Costs of building a slatted shed in the times we have

westernmyth

so as the titles suggests just wondering what the cost would roughly to build a 3 bay single with 14 foot 6 slats and a good creep area

butt1

i know a boy that put one up last year ,12ft creep and a good over hang at the front for e36000,everything included gates,barriers,poured walls,door at each end,planning permission,electricians labour and fittings,roof and sides,tank and slats and drinkers

blue5000

Approx half what it was in 08.

Depends what spec you want to use, grant spec or just enough steel? Have a look on dept website to see if there any plans still available there. Steel is maybe a small bit cheaper, readymix-price at least 3 suppliers near you when you know what you want. It should be easier to get shuttering done now too. A rough ballpark for the tank per foot length incl slats is 200+vat. What county are you in? Look at lots of sheds now before you start to get ideas, ask ppl would they have done anything different.

bob charles

New shed after costing me just under €500 a head for a fattening shed. that includes large concrete aprons on the outside aswell done to a high spec

richie123

westernmyth wrote: »

so as the titles suggests just wondering what the cost would roughly to build a 3 bay single with 14 foot 6 slats and a good creep area

friend of mine building a 3 bay ..gonna cost roughly 10500 to dig shutter an slat 3 bays 55 ft including two manholes(14 ft slat)
.excluding shed gates barriers etc

1chippy

priced a 4 bay single sided with 6 ft overhang. 3 bay on tank, 1 bay creep.
shed cost 6500 plus vat. stand it yourself.
includes 7x3 steel sheeted to 6' (12' to eaves)
3 feed barriers 2 dividing gates i creep gate and 1 sheeted gate for creep bay. all galvanised
Tank, conc, digging and backfilling and 14'6" tractor slats on for 8000 plus vat

then you need to throw on blockwork and plastering to 6' .
water and drinkers
elec and lights

westernmyth

chippy that 8000 plus vat is that for the tank and slats done by a contractor or is that supplying labour etc?

johnpawl

just doing one. 3 bay tank cost e 9800 + vat including slats and digging out and backfill. Shed = e14,500 + vat. A type roof. 14.4 metres square basically. that includes walls shuttered and beams in for doors and flashing. must do doors myself.2 doors on one end, other end closed. Must buy barriers etc myself.

Good loser

1chippy wrote: »

priced a 4 bay single sided with 6 ft overhang. 3 bay on tank, 1 bay creep.
shed cost 6500 plus vat. stand it yourself.
includes 7x3 steel sheeted to 6' (12' to eaves)
3 feed barriers 2 dividing gates i creep gate and 1 sheeted gate for creep bay. all galvanised
Tank, conc, digging and backfilling and 14'6" tractor slats on for 8000 plus vat

then you need to throw on blockwork and plastering to 6' .
water and drinkers
elec and lights

Hi chippy. Is a 6 ft overhang necessary facing north? Would 5 ft do?

What's min. height on feeding side - suppose 10 ft?

Is it for nitrates you're going to 14ft 6?

Are two agitating points needed in 64 ft tank?

Thanks.

1chippy

yeh that was inc slats. i'd know both companies well and they were saying they were givin me a good deal on account of that. although priced another lad off donedeal who came in 4500 for shed with no barriers or gates. (not galv) and he then proceeded to send me back to the original lad id priced for the gates.

westernmyth

So all in what would you expect to pay for a 3 bay single with good creep finished barriers gates etc all in?

padowado

all farmers can get vat back on sheds

1chippy

two agitation points would be advisable on a 64' tank not sure if necessary. those prices are only for a 3 bay (16' bay) on tank and one dry bay for the creep.
12' to eaves sloping around 15 degrees will leave it just over 16' at peak. then the canopy will be dropping back.
Were leaving it that height cause there will be a lot of traffic driving across front and with all the best intentions someone will prob rub the pottinger off the roof otherwise.
6' overhang is just what will work for us. seen lads with 8' and seen some with none. we have one tank outside the end of a cubicle house and when the silage gets rained on there seems to be more waste. hence the overhang on this one. theres another shed parrallel to it so should keep the front slighty sheltered.

westernmyth

so could some one give a detailed breakdown of costs of shed from start to finish

westernmyth

richie123 wrote: »

friend of mine building a 3 bay ..gonna cost roughly 10500 to dig shutter an slat 3 bays 55 ft including two manholes(14 ft slat)
.excluding shed gates barriers etc

what will the shed be on top of that

richie123

westernmyth wrote: »

what will the shed be on top of that

he didnt price it yet..jus doing tank plus slats this year and shed next year in order to spread out costs.

westernmyth

john pawl what height is that to the eaves ...... sounds like a decent price

westernmyth

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johnpawl just doing one. 3 bay tank cost e 9800 + vat including slats and digging out and backfill. Shed = e14,500 + vat. A type roof. 14.4 metres square basically. that includes walls shuttered and beams in for doors and flashing. must do doors myself.2 doors on one end, other end closed. Must buy barriers etc myself.

westernmyth wrote: »

john pawl what height is that to the eaves ...... sounds like a decent price

yoloc

Does one put dpc under the blockwork when building a slatted shed or does it not matter seeing as it will be opened most of the year.

severeoversteer

bob charles wrote: »

New shed after costing me just under €500 a head for a fattening shed. that includes large concrete aprons on the outside aswell done to a high spec

have you this shed full at the moment bob ?

heifer or bull or bullock beef

bob charles

severeoversteer wrote: »

have you this shed full at the moment bob ?

heifer or bull or bullock beef

nearly, considering when proper winter comes it will be overcrowded:(. priced comfort slat mats for it the other day and I would have a fair lump of another shed built for the costs, can they really be cost effective? Bit of all types of animals inside but Im extra fond of the girls.

severeoversteer

bob charles wrote: »

nearly, considering when proper winter comes it will be overcrowded:(. priced comfort slat mats for it the other day and I would have a fair lump of another shed built for the costs, can they really be cost effective? Bit of all types of animals inside but Im extra fond of the girls.

dont do heifers myself but neighbour is all heifer beef, seems to have it down to a tee , all grass based,

id find it hard to see how having animals in a shed for any longer than a winter could pay

them slat mats are a rob by the way, bit of space for cattle in shed would be better or some bedding, 1100-1200 to do a 16 by 16 foot pen is crazy

bob charles

severeoversteer wrote: »

dont do heifers myself but neighbour is all heifer beef, seems to have it down to a tee , all grass based,

id find it hard to see how having animals in a shed for any longer than a winter could pay

them slat mats are a rob by the way, bit of space for cattle in shed would be better or some bedding, 1100-1200 to do a 16 by 16 foot pen is crazy

I was given a price around 1700 to do a pen that size. I 100% agree you and I would think you would be better building extra space with the money to do any sizable area of slats.

severeoversteer

bob charles wrote: »

I was given a price around 1700 to do a pen that size. I 100% agree you and I would think you would be better building extra space with the money to do any sizable area of slats.

have you ever seen parlour feeders cobbled into a slatted shed ?

im thinking about it

have a trough along back wall and feeders dropping feed into it via an auger from silo, got a price of 200 per feeder at ploughing

would need 3 feeders per pen ive worked out

200 includes pipe and auger he said

can be pull a crod type or fully automatic on a timer

bob charles

severeoversteer wrote: »

have you ever seen parlour feeders cobbled into a slatted shed ?

im thinking about it

have a trough along back wall and feeders dropping feed into it via an auger from silo, got a price of 200 per feeder at ploughing

would need 3 feeders per pen ive worked out

200 includes pipe and auger he said

can be pull a crod type or fully automatic on a timer

surely one feeder could have its outlets divided into 3 and reduce the need for the expensive part of the operation. A jaunt to your local pig farm might throw up so good ideas

severeoversteer

bob charles wrote: »

surely one feeder could have its outlets divided into 3 and reduce the need for the expensive part of the operation. A jaunt to your local pig farm might throw up so good ideas

the reason for 3 was that each feeder could only hold 4 kg at a time

s0 3 by 4 =12kg / 8 animals = 1.5kg a head for each feed

how many kilos do the cashman feeders hold?

lstmd

I gather the expensive part of the system are the feeders. Does anyone know 1.how much per foot a flexi auger would cost?
2.How much a motor would cost?
3.How much a feeder costs?
4.How far a motor would drive the auger?

severeoversteer

lstmd wrote: »

I gather the expensive part of the system are the feeders. Does anyone know 1.how much per foot a flexi auger would cost?
2.How much a motor would cost?
3.How much a feeder costs?
4.How far a motor would drive the auger?

+1 i also want to know

how much are new manual cashman feeders or similar

Timmaay

Cashman feeder about 1000quid for each double for the pneumatic, or 650 for manual (rope) ones. You can adjust them to give out between about 1/2kg and 2.5kg with each pull. Pig batch feeders would be the way to go for a beef system though? Only reason for us dairyfarmers using Cashman or the likes is because the batch feeders can't let you feed to yield.

UncleGrrr

@severeoversteer & @lstmd

I'm declaring an interest here! If you need to know about the Cashman Feeders, I'm the man to ask!

As you can see from my handle what I'll tell you is from the horses / cows mouth. As a rule we don't sell direct to the farmer. We use dealers, that is the lad who'll be servicing your machine would normally sell, and fit, the feeders. I do think that €1000 per feeder is on the steep side. I don't know any dealer who is selling them at that price.
The manual price is about right. Some charge more, some less, but again that includes fitting and all the bits and pieces that go with the feeder...


If you want to know anything else DM or ring us...

Timmaay

I might be slightly out with the 1000quid, (hence why I said "about"), I priced up about 10 different feeders in the space of 20mins at the ploughing so can't exactly remember all the prices ha!

UncleGrrr

Fair enough!! The ploughing was chaos! Just the €1000 caught me by surprise is all.

severeoversteer

CashmanEng wrote: »

@severeoversteer & @lstmd

I'm declaring an interest here! If you need to know about the Cashman Feeders, I'm the man to ask!

If you want to know anything else DM or ring us...

who is the dealer for east galway?

UncleGrrr

severeoversteer wrote: »

who is the dealer for east galway?

I'll mail you on a few names...

kevthegaff

lads how much is a 60 ft tank 14ft wide to put in, i have my own filling for backfill and the floor?