curlyoak Posted November 12, 2018 Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 I have really enjoyed this thread. Not only this is a great shop construction, but it is in a beautiful setting. I see no corner cut. Including the excellent tools. Would you mind sharing the cost of the shop and separately the new tools? Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Robert Morse Posted November 12, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 12, 2018 46 minutes ago, curlyoak said: I have really enjoyed this thread. Not only this is a great shop construction, but it is in a beautiful setting. I see no corner cut. Including the excellent tools. Would you mind sharing the cost of the shop and separately the new tools? Thanks for sharing! Thanks, I'm really pleased with the final outcome. Full disclosure: We went WAY over budget... we got to the point we were spending money to pay people because I couldn't get the free time to finish, AND the shop build (and ticking permit clocks) started getting in the way of family time. I haven't listed out every cost below, just the main ones. We started the build process in July of 2017 with Septic reserve drainfield identification and permits. The final building inspection was in February of 2018, and the final electrical inspection was completed in September of this year. The building shell, including the concrete was $36k before tax. I suspect the building would be somewhat cheaper in other parts of the country - anything construction-related is CRAZY expensive around here. Also, this is the ONLY thing in this build that came in at the expected/budgeted price. The epoxy floor was around $2k once all the related costs were added in. There was a bit of a fiasco with the floor which I haven't and won't share here (working with friends isn't always a good thing...). It was still FAR cheaper than the flooring pros, but it ended up being a pretty big source of stress for a little while. Overall I'm happy with it though. Cheaper than expected. Drywall, electrical (everything after then panel), metal ceiling for the inside, framing for the interior walls, insulation, paint, in-floor dust pipe, etc. I haven't tallied the receipts, and I don't intend to. I do recall that Insulation was ~$900, as I bought it from a contractor who was going out of business and had advertised on Craigslist. The drywall was around $400, including mud and screws. The metal for the walls and ceiling was around $1200 give or take... the lumber and screws/nails around $400-600. The rest was bought piece-meal as I needed it. 2 month rental of the man-lift with delivery and pick up was around $1500 I think. This ended up being a MUST have - as there's no way I could have hung those panels from a ladder 16' up in the air. Not shown are: Site Prep, excavator and skid steer rentals (needed once each), electrical rough in, permits, the ductless mini-split ($2k), septic/drainfield reserve identification, and a whole metric ton of miscellaneous expenses which I'm afraid to add up. If i had it to do over, I would have the builder frame and insulate the interior, and hang the ceiling panels - it took me WAY too long and I had to enlist help every time I wanted to work on the ceiling. I still would have done the drywall and finish electrical. Also, I'm a convert on the metal ceiling. Given there was no paint or mud/tape needed, it was far easier overall than dealing with drywall panels, I'd do that again as well. I also severely underestimated how long it would take to get the final interior work done: In hind sight, I should have waited to order the 2 stationary tools. I ended up having to move them in their boxes repeatedly, as they were CONSTANTLY in the way, and the jointer sat wrapped on its pallet blocking half of my garage for 7 months... The only new tools stationary tools were procured from their respective manufacturers, Hammer/Felder and ClearVue, at "normal" prices. I sold smaller versions of both to help offset the costs. I separated those costs from the build, as they were not really part of the building process. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted November 13, 2018 Report Share Posted November 13, 2018 Not sure how I missed your latest update but that looks awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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