Building a New Shop

awheelterd said:
You could just pour footings where the posts will be and pour your slab later. That's how they did the last to buildings we built. They are large commercial buildings and aren't comparable cost wise. If you did it for a small building, I doubt it would save you hardly any money. The footings eat up a lot of concrete and they still have to have a machine out there to dig them and still have to have a few guys on site to pour them. I would think that you would only save the cost of the concrete on the pad. But that savings would be eaten up with extra labor costs (twice as many trips for the concrete crew).
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Yeah, I thought about that and you are most likely correct. Thanks
 
You can get the carport style buildings (maybe this is what your referring to instead of a red iron building) installed on gravel you have to order it with ground anchors.


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Yeah, I think it's going to be hard to figure out what will work best with my setup. I would rather build on to the existing building. Just trying to weigh the options vs. cost. The carport style buildings would work just fine for what I need, and they are pretty inexpensive.
sorry @Croatan_Kid for hijacking your thread! lol
 
So, this is still a thing I need to do, but it really seems like a red iron building is out of the question. I have no options for financing that are feasible. The only thing Navy Fed could offer was a home improvment loan at 15-18% for a max of 180 months. It'd be anywhere from 715-850 a month...basically a second mortgage. I really wish I had gotten a modular instead of a double wide.
 
I've come to the conclusion that I've got to look in to other construction methods.

Still being a 40x60x16...what are my cost effective options? I need a building sooner than later and just can't swing 65k for a red iron building.
 
Croatan_Kid said:
I've come to the conclusion that I've got to look in to other construction methods.

Still being a 40x60x16...what are my cost effective options? I need a building sooner than later and just can't swing 65k for a red iron building.
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I compared hiring red iron and a pole barn. Nice in either category. Prices were very similar.
Build half with the plan to expand. Have the building designed with this in mind.
 
If I was starting from scratch I would pour concrete and 6 rows of cinder block. 2"x6"x10' boards making the walls 14' tall and line the inside of the walls with white currogated tin. Easy to clean and can even be washed out without worrying about rust around any metal beams or termites around wooden poles in a pole barn style construction.
 
Stuntman Autoworks said:
If I was starting from scratch I would pour concrete and 6 rows of cinder block. 2"x6"x10' boards making the walls 14' tall and line the inside of the walls with white currogated tin. Easy to clean and can even be washed out without worrying about rust around any metal beams or termites around wooden poles in a pole barn style construction.
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^^^^this man has it.

I love my block wall garage....I hvae no fear of fire really, I can lean stuff againster it and not work about dents, or dings, etc...I just wish it was bigger.. Next house maybe.
 
I definitely thought about blocking it up enough to use regular studs to combat the cost of really long lumber. However, that much block kinda screws with a lot of the plans I have for the interior.

If I could just get the damn money, I'd build a red iron and be done with it.
 
Croatan_Kid said:
I definitely thought about blocking it up enough to use regular studs to combat the cost of really long lumber. However, that much block kinda screws with a lot of the plans I have for the interior.

If I could just get the damn money, I'd build a red iron and be done with it.
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What does it mess up? Info might help to point in a different direction.
 
Well, to use a standard stud, I'd need...what...6 feet of block height? I wanted to tie some of the benches and other things in to the walls. I could still do it, but it wouldn't work out exactly how I envisioned. Plus, block isn't exactly cheap. I haven't done the math on more block vs less wood yet though.
 
Croatan_Kid said:
Well, to use a standard stud, I'd need...what...6 feet of block height? I wanted to tie some of the benches and other things in to the walls. I could still do it, but it wouldn't work out exactly how I envisioned. Plus, block isn't exactly cheap. I haven't done the math on more block vs less wood yet though.
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Just 6 rows of block which is 4 ft with a 10ft 2x6 on top of that.
 
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