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23rd January 2014, 07:55 PM #1Senior Member
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Think I'm gunna be a shed builder
I know this has been done before, but here is my little rant.
Getting sorted to put a shed out on the farm.
The quote to put up the shed is $16,800
When I questioned how they came up with the price this was the reply......
3 weeks to assemble.
2 blokes and a boy.
$2300 each bloke per week
$1000 for the boy per week
Not included are crane, scissor lift or generator.
What do ya reckon?
Think I wasted 4 years doing an apprenticeship.
No disrespect to shed builders, but it aint rocket science.
end rant.....
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23rd January 2014, 08:12 PM #2
Daylight r0bbery
Jeez, I thought Perth was expensive!!!! Their weekly rate works a out at nearly $120,000 a year!!!
I would get more quotes.
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23rd January 2014, 08:15 PM #3
What size is the shed?
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23rd January 2014, 08:19 PM #4
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)The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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23rd January 2014, 08:41 PM #5Senior Member
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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
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23rd January 2014, 09:10 PM #6
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23rd January 2014, 09:24 PM #7Skwair2rownd
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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!!
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23rd January 2014, 09:36 PM #8
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23rd January 2014, 09:48 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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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.
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23rd January 2014, 10:34 PM #10Senior Member
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23rd January 2014, 11:14 PM #11
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.Cheers
DJ
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23rd January 2014, 11:17 PM #12
And just to confirm that $65 a hr, that's just for the chainsaw.
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DJ
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23rd January 2014, 11:27 PM #13
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 quotesThe person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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23rd January 2014, 11:35 PM #14
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.Cheers
DJ
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23rd January 2014, 11:39 PM #15
Whoops Ray types faster than me
Cheers
DJ
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