My New House & Workshop

[Jim Oaks]

My math is:

$3,500 for new trusses
$3,200 for sheathing plywood
$6,000 for roofing
$500 for block
$unknown mortar
$1,500 garage door

Unknown is demo and removal of old roof and ceiling.

 

[Uncle Gump]

And the cost of central air.

It is Texas after all

 

[fastpakr]

Maybe a good application for a swamp cooler?

 

[Jim Oaks]

And the cost of central air.

It is Texas after all

I can't afford central air in a garage.

 

[Snoranger]

Rick suggested building stub walls. Wondering why he suggested that instead of adding more block.

If I were doing it myself, I’d build stub walls... but that’s because I’ve never built a block wall before.

If I were paying someone to do it, I’d have them do blocks. With the current cost of lumber, I don’t think there would be much of a different in price.

 

[Uncle Gump]

I couldn't afford it either... but I could afford one of the big ass fans!

 

[Rick W]

@Jim Oaks

I just sent an email with the drawings. Reach out when your gal takes off.

a few thoughts:

1. trusses @ $3500. If you make them yourself, not even 8 hours, I come up with about $100 each or $1,700.
2. For the 30x30 roof, I come up with 32 sheets of wafer board, so $400 +/-
3. I think blocks vs stub walls is pretty even. On anything like that, what’s your desire? What’s better for security? What will piss of the neighbors?

If you are in a restaurant and want a wine and there are three offerings, one for $8, $10 and $12. No matter which one you buy you are spending eight dollars. The real question is what do you get for the extra two dollars or the extra four dollars?

Let me know. Kiss your gal for me!

 

[Rick W]

& on roofing, it’s the simplest roof possible, two rectangles, one peak. No valleys, angles, etc.

Roofing in DFW ranges from about $150 - $280 a square. You should be on the low side, but say $200. It’s about 1,000 sq feet, so $2,000.

 

[Bird76Mojo]

Personally, if I had the time to spare, I'd have the contractor do the roof up to the underlayment, then I'd shingle it myself. It's a super easy job to do. Just time consuming for a newbie, but still super easy to get great results. It will go super quick if you've got a buddy or two to help you out for the price of beer and pizza, and the savings can be pretty huge. You'd be surprised to see how fast it goes once you get those chalk lines down and the first couple courses done.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Put down roofing underlayment (like house wrap for siding) over the whole roof and you can take you time shingling. Roof top delivery saves a lot of backbreaking labor.

 

[Rick W]

I did a quick Craigslist search here and in Dallas, TX. Very similar markets. I found brand new 8x7 doors, installed, under $500 in Atlanta.

this is what I found in Dallas. Take it down and pick it up yourself, professional installation all day long for $150 per.

Also, call Overhead door and the other “real” shops and ask if they have a good used door or a scratch and dent. When I built my shop, they had an 8x18 insulated steel door that cost $2,100, that a customer didn’t like when he saw it, and I got it for $800 installed (20 yrs ago)

an afterthought. If you go 12’ high or higher, instead of the door rolling horizontal at the top of the door, you can add vertical track so it rolls up to the inside ceiling and then goes horizontal close to the ceiling. Yields a lot of headroom when the door is open.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I would go steel on the roof, we will be finishing the roof in steel on our barn, I am going to put it on the garage and when the time comes the house is getting steel too.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I would go steel on the roof, we will be finishing the roof in steel on our barn, I am going to put it on the garage and when the time comes the house is getting steel too.

Yes, and pretty easy to do by yourself too. Tho a second person makes the job go much quicker.

 

[G8orFord]

I've nailed quite a few shingles in my day. Never thought of it as easy. Not terribly hard, but easy? NO. Also backbreaking for us that are over average height and weight. LOL. That said, I'll never nail another shingle on anything more than a doghouse or small pump house. Everything else will be covered by metal. It's better all the way around, IMO. Lasts longer, better insurance rates and goes on quicker and "easier" if you know what you're doing and looks just as good to me. If you really want shingles, use metal ones. They make those too.

 

[Rick W]

I've nailed quite a few singles in my day.

Wow, really?