3 bay slatted shed costs 2017/18

tanko wrote: »

Have you considered a three bay shed, it mightnt cost all that much more and you would have an extra bay.

I said wrote: »

Was considering a 2 bay will go for the grant and build a three bay now for the extra space as the saying goes rather have it and be looking at it rather than looking for it.

A two bay shed is not that economical to build, it is only about 20-30% more expensive to throw up an extra bay

TITANIUM. wrote: »

You always a great man for the figures!
Off the top of your head what's the percentage increase to go from 3 to 4bay? 15 to 20%??? Cheers

I calculateda lot of these figures 6-8 years ago. Cannot remember exactly but around 20%. It varies a little on size of slats and overall size of shed including creep area. When going from 2-3 and from 3-4 bays you only need one row of steel. If a contractor is on site he will virtually charge nothing extra to lay concrete in a bigger area. While a 2 bay tank in general will be poured in one go a 3 bay+ will in general require two pours of concrete. However tank floor, feed passages etc will cost nothing extra. You only need two beams for a 4 bay as opposed to a two bay shed etc

Toplink wrote: »

I have an internal crush planned as part of my 3 bay slatted shed. I want to make this crush as long as possible but I also want to ensure that the each ends of the crush are not too close to the gables of the shed.

Anyone have any input here?

I find that unless a long crush has solid sides, it is very hard to fill it.

Paddydans wrote: »

Will send on a few pics later in the week

Thanks a million

Dunedin wrote: »

Just read the whole thread and there's not one full cost for the 3 bay as per op question.

Would it be in the €30 - 40k region assuming green field site?

It is very hard to give an exact quote. Factors such as dept of tank, length of slats, (type of ground rock to be broken maybe) creep area will all influence cost. As well finish will also influence, barrier type, gates, crush...layout of calving pens maybe, type of sheeting height of roof etc. You also have to factor in bells and whistles that a lad may choose to incoporate into the shed

Best way of getting a ballpark figure is to go through the department specified costs and calculate from that. However at a rough guess a 3 bay should be capable of being build for sub 30K including vat. Vat will be about 11-13% of total cost.

FeelTheBern wrote: »

Fully agree that price will depend on what exactly you build and fit out. For a sucker shed though with decent pen size, lie back, creep gates, crush, lighting etc and without doing lot of the work yourself - I'd be budgeting 40K plus the Vat to have it all done.

Cannot see how asuckler 3 bay unit should cost 45Kish inc vat. Seem an awful lot of money for the unit but not up on present building costs

MikeSoys wrote: »

Hi Im not sure on this but..so asking forvadvice...

I am building a slatted shed under TAMS 2..im a part time farmer.

So can i claim back the vat for the shed under tams 2? I have cattle only(mosly finishing cattle some sold back at mart. (No dairy, sheep etc.). I think I just need to fill out the form from revenue and send it off and i should be able to get the vat back?

Thanks

Yeah You'll get all the vat back as long as Your paperwork is in good order i.e. Name and address is right, invoices are stamped paid, dates are correct etc.

lads, just bouncing on this thread, as im in the process of doing a shed.
currently changing to sucklers from finishing.
in the pictures attached, i have a 3 bay slatted shed with centre agitation point.
thinking of putting a 3 bay dry lying shed up to the front of it.
have the shed priced fairly keen to erect, and il do most of the other work myself.
am now thinking should i put it at right angle to near side instead, and leave it as open as possible, as i need to get access to centre agitation point.
too much work to move the agitation point, and im hampered with a drive through because of leanto.
thoughts? or anyone got plans for something similar

Tyson Lannister wrote: »

I can send you on plans of few different sheds if you want them- I do planning applications for teagasc.

Tyson, id be interested in having a look at a few plans if you have or wouldnt mind?

DonAndy1 wrote: »

lads, just bouncing on this thread, as im in the process of doing a shed.
currently changing to sucklers from finishing.
in the pictures attached, i have a 3 bay slatted shed with centre agitation point.
thinking of putting a 3 bay dry lying shed up to the front of it.
have the shed priced fairly keen to erect, and il do most of the other work myself.
am now thinking should i put it at right angle to near side instead, and leave it as open as possible, as i need to get access to centre agitation point.
too much work to move the agitation point, and im hampered with a drive through because of leanto.
thoughts? or anyone got plans for something similar

As a matter of interest whay are you changing from finishing to sucklers. I imagine that you want the straw bedded for calving cows. Will you need three pens. Straw is also getting more expensive all the time. Are rubber mats on two bays and a small tank an option under third bay and scrape into it an option.

yes good idea, i was thingking of having a good slope on the floor with a pipe going to the slatted shed.
have access to straw and also access to peat, so considering both options,
probably but a kerb in across the middle to stop them dragging peat/straw down to the feed area

for you info folks i got departments cost to do a 3 bay open shed with creep departments costs = 43700 + vat also got costs for the same shed closed = 47800 + vat all included as far as i know

i have sent plans to contractor to price at grant spec so see what he comes back with

i still have a number of bullocks for finihsing, and am probably just goingto keep 12/15 cows, and bring all their progeny to slaughter.