40x60 Farm Shop Build

[Green Power]

Bump!

 

[Verticaltrx]

I guess it's about time I revive and update this thread! There is very little info on the web about small farm shops so I feel obliged to post what I can about mine. The huge 80-120' wide farm shops with 40' doors and price tags well into the six-figures are cool to look at, but most of the design, construction and layout info is completely irrelevant to the small farmer. Hopefully this thread will be of help to some fellow small farmers that don't want or need to spend a fortune for a basic work area. My goal is to have a fully functioning shop for under $10K, so far I'm doing well on that goal.


I've been quite busy with my construction business, saw milling and farming over the past year or so but I have made some good progress on the the building:

-All the walls are up except the south wall
-Large 12x20 hinged double doors installed on the west end
-24x40 5" slab poured for the shop half of the structure
-three sets of pallet racks installed
-basic electrical in the shop is wired (lights, outlets, etc)


Things yet to do before winter:
-install south wall w/ two roll up doors, walk door and two windows
-build and install some sort of 12x16 door for the shop
-install gable end trim to seal off the roof/wall joint
-either install wall between shop and equipment area or at least some sort of temporary divider to keep the heat in
-install wood stove


I'll try to get some new pics as soon as possible and more info will be forth coming.

 

[Green Power]

Any pictures?

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I'm ready to start a 30 x 50 barn / equipment shed next year. Let's see some pics. Any mistakes to learn from?

 

[jack707]

It looks good guy! cant wait till see it done

 

[Creamer]

I guess it's about time I revive and update this thread! There is very little info on the web about small farm shops so I feel obliged to post what I can about mine. The huge 80-120' wide farm shops with 40' doors and price tags well into the six-figures are cool to look at, but most of the design, construction and layout info is completely irrelevant to the small farmer. Hopefully this thread will be of help to some fellow small farmers that don't want or need to spend a fortune for a basic work area. My goal is to have a fully functioning shop for under $10K, so far I'm doing well on that goal.


I've been quite busy with my construction business, saw milling and farming over the past year or so but I have made some good progress on the the building:

-All the walls are up except the south wall
-Large 12x20 hinged double doors installed on the west end
-24x40 5" slab poured for the shop half of the structure
-three sets of pallet racks installed
-basic electrical in the shop is wired (lights, outlets, etc)


Things yet to do before winter:
-install south wall w/ two roll up doors, walk door and two windows
-build and install some sort of 12x16 door for the shop
-install gable end trim to seal off the roof/wall joint
-either install wall between shop and equipment area or at least some sort of temporary divider to keep the heat in
-install wood stove


I'll try to get some new pics as soon as possible and more info will be forth coming.

Under $10k is not realistic unless you are using salvage materials of sawing your own lumber which is going to cost you a lot more than $10k if you count your labor for anything. Just the 5 in floor would be $3700 for concrete in my area.

 

[Verticaltrx]

Thanks for everyone's interest and replies, I apologize for not posting any pics yet. I've been covered up with things to do this fall between my business, our farm, and work on the house. Maybe I can take some pics this week.

Under $10k is not realistic unless you are using salvage materials of sawing your own lumber which is going to cost you a lot more than $10k if you count your labor for anything. Just the 5 in floor would be $3700 for concrete in my area.

Here's how my costs have broken down so far, much has been salvaged:

~$1000 -40x48 Building including all structural, roofing, windows, doors and tin for back wall, (salvaged)
$250 - Concrete for piers, ~1.5yds
$250 -Misc. Hardware, (extra bolts for assembly, 1/4" bolts to attach tin, etc)
$0 -Tin for west wall (salvaged off barn addition I tore down)
$0 -wood for west wall (salvaged and/or milled)
$250 -tin on east wall 8 sheets @12', 7 sheets @8'
$2100 -concrete for 24'x40'x5" slab, 15yds 4000psi w/ fiber
$200 -rebar, mesh, vapor barrier
$500 -basic electrical, couple outlets, small breaker box, two flourescent lights, #6 feeder cable from barn

Total so far $4550, we'll round up to $5K to cover all the little things I've probably forgotten to add to this list. That said, there has been quite a bit of labor in this, between myself and family (mostly in the tear down and salvage of the metal building)

A dollar saved is a dollar earned (actual about $1.50 earned by my estimation) :thumbsup:

 

[Creamer]

Nice work in being able to salvage all this.

 

[Verticaltrx]

Finally got some pics!

Overview of the shed as it sits:


Back wall, all original tin and windows from the 1950's:


West end, used a couple locust 5x5" posts I milled and some 2x6's for girts, swinging doors built with 2x6 and 2x4 lumber, all salvaged tin:


Some of the basic electrical I have installed, small 100amp box, wired up the compressor, have a couple lights and outlets, #6 Romex used as an overhead wire to pole at other barn:


Hope to get some more done on the shed next week.

 

[DT86]

Looks great. Need to do something similar myself, doubt I'll find a deal like yours though.