Purchasing panelized system for garage?

[Supergumby5000]

Im going thru planning for my (hopefully) future detached shop. Has anyone on here ordered a stick-built panelized garage system for their shop? We have a local building supply store here with a truss fab plant and a panel plant about 20 miles from my house. I've been kicking around the idea of letting them fab everything up and setting it with a truck crane.

The panels could come virtually 100% complete... insulated with electrical, drywall,and siding. That would leave me with setting the doors, trusses, lighting, and roof. I am planning on doing my own detailing and plans development regardless if i go panelized or not.

I dont have a reference for what this would cost in a residential setting. 4 walls and 20 trusses is small stuff in their eyes.

 

[Voi]

Has anyone on here ordered a stick-built panelized garage system for their shop?

One of our local truss plants had a panelized shop that I believe offered a very similar level of completeness as what you describe. They decided to shut it down during the 2007 economic downturn.

I have heard nothing but good things about it. We're in a building boom right now and it seems a lot of contractors wish it was still around.

 

[RVDan]

I had no idea such a thing existed. If I find myself in a position to build something else I will go that route.

 

[bcoke]

I had a 24x48 workshop with a 26x48 second floor [living space] shaped as a gambrel roofed "barn" like structure built in 1998.........I had it done panelized construction.......it worked out well. The panels were framed, sheathed ,window and doors in.........the beauty of this system is it goes fast .....once the foundation is in ......In my case the first day three tractor trailers arrived @6 am........set the first floor walls two ends and each 48 fot wall in two 24 foot sections.......than laid 6 -8x26 foot framed and sub floor sections for the deck with hole for stairs...luch break set gable ends and upstairs walls , placed trusses on top [not installed] left siye @3:30-4 pm..........day two set truses and sheathed roof [really closed in to weather at this point] day three roof shingles on.......job done by builder,,,,,,the rest slowly done by me and the kid's .electric,plumbing,insulation,vynl siding, sheet rocking,paint etc...........I felt it was a great way to build........the material has almost no exposure to the elements, the fit was almost perfect one wall front bottom out by 1/4" over 48 feet [builder ran a saw kerf between sections to get it to @ 1/8"]upper wall off by 3/8's yeah two saw kerfs and we are happy@ 1/8"......So the cost is maybe 5% -8% less than stick built estimates [ another plus] but speed is great the builder I used only does it as he is here [VT.] and can build almost 12 months a year provided foundation is in...........one problem is wind on mountainside locations as too much wind will make the panels difficult to raise and control [think of a sail or kite lol]........good luck

 

[kd3pc]

panelized or SIPS? I have seen quite a few garages built with SIPS construction and once the owner gets used to the "quiet" they love them.

SIPS are not cheap, but pay back in insulation/tightness of construction and so on.

best of luck

 

[Voi]

I had no idea such a thing existed. If I find myself in a position to build something else I will go that route.

panelized or SIPS?

I assume the OP meant a process like the one in the video below but with more finishing (insulation, electric and drywall at least partially installed).

 

[forAK]

I'm a fan of stick built as modifying the building is way easier.

 

[cabindoc]

I'm a builder and I built a garage from panalized walls and trusses. Cost was a tad over conventional materials but with the labor savings, it was overall a good move and a quick and easy build. Walls and trusses set on day 1, roof sheathed and shingled day 2. I bought wall sections made from 2x6 and sheathed on exterior. That left interior open for rough ins.

 

[Thumper68]

I built my mother cabin with a panelized system in 98. I ordered it with no window or door openings since we were using reclaimed materials for those, the panels with delivery were about 10% less than if I had bought the materials and done the labor myself.

3 of us, me, dad and my uncle had it up the roof on and shingled in 3 days with no crane.

I considered it for my shop as well, but the company I had ordered the cabin from was 90 days out at that time.

 

[rburke65]

A local truss and panel mfg. in my area and a fellow down the road had a 40'x60' put up in a day! Had to be a large savings on labor.

 

[jbwilkins]

Typically you'll pay a bit more for a penalized system.....You'll save on the job site labor, but someone has to assembly it, so the cost is still there.....It does goes in much quicker, no 'mistakes', and there's a lot less waste on the job site.....

Builders like it because of the time aspect....time is money for them (interest, more productivity, etc.)...so a little extra cost can be worth it for them....

 

[Richard Cranium]

I know a guy who purchased his house in panels, the company was out of Canada. Two semi's showed up with 4 guys, They used the air off the semi's and in two days they had the two story house up and trusses set. He had to sheet the roof and put the roofing on.

 

[Randy in Maine]

My garage is built out of SIPs and it was money well spent about 5 years ago. It is cheap to heat with radiant floor heat, and very tight even today (6º and 20 mph winds). Even in the winter it went up in just a few days. Mine are these....and are 6 5/8" thick. About R-40.

http://www.murus.com/specs/osb-2100pur