My dad told me that when I turned twenty and proved a little thriftyness with my own money that he would consider a shop for me. Well, in March I'll be 20 so with a little help from my dad (in the way of a cosigner) we will break ground in the spring!!
I'm looking right now at a 30x40 polebuilding, I got a price of a kit as follows:
**--30x40x10
**--1- 36" man door
**--2 other openings to be namde later (probably 2 10x8 overhead doors)
**--1' overhang on four sides
**--1/2" thermoguard insulation for ceiling and walls
$8450 delivered (does not include price of overhead doors, floor, or labor)
Cost of floor estimated at $2500 plus gravel
My dad is wanting to have it built, but I'd rather build it ourselves, they'll put it up for about $2000 (I wouldn't say I have the knowledge (as of now) to do it myself but I do have the braun, on the other hand my granpa is the opposite, Brains but not the braun anymore. I keep telling my dad that knowledge is priceless.
On to insulation, the 1/2" is quoted to give an R-factor of close to 4 (not near enough I think) so what is the best route to go for a pole building?? Just tonight I went dumpster diving for about 30 4'x8'x2.25" thick styrofoam sheets (worth using or not??
One more thing I know it will be more expensive but should I look at doing a shingled roof instead of metal, I've never put metal on but layed a couple hundred square of shingles in my day, Ive heard metal will sweat and eventually drip
Sorry for the wordy post>