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I am looking to build a small garage to work on car. I am only working with 3k for this project. My hubby wants to go with a pole shed design. I would like to be able to purchase all my materials in one kit. i want my garage to be about 20 x 14. any ideas from you guys on where to look and can i do it for the money i have. I am looking for the most bang for my buck.

I'll sell ya mine for $120,000.00.... You can have the house, lot, and one live-at-home college student and his girlfriend with it...... I'm sure they will finish school and get a job------someday...

Seriously, about June or so Home Depot, Menard's, and Lowes usually have some big, big sales on their garage packages. Watch for it!!! Maybe a sale in early spring, too???????

thanks dave but i need it sooner. cold laying on ground here and i have cars to customize

Check with any of the one's I mentioned. Don't know about your area but around here the folks at Home Depot are always ready to make a deal. Their computer will make a drawing of it, a bill of materials, and a bid all in one quick deal!!!! Seems like a reasonable amount of money....concrete is also quite expensive....but again there's always someone ready to make a deal.

Try shelterkit. They have do it yourself kits that might come close to your budget and needs. A friend built a house out of one of their barn kits. Yoouch! I just went online to look at their links, outragious how high their prices have gone. www.shelter-kit.com/
I built a garden shed from recycled materials for about 120.00 (4x8 feet)this year. If you buy 2x6 for framing, use something like t-111(cheap siding) and pour your own cement slab, you might come close to 3000.00 for materials! The size you want is going to cost alot in the end, plus permits because it's greater than 8x10 feet. Might be cheaper to rent a storage unit like Don does for his project 3k build. After Katrina hit, and the gulf war, the cost for basic building materials has skyrocketed. Do you live in snow country. If so you might need a beefier building to support the weight of snow on the roof. Some of the smaller steel garage buildings/ shed/ shops might be the cheapest. What ever you build, think whether you want insulation to keep warm in the winter months! Good luck and keep us posted! Steve.

spend most of your money on a big concrete slab then do the sides and roof in sticks and straw..iv`e seen people pile up hay bales for siding then prop up a tarp for a roof .. you can build a better building when funds will allow .. or come use mine .. i never do ..

I would agree with Hoss and Dave and Stovens, Barb.

Before we moved to our present location. I built myself a "garage" and I did everything wrong.

First, I built a small pole barn. It was in a windy climate and more dirt and sand and whatever else happened to be blowing around came inside that sucker than stayed outside. If you plan to do engine work (and I'm sure you and the boy do) you'll want that place CLEAN!

Besides, I froze my tail in there.

Then I got the wise idea that I would put gravel down instead of a slab intending to pour concrete later, which, of course, I never did. Any time I dropped a nut or washer or anything small in that gravel it was gone forever. If I could have sifted that stupid gravel I would have had enough parts to start another project.

Shop around. There's gotta be good deals on prefabs somewhere!

Jim

I built a 24 X 16 addon to my barn, the steel was $1700.00 from Menards and that was just 3 sides and a roof. The lumber was $2400.00 and the concrete was $1600.00. I did all the labor myself with friends, I hate to bust your plans but your going to need more cash. Unless you do it in steps. Shop the lumber stores 84 , Carter, and your Home depot, Menards. They will try to beat each others price if you show them in writing a quote.
Good luck
BradC

Can you do polebarn construction in your area?
Thats how I would build cheap. If you build do it for future plans not present. If anything build it deep to allow an area to work and locate tools.
You can build the structure now and pour a floor and insulate later.

If you have construction in your area, flag down a cement truck. Tell them you have a slab you want poured. In my area, the cement trucks usually have an extra yard or two in the drum you can get for cheap.

well i checked all the local lumber yards for garage and pole shed kits. carter seem to have the cheapest with a 22 x 24 double car garage for 3200. i already have the concrete slab in place. was here when we brought the house. thanks for all the help guys. now if i can talk hubby into a garage instead of a pole shed then i should be in business.

In the Richmond area there are a few vacant lots that have Amish-built finished garages. I think I paid about $4000 for one three years ago. It is 24'x12' with plenty of space for a single car and a work bench along with storage in the ceiling above. The folks brought it in on a flat bed trailer since it has 4"x4" beams under the wooden floor and they leveled it out but we had to add electrical connections. I added a 220 VAC socket for a future electric welder along with the usual 110 VAC for indoor power and lights. I guess we have about $4300 in the garage, but it looks nice along side the house and meets the appearance inspection of my wife. I toyed with building my own but balked at the local cost of a concrete slab. Now I have a wooden floor and it absorbs oil, gear oil and any other liquid very well but I worry about fire hazzard so all welding so far has been in good weather by rolling the car/chassis out on the driveway and welding on the gravel surface there. Just a comment but the recent Monte Carlo Hotel fire reminds me of several construction fires I have seen associated with welding! If you can't find one of those ready-built garage sites, there is one on U.S. Rt. 1 just south of Ashland Va.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Jyardgirl
Here is a site selling plans ofr a garage for 9.95 if you want to do it yourself!
The girl sketched by the plan jumping out of her convertible was an added incentive to pass this along to you!
http://www.plandist.com/garage.html

it`s a shame i'm not closer to you .. i throw away enuff wood every month to do what you want .. we get aluminum plate delivered here every week and most of it is on pallats 12 X 30 feet long made of 4 x 4 oak .. plenty good for a whole wall .. lots of folks here have taken them home and built shops from them .. even i made my small lawnmower building from them ..

Barb
I'm a retired builder, spent 35+years building homes etc.. If you go the package garage be aware that because of the size you are more than likely going to have to have a building permit, not that you can't put it up without one but you run the risk of possibly getting fined or worse case having to tear it down---I've seen that happen once when a particularly nasty, by-the-book building inspector became aware of the structure. The poor guy tried his best but the building dept. backed up the inspector and ordered it torn down. Not knowing your area or fees a national average is aprox 10% of the total cost to build. Another thing to consider is are you planning on running power for lights, outlets, 220v, in the future? If so and you are not capable of installing or running the electrical and higher an electrician, he will in all likelyhood pull a permit to CHA. That may cause a red flag on the structure by the building dept after the fact and you could face fines or worse for not having a permit.

Those pre-packaged garages are a bargain though the plans/product are rather generic in regards to meeting some local area codes for instance the roof trusses may not have but a minimum "snow load" factor--consult with the people you buy it from. I'm not familar with Menards but if it's like Lowes or Home Depot they should have some knowledgeable help in their "contractor" dept.

Fwiw and good luck--Gary