Pay or Put up? Kit sheds

[Bob38S]

You want it finished when ..............?
Pay the $$$$ - PITA I know but your friends won't hate you
Your wife will love you
Your peace of mind will be intact
No one will sue you [if it falls down]
If something is wrong you will have a bum to kick [if necessary]
Consider it $$$$ well spent particularly as you indicate you do not have the expertise.
You'll be in your element when she[d] is up.

[Waldo]

G'day JDub,

Get some mates and put it up yourself, a shed that size is easy. My Dad and I put up 20x10x3.6m shed, took a bit of grunt but we did it - the whole lot.

[ian]

Question is:

Do I pay the shed company (fair dinkum) to put it up or do it my self?

Its 6.0 x 3.5 x 2.7 (h). It has two large windows, personal access door, roller door, roof insulation..... Pic below

Quote given to me to put the thing up was $1200.

Im reasonably handy but never done anything like this before.
They supply instructions but they are very general and not specific to your shed design...

Thoughts? Experiences good or bad?

look at it this way

• what tools and equipment (that you don't currently have) will you need to put the shed up?
• how many of these will be future users as opposed to things that take up shelf space?
• If you hire what you don't have and will not need in the future what will that cost?
• can you layout and erect the frame so that it is truely square?
• how much grief will you cop while you spend a few weekends putting the shed together?

then you'll have your answer as to whether the $1200 will be well spent


ian

[Iain]

Had my 6x12x3 put up by pro's, took 5 days, Day 1, put in frame and footings which are almost a 1 metre cube of concrete, Day 3 building inspector looks at footings, Day 5 walls, roof, insulation, 2 roller doors and PA door put in, jobs done.
SWMBO reminds me of how long it took to get the kitchen done and that it is a fraction of the size of the shed

[JDub]

Well, The plans went through Council, so I rang the shed company to confirm pricing for the erection of the shed before I go to the certifier.

They gave me the name of there builder, he quoted me $1800! He said he has no idea where the shed company got $1200 from.....

I was leaning towards getting them to do it but with that price I will doing it myself.... wish me luck LOL

[NeilR]

Good luck JDub. Im about to go through the same process so will look forward with interest on your progress. I just hope I can get it organised before christmas...pushing it I think.
Thanks too to all you others for the valuable info.
Rgds
Neil

[hjsimpson01]

Do the job yourself.

I got Ranbuild to erect mine. It's been two years and it's still not complete. They have used bits of my kit on other kits during this time, delays all over the show. No rational explanations - just stupid excuses. They organise dates to be there then don't show, they don't advise why they aren't there, don't even organise a new time. It has been one huge nightmare on my end, two years I would never ever ever go through again.

I still can't park my car in the garage, there is no concrete apron work in front of the garage and I am now in the process of trying to organise my own concrete labourer to do the job.

One thing is for sure. They cannot organise anything. I mean that. I have emails with dates they have said they would be onsite and they haven't even bothered to call to advise when they don't show up.


BUILD YOUR OWN...

Good luck

[wheelinround]

Do the job yourself.

I got Ranbuild to erect mine. It's been two years and it's still not complete. They have used bits of my kit on other kits during this time, delays all over the show. No rational explanations - just stupid excuses. They organise dates to be there then don't show, they don't advise why they aren't there, don't even organise a new time. It has been one huge nightmare on my end, two years I would never ever ever go through again.

I still can't park my car in the garage, there is no concrete apron work in front of the garage and I am now in the process of trying to organise my own concrete labourer to do the job.

One thing is for sure. They cannot organise anything. I mean that. I have emails with dates they have said they would be onsite and they haven't even bothered to call to advise when they don't show up.


BUILD YOUR OWN...

Good luck

2 years a Solicitor comes to mind after 6 months

[Barry_White]

What you have to remember is that the manufacturer supply the shed but the construction is done by an independent franchisee or subcontractor and the problem is there are some good ones and there are some crap ones and a few in between.

So it is really the luck of the draw on what you get.

When I was selling sheds (Ezyframe) www.ezyframe.com.au we used to use subcontractors and if we got two complaints about them they were gone, but some companies don't care because they reckon they will never sell you another shed.

We used to get 40% or better of our business from repeat business or referrals.

[Caliban]

Do the job yourself.

I got Ranbuild to erect mine. It's been two years and it's still not complete. They have used bits of my kit on other kits during this time, delays all over the show. No rational explanations - just stupid excuses. They organise dates to be there then don't show, they don't advise why they aren't there, don't even organise a new time. It has been one huge nightmare on my end, two years I would never ever ever go through again.

I still can't park my car in the garage, there is no concrete apron work in front of the garage and I am now in the process of trying to organise my own concrete labourer to do the job.

One thing is for sure. They cannot organise anything. I mean that. I have emails with dates they have said they would be onsite and they haven't even bothered to call to advise when they don't show up.


BUILD YOUR OWN...

Good luck

Mate
I understand your pain.
But as Barry said, it isn't ranbuild at fault it is the particular franchisee. Perhaps a call to ranbuild's head office.

[Ashes]

Just going through this at the moment and am happily paying $1700 to get my 6mx10.8mx2.4 shed put up. So far, walls and frame up after 1 day and the rest will be finished today (roof with aircell, roller door, 3 windows and 1 PA door). Pretty happy with the work so far, hoping the finished product is up to scratch. $1700 for 2 blokes over 2 days seems like a fair price.

For me, just haven't got the time or experience to put it up myself. Biggest problem/difficultly I've heard is making sure the frame is perfectly square. If I was to DIY i'd arm myself with lots of photos of an existing shed as a reference. Another reason for getting the pro's in is that the beams are heavy and potentially dangerous for us amateur builders. Wouldn't want one falling on my mates, missus, kids, myself etc while putting it up.

[JDub]

An update since this old thread got ressurrected... I ended up putting it up myself, very glad I did, It was hard work but worth the effort I reckon.
I dont think contractors would have put in the same attention to detail as you tend to do putting your shed up yourself.
That said, It helped that I did have some help from a family friend who is an ex builder.

Here is my Shed WIP thread:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...IP+Shed&page=5

Cheers
Joel

[WoodJunky]

I ended up putting it up myself, very glad I did, It was hard work but worth the effort I reckon.

There is nothing better than the satisfaction you get by taking on a large job like this. I have put up 2 sheds, the second larger than the first and the hard work that was put into it and the end result was well worth the effort.

well done JDub