Cost for free standing 2 car garage

[GregWeld]

This will show up at your house!












Make sure you rent one of these!











And one of these!











So you can take cool pics like this!

[Track Junky]

Nice going Greg!! Love those pic's

[Vince@Meanstreets]

i'd so jump in your pool..... lol

[DRJDVM's '69]

Greg... So doing the labor yourself.... What did your shop cost in total.... Concrete, electrical, building etc

And where did you get your building?

The thing that concerns me the most is the concrete cost.... Gonna need the pad and some driveway

My goal is $50k and under, doing as much myself as possible

40x60x16 is pretty big .... But I don't want to regret building it too small.... But may need to downsize to fit my budget

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by DRJDVM's '69

Greg... So doing the labor yourself.... What did your shop cost in total.... Concrete, electrical, building etc

And where did you get your building?

The thing that concerns me the most is the concrete cost.... Gonna need the pad and some driveway

My goal is $50k and under, doing as much myself as possible

40x60x16 is pretty big .... But I don't want to regret building it too small.... But may need to downsize to fit my budget

The building was 20 grand (3K for skylights!) and worth it!
The pad was 11 grand - thickened edge - #4 rebar - fiber reinforced - stainless steel joint "thingies" - 6" minimum thickness - and vapor barrier!
Can't remember what the doors cost but they were at least 3 grand with commercial openers installed
I had to buy a compound sliding mitre saw and stand -- $500
I bought 2 drills (the ones in our hands in the pic) Gave the one my buddy used to him when we were done and gave him a grand to help me
At least $1500 in RENTAL FEES for ZoomBoom and other lifts
A couple grand for the insulation guys - used 6" high density bat
I did all the electrical but still have a couple grand in fixtures - panel - wiring - conduit etc


We moved 180 double truckloads of dirt before anything else. The excavator operator was $185 an hour - and it cost $9 per cubic yard to DUMP the dirt I paid to haul (three double dump trucks - one being loaded - one running - one waiting) so I was about 125 grand into moving earth before doing anything else.... and fugidaboud the retaining walls -- driveway paving - blah blah blah blah

I should have sheeted the roof before installing the standing seam roofing - I was told not to - they were wrong and it looked "wavy gravy" (remember him from Woodstock?)

So when I roofed my house last year - they tore off the standing seam - sheeted and put on matching roofing to the house. MUCH MO BETTA!