Shed build

dungfly

Where can I buy steel for a shed near Cork?

What kind of erection costs should I expect? Eg shed over 2,000 sf?

Thinking of buying steel and getting someone else to erect it. Any tips?

farmerjj

dungfly wrote: »

Where can I buy steel for a shed near Cork?

What kind of erection costs should I expect? Eg shed over 2,000 sf?

Thinking of buying steel and getting someone else to erect it. Any tips?

Why not get a shed erecting company to do it like Dwyers or Fordes to put it up? You could buy steel off one of those company,s or I think international trading in tramore road in the city do them to.

cjpm

If you are not erecting it yourself, there is no real saving buying the materials yourself. The fellas at it full time will be buying the stuff at a better price than you. Work out your size and let them price the full job. Note exactly what they are supplying particularly the mass per metre of the steel. Two identical looking beams, 8" x 4", one could be 22kg per m and the other might only be 15kg per m

dungfly

farmerjj wrote: »

Why not get a shed erecting company to do it like Dwyers or Fordes to put it up? You could buy steel off one of those company,s or I think international trading in tramore road in the city do them to.

I was thinking of pricing job both ways I.e. materials only and erection only an then comparing this to all in quote.

dungfly

cjpm wrote: »

If you are not erecting it yourself, there is no real saving buying the materials yourself. The fellas at it full time will be buying the stuff at a better price than you. Work out your size and let them price the full job. Note exactly what they are supplying particularly the mass per metre of the steel. Two identical looking beams, 8" x 4", one could be 22kg per m and the other might only be 15kg per m

Without sounding paranoid how do I trust that the quote will reflect the reality, what if I met a con man so to speak?

dungfly

Why use portal steel rather than other steel types where the rafters narrow on meeting the poles? I have been told that the portal steel is efficient for the steel stockholder.

st1979

portal steel means nothing about the steel. its about the design of the shed. portal frame just means it's an A roof with no centre upright such as a back to back lean - to. The way to ask about steel is The size e.g 8" X 4" and kg per meter.

Viewtodiefor

dungfly wrote: »

Where can I buy steel for a shed near Cork?

What kind of erection costs should I expect? Eg shed over 2,000 sf?

Thinking of buying steel and getting someone else to erect it. Any tips?

Duggan steel sell full lengths of ipe beams. Cut to measure yourself.

Miname

I priced buying the materials myself using contacts within the industry and priced the same spec shed of a lad that does it in kit form and the materials worked out a lot dearer and that wasn't including labour manufacturing. Don't forget brackets and plates add a serious cost to building a shed if your buying them yourself.

dungfly

Miname wrote: »

I priced buying the materials myself using contacts within the industry and priced the same spec shed of a lad that does it in kit form and the materials worked out a lot dearer and that wasn't including labour manufacturing. Don't forget brackets and plates add a serious cost to building a shed if your buying them yourself.

I presume the builder gets a trade price, therefore he/she can make it look like he can get cheap steel but he just ads extra to the build.

Miname

dungfly wrote: »

I presume the builder gets a trade price, therefore he/she can make it look like he can get cheap steel but he just ads extra to the build.

Nothing like that. These are prices I got myself and then direct off the lad making the sheds. Everyone for their own trade makes them far more efficient and the more they go through work wise the more buying power that lad has

dungfly

Miname wrote: »

Nothing like that. These are prices I got myself and then direct off the lad making the sheds. Everyone for their own trade makes them far more efficient and the more they go through work wise the more buying power that lad has

So are you saying that someone who specialises in steel sales is more efficient than joe builder? I.e. Steel broker is cheaper than builder - steel trader?

sucklerlover

Viewtodiefor wrote: »

Duggan steel sell full lengths of ipe beams. Cut to measure yourself.

I priced the steel ,plates,cleats and sheeting off duggans for a shed I was thinking of putting up. I priced a kit shed off a guy and there's no way it would pay me to cut it and weld it up.
I taught the price of the hot dipping was great value compared to what it would cost me.
I guess these guys can buy steel and stuff way cheaper cos they get volume discounts.

Good loser

If my memory is right Dwyers got steel dipped for €800 and it was going to cost another guy that quoted + €1,000. On a 10k shed.