Cost of shed

15 years ago it was about 10-15% of the price of a grand approved shed. They weigh the steel in and out and you pay on the extra weight.

8x4 rsj is 23kg per meter, lads getting sheds galvanised are getting it for around 90 cents a kg I think at moment so Ur looking at roughly 20 euro plus vat per meter of steel, u add on for plates and cleates extra,

Be more than that, u have 60 foot on back 72 foot on front and 6 X 22 for top, 80 meters of steel give 100kg for plates u be looking 1900 plus vat

😂, Picked load out of pioneer today 1euro 1cent a kg plus vat, it's gone up alot in last few years

Good man bass, I was lookin at the trailer, Ur spot on regards the add, that's what I get for quickly glancing over it

Ya steel was black by him at start so surly knock 200 off to paint , if u got for 1400 and give 850 for galvanised and carriage it be grand out

Neighbour here is a joiner by trade and showed me a text that he got from his supplier a fortnight ago. It varies from species to species, but basically timber up 15-20% across the board come January.

Plenty of sheds extended over the years in farmyards all over the country done just as you describe.

Assuming the existing is 4” block on flat and you are going to continue same to 7ft.

Ensure the rafters (or trusses) are physically tied down to the block wall so they can’t lift in a storm. Usually using some thing similar to a 50x50x5 angle iron about 3ft long with a hole at each end. Put a bolt through the wall at the bottom end and bolt to the rafter (or truss) on top.

Don’t have a roof any lower than 11 foot at the lowest point. I know it’s a handling area but at 7 foot it would be horrible to work in. 11 foot will get any mid sized tractor in if you ever want to change it or do something else with it. I seen a lad done similar to what your saying and he just built to seven foot but built pillars every 16 foot and ran a purlin between to carry the rafters. It worked a treat , let in light and air and didn’t cost a fortune.

Folks,

Apologies for hijacking here. Just looking if anyone has any work done recently or have got figures around the construction of a slatted house.

I am in the early days of planning to move forward and replace the existing winter housing facilities with a new slatted shed with large creep/loose area.

I would be going for the TAMS

5 Bay opened at one side

Double tank with two rows of 16' 6" tractor slats. Tank to be 8ft deep

Large creep area/loose area to the back of pens, approx 30ft wide (from pen to rear wall of shed)

Mass concrete walls 8ft high

Steel structure to be galvanised, with timber purlins and fibre cement sheeting. Horizontal sheeting to be vented type.

Lights/Sockets and provision for calving & security cameras

Drinking troughs

I suppose what I am really interested in is cost of 1) tank with slats 2) Fab and erect of shed structure 3)Concrete floors and silage apron.

I am not too concerned with internal steel/gates/barriers as I have some of that stuff already

I dont want to be annoying my builder for prices at the moment as I am in the early days.

Appreciate any knowledge of feedback you may have

A double tank, shed and all you will be over 100k. A rough ballpark of 120k if you do a concrete apron and a bit of yard work. I wouldn’t think it will be all bells and whistles at that either.

80-90k ex or Inc vat

I did a 4 bay open shed in 2018 - grant spec. 14 6 slat, 9 foot tank with bout 30’ of lie back and calving pens. Gates/barriers €13k, calving camera €3k and had €10k of filling. Came in bang on €80k including vat.

wouldn’t have thought you’d get much of a 5 bay for €80-90k today??

That is decent going take away vat on 85k approx 11.5k.

Take away grant @40% 29.5k or @60% 44k leaves the shed costing you net 44 or 30k.

Two year depreciation on tank probable takes another 10k off it.

Well done by the way I say its below grant costings so make sure to to allow for you own labour and tractor work.

The electrical should not cost 5k it a pretty straight forward job. Hope you.put in for yard lights in the grant as well if not get the electricians to throw-in the wiring while they are doing the shed

Have not costeded a shed in ages but references costs are ex vat and I say that shed is below reference costs.