Thread: Cost of double brick walls versus steel stud frame walls ?

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.

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 quicker

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.

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.

Originally Posted by rwbuild

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 quicker

Yep and then add to that the additional costs of the footings required to suport it

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.

Originally Posted by rod1949

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.

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.