24X40 Metal Building/Garage Review

[@rozzbourn3653]

im in northwest ohio and am having a 30x40 metal building built. none of the contractors that i talked to about the metal building gave me concrete contractors to talk to. im in the process now of trying to get quotes and they are all way over what i was expecting. i had a quote for $17k and one for $20k, and i was thinking it would be about $10k. for it to be permitted properly, they told me it had to have 36" below grade footers. the concrete itself should be between $3500-$5000. seems like quite a markup.

[@HopiLivingintheCity]

You are a smart man. Look at what an Arizona company quoted me for a building on the Hopi Nation: A 40x60x10 with what we offer is going to be in the $150,000 to $180,000 range in your area.

[@RonMarshallrone]

In East Idaho a Steel building for a 24 x 40 is $77k and stick building I'm having built which is a 24 x 50 is $47k with concrete. Now I'm not sure what kind of steel they are using but that was a turn off right away lol. Stick built will work here. funny how things cost different in parts of the country.

[@timwaddell9450]

I like that setup. My dad and i built his stick built shop which was 70k to do it ourselves. Building permit alone was 5k before we even moved dirt, additionally his plans to be confirmed my an engineer was 5500, so 10k grand just to plan it. We also had over 10k in equipment rental. But really dad was jusy paying to play and build his dream shop. I my self like your shop and it would be perfect for me. But to be honest the wife would just buy more decorations and take it over as a storage shed 😅

[@RearviewMirror-ij2pr]

You would need to get control of your wife.

[@HopiLivingintheCity]

What and where did you get the underlayment for your driveway?

[@Condor1970]

I bought a metal building. I got the welded trusses. The seller told me they can put the garage door wherever I want on the front when they show up on site, without having to have it pre-designed with a welded header above the door. Is this how it's done?

[@josharchervlogs7386]

@Condor1970 Mine is bolted straight to the metal frame that they built. And it's a double door so it works fine.