1L243 wrote:
I got a estimate for a 2x6 stud, 20x40 with 14x12 foot door, man door and four windows. Stucco exterior, unfinished inside no electrical (I was going to do it myself) for $31,000 including the slab. I did not want to spend that much so I had the slab poured with footings should I ever decide to build a stick and mortar shop on it.
My guess for a shop like your describing around 30x40,x14 with two doors, finished inside and out with electrical would be in the $50,000 to $75,000 range..
You might not be able to go this route, I went with a metal RV port. 20x41 sides are 9' center is 12'. No real snow load here but had to have permit and engineering specs to show wind rating over 110mph which I got from the installer for free.. Total cost including RV Port, installation, slab and some sidewalks was $11,000
You can enclose it, make it taller, shorter, bigger, roll up doors. Just depends on how much you want to spend..
Thanks for all the info everyone. We are still looking for ideas and in the planning stage. We want to do it right the first time. I don't think we will be able to do everything that we want at once, so we are looking at pouring the slab and footings. Then down the road build the garage on it. I would like to make a storage area under the slab with a large door (maybe even a garage door). Does anyone have any experience with doing something like this? I'm wondering what I would expect the cost to be to do a 24' x 40' slab with open storage and a cement floor under the slab.
1L243 wrote:
I got a estimate for a 2x6 stud, 20x40 with 14x12 foot door, man door and four windows. Stucco exterior, unfinished inside no electrical (I was going to do it myself) for $31,000 including the slab. I did not want to spend that much so I had the slab poured with footings should I ever decide to build a stick and mortar shop on it.
My guess for a shop like your describing around 30x40,x14 with two doors, finished inside and out with electrical would be in the $50,000 to $75,000 range..
You might not be able to go this route, I went with a metal RV port. 20x41 sides are 9' center is 12'. No real snow load here but had to have permit and engineering specs to show wind rating over 110mph which I got from the installer for free.. Total cost including RV Port, installation, slab and some sidewalks was $11,000
You can enclose it, make it taller, shorter, bigger, roll up doors. Just depends on how much you want to spend..
We're getting one similar to this one. 18' wide by 36' long by 12' tall on the edge and 14' high in the center and one more panel down on each side. It's no garage, but the cost is a little over 3K.
Let floor cure for a month. Finally RV, trailer, and and toads are out of the weather.
And I agree, it's great to be able to work on them in a nice dry place out of the sun.
OldRadios wrote:
Just got done with mine. 40x30 with storage upstairs. Our RV is 27' so putting in from the front is easy. Have the option of adding a door on the side later to take advantage of the longer length but I don't see us going with a bigger rig. If anything we would scale down some.
Second story floor stops just before the RV bay so I can walk and work on the roof inside the bay if needed.
Garage went up in December and floor just got poured a week ago. Going to let the floor in the RV bay set for a month before rolling the RV in. Building with O/H doors and openers was $27,500 and excavation and floor with outside apron was another $10,000. Did the electrical and hook-ups myself for around $800.
It is still not to late to keep water on the floor for a slower curing time to prevent cracking. Put a water sprinkler on it.
Just got done with mine. 40x30 with storage upstairs. Our RV is 27' so putting in from the front is easy. Have the option of adding a door on the side later to take advantage of the longer length but I don't see us going with a bigger rig. If anything we would scale down some.
Second story floor stops just before the RV bay so I can walk and work on the roof inside the bay if needed.
Garage went up in December and floor just got poured a week ago. Going to let the floor in the RV bay set for a month before rolling the RV in. Building with O/H doors and openers was $27,500 and excavation and floor with outside apron was another $10,000. Did the electrical and hook-ups myself for around $800.
Second story floor stops just before the RV bay so I can walk and work on the roof inside the bay if needed.
Garage went up in December and floor just got poured a week ago. Going to let the floor in the RV bay set for a month before rolling the RV in. Building with O/H doors and openers was $27,500 and excavation and floor with outside apron was another $10,000. Did the electrical and hook-ups myself for around $800.
