New shed

[rtp1984]

I used Total Span for my kit and the council application - good service and good instructions. Layed the slab myself (note to self - never take up concreting as an occupation), and put the thing up myself. At the size you are talking it's a pretty big undertaking (mine was only 9x5x2.7). I have had two mates use Titan - one installed himself and said the instructions were absolute shite. The other had the whole job done and IMO got absolutely reamed on price to the point I asked him if it came with a jar of Vaseline. They knew he was in a spot with council requirements and took full advantage of the situation and from reports their contractors did a pretty average job.



There are differences in the construction/layout of the portal frames. Things like horizontal braces across the portals at the top of the wall height that may be in the way if you wish to utilise the extra height in the roof area, differences in the way the purlins and girts attach to the portals that take up a bit of extra space and the way the shed attaches to the slab - some have brackets concreted in and some are bolted down are just a few examples.

Thanks Scottar.

I had a titan at my last place. I put it up myself, it was only 7.6x 4.6x 2.7. Up at the size of the new shed, I think I will leave to those that build them every day.

I have got a price off titan for the new shed, but I don't think they are in the hunt. There price is there abouts, but im not a fan of the arrogance in their sales staff.

[rtp1984]

Thanks to everybody for their replies.

So far, Southern Cross sheds are at the top of my list. I got a good vibe from the salesman, and their pricing structure appears very transparent.
I might add, that price alone will not make my decision, all though, any money saved is welcomed.

I am waiting for a couple more quotes to come back from some small blokes, and will be looking to put a deposit down next week.
Still keen on any feed back.

Thanks
Rob

[Jeremy]

I reckon it is worth getting the roof (and possibly the Western wall) insulated and whirly birds installed to help keep the heat out in the Queensland summer

[Casey Ison]

Hi mate as a chippy by trade I have done a few different sheds I built a southern cross shed and had a lot dramas with wrong pieces etc and was quiet weak that's my only experience and was a couple years ago so may have improved a lot I recently just erected my boat shed purchased from steeline I also had bad experiences with them dinged roller door parts missing but yeah it's 15x 6 x 5 to gutters I paid 15 for kit plus slab cost me around 2500 all work done by myself tho. Hope all works out well for you mate cheers

[Rip it up]

For comparison. 8m x 10m x 3.5m gutters. Besser block construction. Timber truss and colourbond roof. 5m roller door.

$52,000 without electrical.

Just finalising a new house build at the moment. And this is going to be my own shed.


Damo's dodgy boat building repair shop.

[Rip it up]

$36,000 in a full steel shed option. Quotes came in with a few grand from 4 different steel shed suppliers.


Damo's dodgy boat building repair shop.

[rtp1984]

Hi all.

I have ate gone with southern cross.
She'd is 13m x 9m x 3.6m to gutters.
Price close enough to $36k including 5inch slab and erection.

Itbis is in council at the moment, hopefull they get a start in around a month.

Thanks
Rob

[Still_Dreamin]

Wish I had gone 3.6m in the walls. Sounds like a great shed

[Good_as_Gold]

I have just ordered mine.
7.5 x 11 x 4.2 with a 3.6 m door.

[Almako]

Food for thought-
All plus gst
Concreter current trade rate $400 / day (1 day set up/1 day pour)
Concrete $180m2 you'll need 8m2 = $1440
Block layer current trade rate $4/block
Trusses roughly $2,500 + install
Roller door, windows, roofer, mesh etc
$52k sounds like a lot that's all
Happy to help on weekends for a small fee if you like Al the Chippy 0474123571

For comparison. 8m x 10m x 3.5m gutters. Besser block construction. Timber truss and colourbond roof. 5m roller door.

$52,000 without electrical.

Just finalising a new house build at the moment. And this is going to be my own shed.


Damo's dodgy boat building repair shop.

[Rip it up]

Almako, cheers for the price breakdown I thought the original quote was bad. $85k.

But yes I went over the numbers myself and thought I could do it around the $35k mark. It's just my local Gladstone area has "Gladstone tax". All trades are stupid expensive.

Concrete is $260 a cube.
Blocks are $4ea plus $3 to lay.
1758 blocks needed. That's $12k

29 cube of concrete to core fill the whole structure and provide slab with piers for my soil type. $7.5k

So about 12-15k for roof and trades etc.

I am stuck with the builder as I need to include it in my house contract price. But if I can get it under $30k I would probably be better off just putting it under a personal loan.

Thanks for taking the time to look at it.





Damo's dodgy boat building repair centre.

[baitable]

Don't forget concrete pump, steel and engineering inspections, electrical lead ins, Termimesh to any penetrations, plumbing stacks if required, trade waste removal, windows,


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Casey Ison]

Insane how much they charge to install sheds now. We just erected a 20x12x4.5 in a week and erection they wanted was 13 k haha not bad..

[mull dog]

Can anyone recommend a shed installer?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Good_as_Gold]

Can anyone recomend a concreter than can do a good burnished finish?