Storage shed---------price question?

beneteau

I'm in bad need of a storage shed. Don't have any desire to build one myself. Found this one by a local company that will build it for $2,500.00. 4' wall, wood floor, 12' x 12' x 10'. Does not include painting. Does that price sound reasonable?



BLOCKS ONE LAYER
TREATED FLOOR JOIST YES
FLOORING 3/4" TOUNGE & GROOVE
SHINGLES #1 25 YEAR AVAILABLE
DOOR TRIM WESTERN RED CEDAR
DOORS HEAVY DUTY RE-ENFORCED DOOR
HINGES HEAVY DUTY T HINGES
LUMBER GRADE #2 OR BETTER
WARRANTY 5 YR AVAILABLE

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That is about right for that size. I paid $2600 for my 10x14 lofted barn style building and it came with a 20yr gaurentee on the roof and on the wood (it is all that green pressure treated wood).

I will give you a little advice on this though. Rather than getting a 12x12 go with a 10x14. you are getting the same area inside but later down the road if you move you can get any roll back tow truck to move it for you. If it is over 10' wide it takes special permits to move it.

steeltoe1978

I will be getting a shed soon from Shed's Unlimited located in Delaware... I'm not sure what they prices are like out where you live in MS, but you can compare them to the ones out here if you like by going to the website below and scrolling down to the prices for built on site sheds.

http://www.shedsunlimitedonline.com/3.html

Also, keep in mind that even though you can put the newer sheds directly on the ground nowadays, you'll probably still want to level out an area, surround it with 6x6s (staked in w/ rebar) and fill it with about 4" or so of crushed rock, then set your shed on that. Either that or put it on a concrete pad.

Cutiegirlracing

I thought it was 12 feet (144 inches) before you needed a permit. If it's 10 I've been lucky I've haven't been caught.
Out of everything I've ever towed (dozer, backhoes, tractors, round bales) sheds are the hardest thing I've ever towed. They are so wide and you're all over the road.

Anyway price sounds right, but if you might shop around and get a few hundred dollars less. If you plan to keep a mower in it make sure you have on with a wide enough door for the deck.

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quote:Originally posted by Cutiegirlracing
I thought it was 12 feet (144 inches) before you needed a permit. If it's 10 I've been lucky I've haven't been caught.
Out of everything I've ever towed (dozer, backhoes, tractors, round bales) sheds are the hardest thing I've ever towed. They are so wide and you're all over the road.

Anyway price sounds right, but if you might shop around and get a few hundred dollars less. If you plan to keep a mower in it make sure you have on with a wide enough door for the deck.
It actually is 12' were you need the permit. If it is even 1" under you do not need it. But since they build those in 2' increments that is why I said to get the 10x14.

If you have been hauling the 12'ers without a permit you have gotten lucky as if you got a DOT guy that wanted to be an * they can write you for it.

Edit:
You also have to remember that they measure those buildings by the floor when they build them. But just about all of them have a lip overhang for the roof. DOT will measure at the widest point which is at that overhang on the roof which is going to put you atleast 4" over the 12' mark.[;)]

D1

Always get one half again as big asa you want. You can never get a shed too big.

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quote:Originally posted by steeltoe1978
I will be getting a shed soon from Shed's Unlimited located in Delaware... I'm not sure what they prices are like out where you live in MS, but you can compare them to the ones out here if you like by going to the website below and scrolling down to the prices for built on site sheds.

http://www.shedsunlimitedonline.com/3.html

Also, keep in mind that even though you can put the newer sheds directly on the ground nowadays, you'll probably still want to level out an area, surround it with 6x6s (staked in w/ rebar) and fill it with about 4" or so of crushed rock, then set your shed on that. Either that or put it on a concrete pad.
Correct. I put mine on solid cinder blocks to keep it up off the ground a minimum of 2" all the way around.

chollagardens

Years ago I bought two sheds. The expensive one was a portable office building. it lasted for about 15 years and burned in the Witch Creek fire last year. The other building was like the one pictured. It was cheaper but only lasted a year or so. I have strong winds where I live. I have cargo containers now. They are cheap and theft resistant but can catch fire if burning brush gets under the wood floor.

tneff1969

Buy a shipping container, thats what I did. Very happy with it compared to my other building, mine is a 20'. Paid $2100 for it, water tight and in very solid condition. Added some solar lighting, and roof vents.

Colonel Plink

quote:Originally posted by drjew
Always get one half again as big asa you want. You can never get a shed too big.


This is the truth.