoc]

I would say 35K would be a starting point, I would say do all you can do yourself. Then after that call and be prepared to sign on the line to seal the price.

 

[dcg9381]

$22000 Slab
$46000 Building including erection
$10000 Sectional Garage Doors (5)
$1100 3’ X 3’ Windows (7)
$2000 200A Power to shop

These costs are really good, similar to what I paid in TX about 3 years ago. I doubt you can do it in VA for that much... It's highly geography specific.

 

[HPRifleman]

I was just quoted a 30 X 60 X 10 stick built —-$105K.

Ouch!

That's only $58.33/sq. ft. A bargain for stick built based on what I've seen in the Chicagoland area. Does that include concrete?

 

[rwilly]

That's only $58.33/sq. ft. A bargain for stick built based on what I've seen in the Chicagoland area. Does that include concrete?

That includes 4” concrete with fibermesh.
1’ X 1’ monolithic footings.
2 X 6 studs.
4-12 trusses.
7/15” roof sheathing.
3 tab roofing.
Sided with T 1-11, I don’t see anything in paperwork about sheathing the walls.
2 garage doors.
Extra cost for concrete pad in front garage doors
No electric.
No gutters.

I’m giving it some serious thought. Maybe shrink it down to 28 X 60 with 8’ walls.

 

[matt_i]

Hi all
I'm building a 30 x36 garage do I have this correct? List is from highest price to lowest.
Stick frame
Steel building
Post construction
Can someone give me a ball park price for all three say like 35k , 25k , 20k
Is this close price will include site prep materials and labor
12x8 door and 6 Windows 1 entrance door
Thanks

The final pricing answer depends a lot on whether you desire a finished wired insulated building or simply an exterior shell.

Windows could be your most expensive line item if you go higher on the "finished" end, or a single glazed pane in a homemade frame.

If you only buy materials and supply all of your own labor I think you can get close to your numbers. I built a finished/wired/drywalled 25x40 in the mid $30k for materials only, 5 years ago prior to the runup in wood and metal.

 

[olytdi]

My 36X36 steel clad pole building with 12X36 attached carport was agreed on at $50K in 2019 just prior to my permit getting completely derailed by the demand for wetland studies and public hearings. This is a pole building with 12 Ft walls, 16 ft at the peak. Two 11 ft roll ups and an 8x10 ft slider on the carport side. Man door and windows. This with site prep, concrete, and a finished building with rough-in for electrical. I will do the wiring, gas lines, any interior walls, and post-construction landscaping.

Now that I finally got through permit hell (for over $10K, I might add), it's now supposed to be built this summer. I've been forewarned to expect probably another $15K to cover the increase in material costs since the original price. This is in Puget Sound area of western Washington where I think our construction costs are probably higher than most areas of the country but not Bay Area California high.

Ironically (beside the $10K permit battle and the subsequent $15K in materials price increase), my builder tried to talk me into getting and storing a couple of bundles of sheathing because the price at that time was $7/sheet. I declined at the time thinking I'd just pay the few dollars per sheet increase when building commenced. Now at nearly $50/sheet, I feel even more like roadkill!

Who knows where the building material prices thing is going long-term but I'm not expecting moderating prices anytime soon. Probably will come down slowly but over a long time. I'm going to get this thing built and not look back. Getting too old to wait out things like this.

Good luck, OP!