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22nd February 2023, 09:41 PM #1Member
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Cost of double brick walls versus steel stud frame walls ?
Anyone have any experience in this?
Steel shed suppliers are one common option but since I want good insulation I'll have to do some extra work, with extra expense, in lining and insulating the walls. Another option is to get a brickie to build double brick cavity walls which means I will have only a little extra work to do on the walls.
The question is: does a double brick wall in Australia cost more or less than a steel shed suppliers metal walls?
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22nd February 2023, 10:06 PM #2
A lot more $ .
My guess is in between double and triple the cost of a steel shed.
Probably closer to triple.
My experience is having a 18M x 12M steel shed put up 6 years ago and I asked around a little about brick back then and quickly gave up after hearing prices of smaller sheds built in the city from brick. Since then prices would be even worse.
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23rd February 2023, 12:14 AM #3
Close to $2 per brick to buy and same to lay
49.5 bricks per sq m + sand 1.5tonne per 1000 bricks + 20 bags cement per 1000 bricks, all x 2 for cavity wall + hardware + scaffold
way cheaper and easier with metal shed and 10 times quickerThe person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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24th February 2023, 09:50 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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yep metal shed and insulate.
only thing that may come cheaper will be timber frame and have batts in the walls. find the cheapest cladding and roofing you can.
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24th February 2023, 10:02 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Double brick does not give better insulation if anything it'll be worse as once the brick heats up it holds the heat. Whereas metal framed clad in custom orb will cool down as soon as the weather changes... and with insulation in the walls/roof even better.
Experienced in removing the tree from the furniture
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24th February 2023, 11:53 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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26th February 2023, 07:33 PM #7
It is very uncommon for metal sheds to use metal studs as in metal framed house frames for framing. Larger sheds are generally bolt together C channel sections for portal frames, with pressed metal girts and purlins attached to the portal frame to provide mounting points for the cladding and roofing. Smaller garden style sheds typically assemble sheeting as panels for individual side and roof sections with bare minimal pressed metal sections for a circumferential frame, then tie those together with hardware upon erection. Some may use lightweight RHS steel tube frame, but that seems to have been largely phased out these days.
As mentioned in numerous posts, all steel is a long way cheaper than double brick, even after insulating and lining.I used to be an engineer, I'm not an engineer any more, but on the really good days I can remember when I was.
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17th March 2023, 01:40 PM #8Intermediate Member
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I agree Rod, insulated steel cladding is vastly superior to brick construction and in some areas of Australia (tropics) brick cannot meet the building insulation requirements. Brick sure does look nice, especially if its matching the house brick. Still if brick is a popular building material in the area then cost wise should be comparable to steel after insulation & interior cladding cost is added.