Re: OT - pole barn

Posted by Mark - IN. on April 24, 2005 at 20:24:29 from (205.188.117.74):

In Reply to: Re: OT - pole barn posted by jdemaris on April 24, 2005 at 15:06:47:

Actually you are correct if putting it up yourself. But if having it put up as a packaged deal, he's about right on the total package from what I've seen, been quoted, and paid. Cost of materials = cost of labor, then add up to total package cost. $6K in materials + $6K in labor = $12K as a package deal (for the going rate).

In my case, I ended up $24K for a 60x40x14 with 4" of concrete ($12K in materials including concrete + $12K in labor), because unfortunately I'm working phone repair in rural Illinois during the week, shooting home on the interstate every Friday evening to mid-upperstate Indiana, then back to Illinois every Sunday evening. I just don't have the time on weekends - is go non-stop. That's just the way it is. The Amish guys started mine about last Thanksgiving, made me pull my tractors and pickup out about 3 weeks ago, then finally poured my concrete last Tuesday. Fortunately and unfortunately for me, I'm stuck in Illinois this weekend doing "company mandated on-call", which will give the concrete almost 2 weeks to cure, so I can seal it this coming Friday night when I get home, another coat Saturday morning, and the tractors and that pickup back will be back in the barn before I head back to Illinois Sunday evening. Those guys really killed me when we had two straight weeks in December when was in the 60's, ground was dry, wasn't frozen, and didn't pour the concrete then.

Whatever he does, needs to get a start and finish date in writing, otherwise some guys bite off more jobs than can chew, stall all jobs. The barn's up, and now I'm going to be doing tractor maintenance I should've done in the winter, worked into everything else somehow. Maintenance for next season will be different though, it'll have been done in the winter like is supposed to be.

Mark

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• Oh yes Mark - IN. 21:02:28 04/24/05 (0)

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