Lol....yeah I got that his barn was much larger. Just posting a comparative price as others in the thread have. I figured he could do the math regarding square feet.
Actually, mine is a tiny bit cheaper by the square foot though, as I did not read any mention of electrical work or "in floor" radiant heat as part of his cost. Those two Items will run in excess of 5K for my little building.
Same construction methods used.....a building should get cheaper per sq foot the larger that you go...because the material, labor, and time do not scale in a linear fashion.
Wonder what the OP was quoted for concrete? And why so much. 40x60.....if 5" thick is about 38 yards. Around here that is $3800 in concrete. Price of concrete is usually equal to labor. So $8k ballpark is about right. But thats JUST concrete. Are the concrete guys also doing the site prep? (leveling, grading, base stone, vapor barrier, etc)? Is it gonna be an unusually thick slab? Like 8" floor with some 8000psi concrete or something? Is it insulated underneath?
WAY too many variables. But even if the 16k for concrete is taken off.....still....$60k for a 40x60 shell seems extreme
Trusses are gonna run ~$4k depending on spacing
Metal one of the bigger expenses on a pole barn.....about 1500 lineal ft for a barn that size. Prices used to be around $2/ft....but even if tarrifs jumped it to $3......bout $5k for metal....
Wood is the cheap part. Even allowing some extra....I still dont see more than $15k in a shell of a building. So $45k to build a 40x60.....
Everytime I come back to this thread I keep thinking I must have overlooked something. But I am coming up empty. Unless this is cut into a mountain side that requires moving 25000 yards of dirt or something.....$75k is a hard pill to swallow. A 40x60.....a crew of 4 or 5 people throw those up around here in under a week. I must be in the wrong business
I built a 40x72 just a few years ago. Did it myself. Not a pole barn, rather a stick built shop on a 6-course block foundation. I didnt concrete or finish the whole thing. I built a wall at the 40' mark so the back 32' of the length is just dirt floor and a few lights. But the 40x40 is concreted, insulated, finished on the inside. Well serviced with electric and 200a, Well lit, 4 windows, a big 18' x 12' insulated door with opener, etc. The whole 9 yards. Granted I only had to pay for material as I did it myself, but still came in just a tick under $30k
