ᐅ Building a Garage Yourself – Materials and Cost List, Does This Look Correct?
Created on: 14 Mar 2021 14:15
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Reini1234
Hello everyone,
Originally, we planned to build a carport, but the idea of constructing a garage ourselves never completely disappeared. We have a building permit / planning permission, but it was originally issued for a timber frame garage. Accordingly, the structural calculations are available for that.
To make a final decision, I roughly compiled a list of materials and prices to estimate the costs. A master mason friend is available to help. Most prices were based on online listings or existing quotes from the current building. Only for the garage door do we have concrete offers.
What do you think? Is something major missing or are our prices completely off?
Garage made of 24 cm (9.5 inches) Ytong blocks, 7.00 x 6.50 m (23 x 21 feet), shed roof with 40 cm (16 inches) sandwich panels, sectional door, floor slab existing, no earthworks necessary:
24 cm (9.5 inches) Ytong blocks: 2,000 EUR
Adhesive, 15 bags: 240 EUR
Ring beam with reinforcement: 2,000 EUR (this is where I’m most uncertain)
Roof rafters 8 x 20 cm (3 x 8 inches), 1 m (3 ft) spacing: 500 EUR
Sandwich panels with 40 cm (16 inches) insulation: 1,500 EUR (possibly extra costs for higher insulation)
Sectional door including installation: 3,200 EUR (promotional door 2,500 EUR)
Gutter sheet metal: 170 EUR
Rain gutter: 120 EUR
Structural engineering adjustment: 500 EUR
Exterior plaster: 500 EUR
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Total: 10,730 EUR
There would also be a potential extra cost for a cement screed (45 m² x 25 EUR): 1,125 EUR. I will do the electrical work myself.
How realistic do you find this estimate?
Originally, we planned to build a carport, but the idea of constructing a garage ourselves never completely disappeared. We have a building permit / planning permission, but it was originally issued for a timber frame garage. Accordingly, the structural calculations are available for that.
To make a final decision, I roughly compiled a list of materials and prices to estimate the costs. A master mason friend is available to help. Most prices were based on online listings or existing quotes from the current building. Only for the garage door do we have concrete offers.
What do you think? Is something major missing or are our prices completely off?
Garage made of 24 cm (9.5 inches) Ytong blocks, 7.00 x 6.50 m (23 x 21 feet), shed roof with 40 cm (16 inches) sandwich panels, sectional door, floor slab existing, no earthworks necessary:
24 cm (9.5 inches) Ytong blocks: 2,000 EUR
Adhesive, 15 bags: 240 EUR
Ring beam with reinforcement: 2,000 EUR (this is where I’m most uncertain)
Roof rafters 8 x 20 cm (3 x 8 inches), 1 m (3 ft) spacing: 500 EUR
Sandwich panels with 40 cm (16 inches) insulation: 1,500 EUR (possibly extra costs for higher insulation)
Sectional door including installation: 3,200 EUR (promotional door 2,500 EUR)
Gutter sheet metal: 170 EUR
Rain gutter: 120 EUR
Structural engineering adjustment: 500 EUR
Exterior plaster: 500 EUR
---------------------------------------------
Total: 10,730 EUR
There would also be a potential extra cost for a cement screed (45 m² x 25 EUR): 1,125 EUR. I will do the electrical work myself.
How realistic do you find this estimate?
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Simon-18917 Mar 2021 15:4811ant schrieb:
Because it’s not available in roof tile colors for small quantities?It is available, but usually not cost-effective for a single delivery. Such orders are typically combined by local locksmiths, metalworkers, steel fabricators, etc., who place joint orders from several projects and arrange one delivery. Usually, it’s only about 5–10 pieces per garage, and due to their length, they require at least a 7.5-ton (16,500 lb) truck. Transporting with flatbed tow trucks also works well because of the flat loading surface and built-in crane.
Simon-189 schrieb:
Available already, but usually not cost-effective for a single trip. Would it be economically feasible to apply a coating in a color acceptable to the local council?
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Thank you for the detailed post!
I had already noticed the fastening in the high seam during my research; a slope of 3–5 degrees was planned anyway, so that fits.
No, it is open.
What also surprises me in the discussion about color choice: you can hardly see it in this low-profile design...?!
I had already noticed the fastening in the high seam during my research; a slope of 3–5 degrees was planned anyway, so that fits.
Simon-189 schrieb:
Was the roof structure specified exactly in the building permit / planning permission?
No, it is open.
What also surprises me in the discussion about color choice: you can hardly see it in this low-profile design...?!
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Simon-18917 Mar 2021 16:1011ant schrieb:
Would it be economically feasible to apply a wrap in a color approved by the local council? I can definitely imagine that. But is a wrap the best option for a retrofit coating? I would think applying it around the creases could be quite challenging. Maybe buying paint in cans and rolling it on yourself?
Nemesis schrieb:
What surprises me in the color choice discussion is that you can't really see it in this flat design, can you...? Depending on the design, you actually can see it. The parapet can only be provided on three sides because an internal drainage system in sandwich panels is very complicated to implement. So there’s effectively just the external gutter, and from that side, you can look at the roof from a bit of a distance. Or other neighboring properties might be slightly higher... Neighbors on the upper floors...
Apparently, there are people who are bothered by this view. Go figure 🙄
If the zoning plan / building permit allows sandwich panels, then just go ahead and put them on the roof! 🙂
Simon-189 schrieb:
If the development plan allows sandwich panels, then go ahead and put them on the roof! A. Was it as I suspected in your case, that the available colors did not match the desired ones?
B. Did you consider it practical to use flat panels (wall panels, possibly "double-skinned") for garage roofs to avoid the thick profiling?
@Nemesis: are we actually talking about a single or double garage?
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