Thread: Think I'm gunna be a shed builder

Jeez, I thought Perth was expensive!!!! Their weekly rate works a out at nearly $120,000 a year!!!

I would get more quotes.

What size is the shed?

Get a woodies GTG, supply food, drinks, enough of us could do it in a long weekend and we charge you for petrol there and back.

Just a throw away idea

What size is the shed & height, are footings/pads/slab already done, portal frame

If its kit form, can you post the link for the supplier and the particular shed your getting

Dont want to get caught with a cow cockys mile (usually 5 in reality)

Shed is 22m x 10m internally with a 6m garaport( gable extension, roof only ) and a 28m x 6m awning the full length. 5m eave height. Portal frame
And yep slab would be finished at that stage.
$16800 just to assemble the shed

Originally Posted by rwbuild

Get a woodies GTG, supply food, drinks, enough of us could do it in a long weekend and we charge you for petrol there and back.

Just a throw away idea

I'd be in that. Stay at my father's place and learn a whole bunch of stuff in the process. You could pay us with timber

Daylight highway robbery!!! What a load of BS!! prices are way too high!!

Plenty of good suggestions above. I have put up a couple of steel framed 6x6 sheds
with very little help.

I had to get a concretor to do pads - one charged like the proverbial wounded bull,
the other was fine.
Wired one shed myself and had it checked and tested by a sparkie. All good!!

Originally Posted by Barterbuilt

Shed is 22m x 10m internally with a 6m garaport( gable extension, roof only ) and a 28m x 6m awning the full length. 5m eave height. Portal frame
And yep slab would be finished at that stage.
$16800 just to assemble the shed

Sorry to say this but that sounds about right.

If you're not happy with the price, shop around for a few quotes.

Had a shed erected in 1999. 9 mtrs x 30 mtrs x 4.2 mtr wall height, gable height circa 5.0 mtrs. Has a semi closed in carport at one end 6 mtrs x 9 mtrs. Total under roof area of 270 m2.

Cost to erect in 1999, including 14 footings $3000. Concrete floor was extra.

4 days to erect after the foundations were set. So in total, 4 1/2 - 5 days. All work was done by two (2) people.

Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

Sorry to say this but that sounds about right.

If you're not happy with the price, shop around for a few quotes.

Which bit sounds about right?
The usual 1/3 the price of the shed or that an unskilled person charges $2300 per week ( $60 per hour ) with not much more in the toolkit than a cordless?

Still think I might put up sheds in my spare time.

Originally Posted by Barterbuilt

Which bit sounds about right?
The usual 1/3 the price of the shed or that an unskilled person charges $2300 per week ( $60 per hour ) with not much more in the toolkit than a cordless?

Still think I might put up sheds in my spare time.

As I said before, if you're not happy, shop around and get a better deal.

I used to erect sheds, but think three or four time bigger than what you have now.

Right now I drive a crane truck, bobcat and if I'm in the mood, cut and split firewood and I don't walk out the door for anything less than $65 cash an hr.

You're paying for their experience in being able to erect the shed correctly and within an expected timeframe, if you were to take it on yourself with a few mates, I'll lay out a hundred dollars now that it take a least three times as long.

And just to confirm that $65 a hr, that's just for the chainsaw.

Originally Posted by Barterbuilt

Which bit sounds about right?
The usual 1/3 the price of the shed or that an unskilled person charges $2300 per week ( $60 per hour ) with not much more in the toolkit than a cordless?

Still think I might put up sheds in my spare time.

That shed is fairly large.
Sorry Cava, 1999 was 15 yrs ago, no relationship to now.

That price is in the ball park, lets look at some of the cost factors:
Insurance (public liability & workers comp)
Scaffolding or boom lift/scissor lift/ crane hire
Fuel
Wages (include super, annual holiday, public holiday)
Wear & tear (drill bits, cutting blades)
Consumables other than above
Safety gear (fall arresters, safety harness, gloves, goggles)
Plant and equipment including rattle guns for all the girts and purlins
.....and you haven't even been to the site yet

Then you have the unknown, light wind (slows you down), any rain or moister when sheeting roof (cant work), strong wind when sheeting walls and roof (cant work)
You can do it but do you know "the tricks of the trade" that they do in 5min that you do in an hr

This is a bit more than a weekend GTG do even with the broad expertise of the members here, still doable though but there are certain requirements that you cant get out of.

Just pointing out what will be involved for a shed this size.

Suggest you have a look at the requirements of work cover, OH&S, the scaffolding act and the consequences if you don't and something goes pear shaped, you won't have a farm left to own.

But yes, DO SHOP AROUND FOR 3 quotes

Sorry to ramble on, nothing against you, had a few beers but this sort of attitude gets my goat up. We're expected to put up these shed in all sorts of weather, go out and get all the correct tickets so that we can do the job without mister work cover/safe etc breathing down our necks.

I got out of the game because it became over regulated, yes I know it was meant for our benefit but it got to the stage where I couldn't even sneeze on the job without someone writing up a report.

Hence why I moved out of Melbourne and now only do work with my own equipment and if regulations or unions wanna have a say, they can either lump it or I walk. And before you all say hey, yes I have insurance for everything I drive or operate.

Whoops Ray types faster than me