Price of slatted shed

mantua

Working as a part time farmer with my uncle and feeding around 30 sucklers with plans to increase the herd numbers!! have been housing them in dry sheds since and planning on building a 3 bay double slatted shed and with the price of materials and labour so low. haven't got any prices yet or much info on slatted sheds but will be doin alot of research over the winter and hopefully start building by the summer if everything goes to plan! just trying to get a total price for a fully finished 3 bay double so i'll have an idea when gettin prices off builders!!
Thank you:):)

reilig

mantua wrote: »

Working as a part time farmer with my uncle and feeding around 30 sucklers with plans to increase the herd numbers!! have been housing them in dry sheds since and planning on building a 3 bay double slatted shed and with the price of materials and labour so low. haven't got any prices yet or much info on slatted sheds but will be doin alot of research over the winter and hopefully start building by the summer if everything goes to plan! just trying to get a total price for a fully finished 3 bay double so i'll have an idea when gettin prices off builders!!
Thank you:):)

Can't give you a price, but material isn't as low as it was a few months back. Your most expensive material will be the steel - for reinforcing, structural steel, gates, barriers, roofs etc and steel has risen almost 25% since this time last year.

Careful planning and design layout could save you a lot of money. Most 3 bay double slatted sheds built over the last 15 years have a central passage with a tank under. The first slatted shed that we put up in 1996 was done without a grant. Its a 4 bay double with 12" 6 slats. We poured a tank 72 ft long and 25ft wide. Poured a supporting wall up the centre with supporting beams at each end to allow slurry to circulate and put slats on top. Bolted the steel of the shed to the slats in the centre and made all pens with gates - sheeting the centre gates to reduce air flow. This gave us a back to back 4 bay double and we feed on both sides of it. It is a good airy shed which means that it is healthy. tank is 8 foot deep so lots of slurry storage space for teh floor area. 14 years on, its still in everyday use. Only thing I would have done differently is galvanise dip the steel. A neighbour built a 4 bay double slatted shed the same year with the grant and it cost him £10k more than ours. He has been plaiged with pnumonia every winter since.

tyrellio69

reilig wrote: »

Can't give you a price, but material isn't as low as it was a few months back. Your most expensive material will be the steel - for reinforcing, structural steel, gates, barriers, roofs etc and steel has risen almost 25% since this time last year.

Careful planning and design layout could save you a lot of money. Most 3 bay double slatted sheds built over the last 15 years have a central passage with a tank under. The first slatted shed that we put up in 1996 was done without a grant. Its a 4 bay double with 12" 6 slats. We poured a tank 72 ft long and 25ft wide. Poured a supporting wall up the centre with supporting beams at each end to allow slurry to circulate and put slats on top. Bolted the steel of the shed to the slats in the centre and made all pens with gates - sheeting the centre gates to reduce air flow. This gave us a back to back 4 bay double and we feed on both sides of it. It is a good airy shed which means that it is healthy. tank is 8 foot deep so lots of slurry storage space for teh floor area. 14 years on, its still in everyday use. Only thing I would have done differently is galvanise dip the steel. A neighbour built a 4 bay double slatted shed the same year with the grant and it cost him £10k more than ours. He has been plaiged with pnumonia every winter since.

Lads,I'm building a small shed here at home for a few calves.The shed will be 20ft long and 25 ft wide.We have the back wall built already (from years ago-never followed through) and we have three steel uprights as part of that back.they are each 8ft above ground.so,i asked a local shed supplier how much he would charge for the remainder of the shed.thats for a 20ft by 25 ft (2 bay shed),inclusive of steel,galvanise sheets for roof,galvanise sides down to meet the 5ft side walls and all the timbers for the roof also.he said 1800 euro.is this a good price?

SomethingElse

Are there any grants for sheds these days?

Shauny2010

tyrellio69 wrote: »

Lads,I'm building a small shed here at home for a few calves.The shed will be 20ft long and 25 ft wide.We have the back wall built already (from years ago-never followed through) and we have three steel uprights as part of that back.they are each 8ft above ground.so,i asked a local shed supplier how much he would charge for the remainder of the shed.thats for a 20ft by 25 ft (2 bay shed),inclusive of steel,galvanise sheets for roof,galvanise sides down to meet the 5ft side walls and all the timbers for the roof also.he said 1800 euro.is this a good price?

Is that just for the shed without erecting it, I suspect it is.The price seems okay, you need to check that hes not supplying the lightest and cheapest gauge sheeting there is!!
try to get at least a pre painted sheet even if its not up to grant spec it should be fine

tyrellio69

Shauny2010 wrote: »

Is that just for the shed without erecting it, I suspect it is.The price seems okay, you need to check that hes not supplying the lightest and cheapest gauge sheeting there is!!
try to get at least a pre painted sheet even if its not up to grant spec it should be fine

Yea,thats the price without erecting it.he's giving me green corrugated galvanise-id say its around .65 mm.not too sure.how much would it cost to build a tank for a 20 x 25 ft shed ??