Rich_ard
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It all takes time. If not you end up sorting it on site.
Self build sheds
- Thread starter Pebd99
- Start date
Just had a structural engineer design quite an intricate bespoke shed for the farm, £2000.
It might sound expensive, but he's got an eye for detail and doesn't cut corners. The tendering process is also a lot easier when shed builders are quoting for a fixed specification, rather than them designing their own version with reduced steel weight and bracing to cheapen the deal.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Some are ok , some are just shyt.
Rich_ard
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No doubt. The big names are usually fine. The cattle sheds that are usually on offer would be hard to make for less than the offers that they used to have.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
The offers alot of the time are bull sh!t its just fishing for contact , then its ask for post code and oh need bigger steel etc etc etc price rises , certain manufacturer has cancelled orders every day o the week , can that even be possible ?
spark plug
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Tom Lamb made his own shed a while ago and done a series on YouTube about it:
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Allegedly .....Just get quotes and copy
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Have you got anyone in mindAs BRC says, get it drawn by someone who does sheds... then work from the plans.
...- Location
- Northumberland
Looking out of the office window at the steelwork in this shed - 100 ft wide
Seeing some serious amount of welding & cutting on the rafters.
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I am guessing they would design to include standard snow loads and wind loading (or lifting!) and take into account the geographic area etc you are in. I remember talking to a friend who used to build industrial buildings and I naively asked him why they were over specced compared to agricultural buildings, and he said it's because it doesn't matter if a shed falls down on a cow!As BRC says, get it drawn by someone who does sheds... then work from the plans.
Rich_ard
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Steel is cheaper but sheets and wages are dearerSteel prices are well down from last year, under £950/ tonne for beams, kit prices still seem to be going up though
designanddetail
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Correct, the main difference in the classifications is the factor of safety margin you have to apply in the design, which is based on the likelihood of human occupancy. Cattle shed, very unlikely so smallest safety factors.
- Location
- Northumberland
Get a price to have it fabricated by someone like Wareings in lancashire. https://www.wareingbuildings.co.uk/
Our local shed man used to fabricate his own, now apart from small jobs he uses Wareing
Then work out how much you could do it yourself for. ?
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
100’ is wide for a beginner for sure , perfect world thats a crane job , two big teles at least ..
Pebd99
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Have put up 80’ before with just 1 big handler. 100’ would need it tho.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Depend on height as well , 100 could
Un balance a tele imo bare min two teles in unison imo but crane best
Rich_ard
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Put up a 98 feet one with a 14 m I think. Was a cattle shed so wouldn't be massively high. The new 18 m manitou are no better. Can't lift sh!t without peeping all day
pat kcotnit
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- Location
- Oot and aboot
Tried the Lockerbie firm a couple of times for quotes based on their advertised kits. Usually 50% or more than the kit price due to our location (South Lanarkshire) for snow loading. Last new shed we got built, the manufacturer (not the one above) said the spec for our area is basically the same as for industrial use.
The kits that get advertised must be for areas like Stranraer where the snow loading risk would be negligible.