Steal and concrete costs for silage clamps.

[Headless chicken]

Has anyone got a decent guide as to what sort of price we would be looking at to put girders in to hold concrete panels? Unsure on how deep we’d need to be putting them in or what size we’d need.

@RWG Contracts maybe?

 

[BobGreen]

A lot will depend how big, width and height the clamp is to be

 

[Headless chicken]

A lot will depend how big, width and height the clamp is to be

40ft wide clamps 3m high walls. Silage both sides

 

[concrete agri]

Shutter the whole thing

 

[concrete agri]

 

[Headless chicken]

no tax relief and Less we can do ourselves etc.

 

[onesiedale]

Summer 2018 we took out our earth bank walled pit and just made 1 big concrete pad with an 'L' shaped panel wall to act as retaining wall/ pit wall on one side and a back wall just ½ width of total pad.
Had a quote for poured /shuttered concrete -£18,000
Did the job ourselves, with 8" steel columns and 6" twin stressed panels, for circa £13000
3 x 1m panels high,
9 x 15' bays
2 x 20' bays
12 steels total
Quite a saving over the quote,, but don't underestimate the time taken (and patience required regarding the setting of posts.)
The steels were 4.5m, with 1.2 m in the ground and probably a good 1.5 cubes of concrete around posts.
Good project. Enjoyed doing it.

 

[farmerdan7618]

no tax relief and Less we can do ourselves etc.

Full tax relief on a clamp, doesn't have to be panels.

 

[Headless chicken]

Full tax relief on a clamp, doesn't have to be panels.

that’s handy to know!

 

[Headless chicken]

Summer 2018 we took out our earth bank walled pit and just made 1 big concrete pad with an 'L' shaped panel wall to act as retaining wall/ pit wall on one side and a back wall just ½ width of total pad.
Had a quote for poured /shuttered concrete -£18,000
Did the job ourselves, with 8" steel columns and 6" twin stressed panels, for circa £13000
3 x 1m panels high,
9 x 15' bays
2 x 20' bays
12 steels total
Quite a saving over the quote,, but don't underestimate the time taken (and patience required regarding the setting of posts.)
The steels were 4.5m, with 1.2 m in the ground and probably a good 1.5 cubes of concrete around posts.
Good project. Enjoyed doing it.

is 6 inch a big enough panel? And how do you find the 20s? Im
Getting conflicted views. I was sold on the panels because it gives a straight edge. Contractor says he’s seen some real disasters with panels and says go for A walls which are moveable but unless the steels and concrete are going to be double the panels they’re a lot more expensive!

 

[onesiedale]

6" plenty big enough panel. But remember, we only have silage on 1 side., The wall acts as a retainer on the other side.
20s are too big, but they fitted the job perfect at the back of the pit.
I can understand how your contractor has seen disasters. Fitting the panels into the web doesn't leave much room for error. You need plenty of tubes of mastic sealant and some clever thinking to locate the panels against one side of the web.
'A' panels maybe a good option. They must surely be easier, but I guess you'll pay for it. There'll be a big saving on steels, time, concrete and a comfortable margin of error to work with so much less stressful. But I guess you'll lose the space under the A

 

[Forever Fendt]

A few pictures of one we did 200 ft long 60 ft wide x3.6 high designed by structural engineer for level fill and compaction with 12 ton machine to edge, don’t skimp it you will regret it

 

[concrete agri]

Looks the part wat price wud tat coast

 

[Fergieman]

 

[Forever Fendt]

Looks the part wat price wud tat coast

£36k for steel erected and concrete panels fitted farmer paid for stone mesh and concrete on top

 

[concrete agri]

A few pictures of one we did 200 ft long 60 ft wide x3.6 high designed by structural engineer for level fill and compaction with 12 ton machine to edge, don’t skimp it you will regret it

It wud be a good job to shutter in between the rsj's

 

[bigw]

Thats a really smart silo @concrete agri do you have a picture of the shutters for the slope on the walls?

 

[startinghandle]

I have a relation who saved a lot of money by mixing his own concrete on site for large cattle shed
Why hasn't this caught on ?

 

[Wellytrack]

I have a relation who saved a lot of money by mixing his own concrete on site for large cattle shed
Why hasn't this caught on ?

Because it won’t work in a big pour.

 

[startinghandle]

Because it won’t work in a big pour.

This guy has his own onsite mixer
He also has contacts for buying materials at good price