March 2023 24x24 $26,985 Ranch Style 55% higer now than 4 years ago. from the concrete up, not including leveling of the ground. 1:49 Permits vary 3:08 Concrete Before Rona 130 yard. Now 165 yard 4:28 Rebar Before Rona $7.00 a stick. Now $10.00 a stick for 1/2 inch 5:05 wedge Anchor 5:27 2x4s 8 footers Before Rona $3.00, Now $3.35 a stick Was $7.00 a stick 6:00 Foam seal $6.00 or $8.00 bucks to do the whole garage 6:21 Top plate 2x4 12' Before $5.00, Now $7.22 6:36 Wall sheeting 7/16 OSB before $7.00 a sheet, Now $11.00 a sheet. Was im mid $30s 7:06 Roof Sheeting 5/8 CDX before $18.00, Now $33.00 a sheet, was $80 plus a sheet 7:40 House wrap, $110.00 for 1000 SQ feet up 10% 8:02 Roof wrap is $60 $70 per roll,1000 foot to do one garage. Up maybe 10% 8:30 Windows Before $200.00, Now $335.00 9:02 Doors Before $230.00, Now $400.00 9:23 Garage doors Before $600.00 Now $1,100 9:50 Vinyl Siding Before $80.00 per Sq, Now 130.00 per Sq 10:40 Coil Stock trim Before $90 .00 after $120 11:10 Metal Roofing Beore $1.25 per Sq, Now $2.00 per Sq 11:41 Trusses Before $130.00 each, Now $220.00, about 12 of them needed. 12:40 labor, food, gas, fuel, tools BTW those price will never come down. My opnion.
I think some of the material prices will come down a bit more from a raw goods point of view and cost of fule to ship, but the end cost to have some one built for you is going to stay about the same due to labor in the entire supply chain going up.
Super valuable information Ken. Thanks for this discussion. I was thinking this morning about the setup under the tarp that you pointed out for the "next project" and how cool that is. I'm figuring out how to get my trailer in my "porch area" to begin bringing in "hard pack" granite gravel for underneath all the paver bricks that I've now got laid up. Anyway~~ rehab for my porch and I'm hoping for more warm weather. Then the weigh in. Scared about that. Loosing weight. No bread and almost no grain products. And I'm thinking that I might try to budget one of those electric bikes. So you are certainly influencing me in a positive way. Thank you so much for that. ✨🙏✨
Thats about 94 bucks a square foot for garage shell. In my area we have been closer to the 22k with roughed in sheet rock (no finishing) pad and permits with no special land preparations. I have been using a lot of your methods of prebuilding walls and trust at the shop, its been a great improvement. I keep three to four guys prepping sites, slabs and 3 to four prepping walls truss etc. then install. Materials have come down quite a bit in my area, we have actually been able to reduce material cost by about 2k. BTW this price is only for a T1-11 siding, paint is extra. Ken you have taught me so many things to enhance my business, I am doing about 3 to 4 projects a month sometimes a little more
I am very thankful that I replaced all my house windows about 4 years ago and put up a garage just before the lumber prices (early 2020) jumped like crazy. I probably couldn't have afforded doing either if I had waited. Info is great. I have noitced the same increases (like in the lithium ion batteries) on the things you listed. I tend to stock up on things when I can find a deal, just in case. I was lucky enough to have bought a bunch of Li batteries on clearance and have a bunch to rotate. The 4.0 ah ones last a while on a charge.
Another stellar video! Very informative for us people looking to build additions or houses! I wish mean tweets was back so i can afford to build the house of my dreams in New Hampshire!
I like hearing all these numbers Ken. I'm not bored by it at all. Wow, overall effect is 55% increase in cost. I agree, cost of living is more so paying your workers more makes sense! Thanks for running us through the numbers Ken! You sure sound good and your eyes have that twinkle in them again! Thanks for this update on costs!
I wanted to have a lean-to shed put on back of my house on an existing concrete slab. A 5x10, simple project. Had two guys who worked alone say it would take them 6 hours. One wanted $1,0000.00 for LABOR only, other one wanted $1200.00. I told them they were crazy. They wanted more then what an ICU nurse makes in a hospital an hour. So basically want 200 BUCKS an hour. I did it myself at 68 years of age. Would have paid to have it done for a reasonable amount.
Great breakdown - thoughtful & helps to concretize pricing for non-builders. I like a bottom line > $50/square ft +/- 10% but good to understand current/projected pricing from stem to stern, excepting of course finishing preferences/needs.
Our parametric number up here are roughly the following: take your material costs for the project then times that by 2 for your labor costs and add together for your total costs. But our building expenses have always been high up here. I think your customers are getting a GREAT value for you garages. Keep up the great work Ken 👍
That’s good information and I don’t know of another firm who broadcasts their prices so clearly online for all to see. Wee know you to be an honest good hard working man who isn’t afraid of hard work and puts the hours in. I wish that there was a lot of young ones backing you up with a similar work ethic. Keep it up Ken by the way your looking a lot better hope you feel it.
On our camp I bought 7/16 osb spring 19 for 10 dollars. Because the factory was close. At home it was 15+. Now I just checked wow it was 8d at Lowe's, 11 at home D. Didn't know it had gone down that much
Thumbs up 👍 love the information you’ve provided. I resided my house with your information and I know that I was Abel to save quite a bit. So keep me updated on material.
No worries about the many details, this is exactly what I like to hear, all in one video. I have roof replacements on garage and house, and wooden soffit/eaves on metal pole barn to be replaced this season. This info will help me keep material pricing honest. Usually I buy materials myself, and just hire a contractor to perform the work I can't do myself.
Glad to hear you are feeling better Ken. I didn’t zone out during your presentation in case there was going to be a test at the end. 😊 It’s helpful to hear about the costs and pressure points associated with the work that you do. It puts things into perspective.
Thanks for the sharing the details. It can be challenging to explain to customers how even though material prices have gone down from last year, many are still 2x their price from early 2020.
Wow Ken. Your raw material prices are half to a quarter of ours here in Austria! Even the timber prices here are 50% more and the timber industry is our second biggest industry locally after tourism - I'm in the mountains.
Herein the uk most of us don’t have garages and for those that do they are single and some you need to get out often car before you put the car in a bit like the car parking you have very little room to open the doors while in the park space especially if you are on the large side
Love the pricing videos!! Cost are similar in Northeast Pa. We’re starting a 24x30 cottage & pricing is very similar here too. Thanks for the great info.
Ken, don’t be sorry about rambling on prices. This is super interesting (and important) to hear about as I live on the other side of the US from you (Washington state). I got quoted $60k before taxes for a 24x24 from a company. That’s absurd. I’m just now getting into building and did a take-off on a 24x24 and it came to around $35k with an OK profit. Thanks for sharing.
@@eggmannnnnn Hey Joseph. A take-off is literally counting all the material you need to complete the job. You count and calculate every piece of lumber, plywood, light fixture, garage door, roofing materials, siding materials, etc, etc. It actually gives you the exact dollar amount it will cost to build whatever it is you are building, so there’s no guess work. Another example is if you buy a garage plan it will usually come with a materials list. You can take that list to a lumber yard and ask them to bid on it. What they are doing is a take-off because they count every 2x4, 2x6, every piece of plywood, etc. Hope this helps.
You were on the "money" with this video Ken. Personally for me being in the trades and seeing these ridiculous prices for materials and parts skyrocket is aggravating and disappointing.
Ken, I’m retiring at the end of this month. Getting my builders license. I’ve been doing handyman work for 25 years. Gonna keep doing that plus some bigger projects. I really like your reports and hope you get better soon >>€
in nj and parts of pa...it 10 to15% of the coast of the project .so if you deck is 20 grand pemit 2500 or 1000.just the permit .plus the coast of the inspection
Thanks for the 2023 price breakdowns Ken. As a home improvement contractor in southern RI prices here are more than in your area. I bought 24"x 50" white no-mar coil stock at the local lumber yard last week at $169/roll, deck screws, deck hardware all up at least 30% or more. Well, at least framing lumber and sheet goods have come down, I could not see paying almost $10 for a 2"x 4"x 8' !
Thank you fir all the details, this gives me an idea of what it would cost me. I am planning on getting a 18 x 24 garage built, I am in Kansas city. But having a hard time finding a contractor. I was going to go with a Tuff Shed Barn style building, but I hear horror stories on their builds. I wish you were located close to me.
Very interesting update.. Where you are quoting US dollars, here in Canada we would have to add approx 36% just for the exchange difference..($ 36700 CA dollars) interesting eh..
Extremely good price. In Illinois near Chicago for a 660 square foot garage and the concrete contractor with zero mark up for a general contractor fee was 12,500 the materials for framing, siding, and roofing (including doors and windows) was 13500, and all the labor was $19000 for a total of $4500, everything is so expensive. Crazy that you can do it that cheap. Especially since concrete and material was 26000. The concrete price did include the labor for ground work and pouring it
Excellent presentation of how cost have gone up over the past two years. I see it every week when I grocery shop, purchase a tank of gasoline. I am 80 years old and remember when bread was .23 cents a loaf, of course I only made $1.75 per hour as a machinist mate.
The price of concrete matters where you get it at. Up north by where they make it from limestone it's cheaper. Down state we have shortages and higher prices. 150$ yard last fall last pour of year. When wood went up I did a lot of block work because was cheaper than wood. Sheeting prices are still high here. #2 or better doug fir has been cheap. The price of building my skillion pavilion hasn't went up much. Still waiting to hear back from Amish about barn steel for roof. Will likely just shingle it. The price of block has doubled in 3 years. Now around 2$ a block.
I was contemplating building a garage 3 to 4 years ago but wanted to wait to pay off some debts. Now that I paid them off I still can’t afford a garage. I should’ve said screw being responsible and went deeper into debt for the garage 😢
That was really useful Ken, having had my garage burnt to the ground by overhead lines setting alight nearby trees the electric company has to maintain.I guess the difference from you to the UK is minimal. What does stagger me is where the 50% rise in wages / pension comes from to match the rises from many manufacturers !!
Seems like labor cost is has gone up a lot since from before the pandemic; my guess is about a 33% increase. Would be interesting to have a rough idea on about how much of the total price is materials, labor, and equipment/ overhead/ profit.
Prices have dropped at Menards in Minnesota. 2x4s $4.33 OSB 4x8 -7/16 $16.00. Roofing shingles $1.00 sq. ft and up. Trusses 24' 5-12 pitch $110. Cement $130 cu yd. (not Menards) And so on.
Inflation is the most corrosive factor in any economy. You have showed realistic numbers and pricing going up no less than 10% and many prices up to 90%. "Austerity" will bring prices down but will never return to pricing for exact same products as 4 years ago.
Hey Ken thanks for all your content and information! I’m addicted to your channel! I am curious as to where I could purchase plans and a material list for the 28 x 32 cape style garage with upstairs from. I think I’m ready to tackle this myself since you probably don’t build much in Arkansas! LOL a Anyway thanks for all that you do man!
In our area, if a contractor is building your garage they need 3 inspections @ $125 each. 1st - foundation; 2nd - stick "framing"; 3rd - final walk through. If a homeowner is building they need 4 @ $125 each. 1st - design specs; 2nd - foundation; 3rd - framing & building compliance; 4th - final walk through. I'm pricing a 24x24 garage with two 9x7 garage doors, 36x80 entrance door and 1 window at $34,000 at this point. That includes standard excavation, I have a back hoe and skid steer. We also have to use a foundation. Not allowed to build on a slab like your area. I'd like to say I could adjust that price down but not at current costs??? I am one of the highest wage payers in the area but I have long time qualified workers. Wages have gone up 30% over 2 years. My net profit per building is down 20%. Our buildings are currently substantially lower than any local competitor.
You should have a second whiteboard where you prewrite each item and fill it in as you’re talking. Or something to let the audience know what you’ve discussed and what’s ahead.
March 2023
24x24 $26,985 Ranch Style 55% higer now than 4 years ago.
from the concrete up, not including leveling of the ground.
1:49 Permits vary
3:08 Concrete Before Rona 130 yard. Now 165 yard
4:28 Rebar Before Rona $7.00 a stick. Now $10.00 a stick for 1/2 inch
5:05 wedge Anchor
5:27 2x4s 8 footers Before Rona $3.00, Now $3.35 a stick Was $7.00 a stick
6:00 Foam seal $6.00 or $8.00 bucks to do the whole garage
6:21 Top plate 2x4 12' Before $5.00, Now $7.22
6:36 Wall sheeting 7/16 OSB before $7.00 a sheet, Now $11.00 a sheet. Was im mid $30s
7:06 Roof Sheeting 5/8 CDX before $18.00, Now $33.00 a sheet, was $80 plus a sheet
7:40 House wrap, $110.00 for 1000 SQ feet up 10%
8:02 Roof wrap is $60 $70 per roll,1000 foot to do one garage. Up maybe 10%
8:30 Windows Before $200.00, Now $335.00
9:02 Doors Before $230.00, Now $400.00
9:23 Garage doors Before $600.00 Now $1,100
9:50 Vinyl Siding Before $80.00 per Sq, Now 130.00 per Sq
10:40 Coil Stock trim Before $90 .00 after $120
11:10 Metal Roofing Beore $1.25 per Sq, Now $2.00 per Sq
11:41 Trusses Before $130.00 each, Now $220.00, about 12 of them needed.
12:40 labor, food, gas, fuel, tools
BTW those price will never come down. My opnion.
Wow, Thanks for breakdown.
I think some of the material prices will come down a bit more from a raw goods point of view and cost of fule to ship, but the end cost to have some one built for you is going to stay about the same due to labor in the entire supply chain going up.
Thanks Ken. Always appreciate you taking the time to update us on your costs. $27K is still not too bad for a well built 2 car garage.
Same up here in Canada.. Crazy part is that our salaries don't change to reflect the inflation cost.
Yes, we have been trying to get a garage built in the Milton area, and it's double yours Ken
Try being a senior...LOL I got a $1.55 raise a month in January to help with the high cost of living.
@@jimputnam2044 yeah it sucks being on welfare.
@@jimputnam2044 you had a whole lifetime to save something Jimmy 😏
Thank you Ken for the 2023 update. Prices still too high for my projects.
Thanks Ken. Good explanation of all the factors that go into your pricing. Looking forward to your new building season!
Great breakdown, thanks Ken! Glad your feeling better Sir! ✌🏼❤️🙏🏼
Thank you for reporting!
Thanks,up up it goes👍💕
Super valuable information Ken. Thanks for this discussion. I was thinking this morning about the setup under the tarp that you pointed out for the "next project" and how cool that is. I'm figuring out how to get my trailer in my "porch area" to begin bringing in "hard pack" granite gravel for underneath all the paver bricks that I've now got laid up. Anyway~~ rehab for my porch and I'm hoping for more warm weather. Then the weigh in. Scared about that. Loosing weight. No bread and almost no grain products. And I'm thinking that I might try to budget one of those electric bikes. So you are certainly influencing me in a positive way. Thank you so much for that. ✨🙏✨
Thats about 94 bucks a square foot for garage shell. In my area we have been closer to the 22k with roughed in sheet rock (no finishing) pad and permits with no special land preparations. I have been using a lot of your methods of prebuilding walls and trust at the shop, its been a great improvement. I keep three to four guys prepping sites, slabs and 3 to four prepping walls truss etc. then install. Materials have come down quite a bit in my area, we have actually been able to reduce material cost by about 2k. BTW this price is only for a T1-11 siding, paint is extra. Ken you have taught me so many things to enhance my business, I am doing about 3 to 4 projects a month sometimes a little more
How do you figure $94 per sq ft?
24x24=576
$27,000/576=approx $47 per foot.
I am very thankful that I replaced all my house windows about 4 years ago and put up a garage just before the lumber prices (early 2020) jumped like crazy. I probably couldn't have afforded doing either if I had waited. Info is great. I have noitced the same increases (like in the lithium ion batteries) on the things you listed. I tend to stock up on things when I can find a deal, just in case. I was lucky enough to have bought a bunch of Li batteries on clearance and have a bunch to rotate. The 4.0 ah ones last a while on a charge.
Another stellar video! Very informative for us people looking to build additions or houses! I wish mean tweets was back so i can afford to build the house of my dreams in New Hampshire!
Good morning Ken! Hope you're getting in to get that wrist taken care of!? Spring is coming .. eventually.
Thanks for doing this Ken. I remember asking you about it in a comment awhile back. So thanks again.
I appreciate you itemizing cost Ken.
I like hearing all these numbers Ken. I'm not bored by it at all. Wow, overall effect is 55% increase in cost. I agree, cost of living is more so paying your workers more makes sense! Thanks for running us through the numbers Ken! You sure sound good and your eyes have that twinkle in them again! Thanks for this update on costs!
I wanted to have a lean-to shed put on back of my house on an existing concrete slab. A 5x10, simple project. Had two guys who worked alone say it would take them 6 hours. One wanted $1,0000.00 for LABOR only, other one wanted $1200.00. I told them they were crazy. They wanted more then what an ICU nurse makes in a hospital an hour. So basically want 200 BUCKS an hour. I did it myself at 68 years of age. Would have paid to have it done for a reasonable amount.
Thank you! Much appreciated. 👍
Great video, Ken! Feel better!
Thanks
Thank you Ken! Very helpful update!
Thanks for watching
Great breakdown - thoughtful & helps to concretize pricing for non-builders. I like a bottom line > $50/square ft +/- 10% but good to understand current/projected pricing from stem to stern, excepting of course finishing preferences/needs.
Thank you Ken.
Great video as always. Thank you.
thanks for the update
Thank you Ken for the lesson in economics.
Good morning Ken fantastic break down of prices, 😎🌴😎👏
Our parametric number up here are roughly the following: take your material costs for the project then times that by 2 for your labor costs and add together for your total costs. But our building expenses have always been high up here.
I think your customers are getting a GREAT value for you garages. Keep up the great work Ken 👍
Great episode Ken. Thanks
That’s good information and I don’t know of another firm who broadcasts their prices so clearly online for all to see. Wee know you to be an honest good hard working man who isn’t afraid of hard work and puts the hours in. I wish that there was a lot of young ones backing you up with a similar work ethic. Keep it up Ken by the way your looking a lot better hope you feel it.
On our camp I bought 7/16 osb spring 19 for 10 dollars. Because the factory was close. At home it was 15+. Now I just checked wow it was 8d at Lowe's, 11 at home D. Didn't know it had gone down that much
Thumbs up 👍 love the information you’ve provided. I resided my house with your information and I know that I was Abel to save quite a bit. So keep me updated on material.
Nice thanks
thanks Ken
No worries about the many details, this is exactly what I like to hear, all in one video.
I have roof replacements on garage and house, and wooden soffit/eaves on metal pole barn to be replaced this season. This info will help me keep material pricing honest. Usually I buy materials myself, and just hire a contractor to perform the work I can't do myself.
Glad it was helpful!
Glad to hear you are feeling better Ken. I didn’t zone out during your presentation in case there was going to be a test at the end. 😊 It’s helpful to hear about the costs and pressure points associated with the work that you do. It puts things into perspective.
Haha nice
Glad you are feeling better from the virus. Hope your wrist is fine before you start with garage building
Ken danke für die Erklärung 👏🏻👍😊🤗🙂🇩🇪🙋♂️
Belated Happy Birthday. Celebrate, enjoy.
Thanks so much
Thanks for the sharing the details. It can be challenging to explain to customers how even though material prices have gone down from last year, many are still 2x their price from early 2020.
Thanks Ken. I appreciate you’re going over costs to build.
You bet
Great info Ken!!
Excellent video Ken.
Thanks for your honest and I’m sure accurate cost assessment.
Wow Ken. Your raw material prices are half to a quarter of ours here in Austria! Even the timber prices here are 50% more and the timber industry is our second biggest industry locally after tourism - I'm in the mountains.
Thank you for going over it.
My pleasure!
Herein the uk most of us don’t have garages and for those that do they are single and some you need to get out often car before you put the car in a bit like the car parking you have very little room to open the doors while in the park space especially if you are on the large side
Good job
Love the pricing videos!! Cost are similar in Northeast Pa. We’re starting a 24x30 cottage & pricing is very similar here too. Thanks for the great info.
Hi Lisa, I’m in NEPA as well, what is the price and type of structure your putting up?
Ken, don’t be sorry about rambling on prices. This is super interesting (and important) to hear about as I live on the other side of the US from you (Washington state). I got quoted $60k before taxes for a 24x24 from a company. That’s absurd. I’m just now getting into building and did a take-off on a 24x24 and it came to around $35k with an OK profit. Thanks for sharing.
What’s a take-off?
@@eggmannnnnn Hey Joseph. A take-off is literally counting all the material you need to complete the job. You count and calculate every piece of lumber, plywood, light fixture, garage door, roofing materials, siding materials, etc, etc. It actually gives you the exact dollar amount it will cost to build whatever it is you are building, so there’s no guess work.
Another example is if you buy a garage plan it will usually come with a materials list. You can take that list to a lumber yard and ask them to bid on it. What they are doing is a take-off because they count every 2x4, 2x6, every piece of plywood, etc. Hope this helps.
You were on the "money" with this video Ken. Personally for me being in the trades and seeing these ridiculous prices for materials and parts skyrocket is aggravating and disappointing.
At this time in history this is a very reasonable price I personally budgeted to build myself a 10’ x 12’ shed that came in at C$19700 !
Ken, I’m retiring at the end of this month. Getting my builders license. I’ve been doing handyman work for 25 years. Gonna keep doing that plus some bigger projects. I really like your reports and hope you get better soon >>€
Thanks for all the numbers Kenny! I'm in Northern ontario canada. I appreciate seeing the prices and costs of materials where you are.
Thanks
in nj and parts of pa...it 10 to15% of the coast of the project .so if you deck is 20 grand pemit 2500 or 1000.just the permit .plus the coast of the inspection
Thanks for the material pricing . Valuable info !
Thanks for watching
Here in Illinois 2x4 are still over $8 osb is $30, drywall is $12
Ken I really look forward to your price vids like this vid.Thanks for current info !
Glad you like them!
seems like a turning point in prices, but we are not out of the woods. good luck on the wrist! you need that for the job!
Oh boy... remembering that juts a few years ago your garage prices were in the teens, so near double now!
Great video.
Thanks
Hi Ken. Love your channel. Wish I could get your costs down here in Virginia. I would hire you in a heartbeat!
Bummer thanks
Thank you Ken for this price-breakdown.
You are very welcome
I have been schooled! Thanks for the pricing update.
Haha thanks
Thanks for the 2023 price breakdowns Ken. As a home improvement contractor in southern RI prices here are more than in your area. I bought 24"x 50" white no-mar coil stock at the local lumber yard last week at $169/roll, deck screws, deck hardware all up at least 30% or more. Well, at least framing lumber and sheet goods have come down, I could not see paying almost $10 for a 2"x 4"x 8' !
Thanks for the input
I like your cost breakdowns Ken. I'm a numbers kinda guy lol
I just checked osb pricing at my big box store $10.29. Here in Uzebeckasota.
Thank you fir all the details, this gives me an idea of what it would cost me. I am planning on getting a 18 x 24 garage built, I am in Kansas city. But having a hard time finding a contractor. I was going to go with a Tuff Shed Barn style building, but I hear horror stories on their builds. I wish you were located close to me.
Nice. Thanks for watching
A lot of numbers but very interesting. Thanks for the update.
Thanks for watching
Very interesting update.. Where you are quoting US dollars, here in Canada we would have to add approx 36% just for the exchange difference..($ 36700 CA dollars) interesting eh..
also enjoyed
In Michigan 7/16" x 4' x 8' OSB is down to $9.60 a sheet
Extremely good price. In Illinois near Chicago for a 660 square foot garage and the concrete contractor with zero mark up for a general contractor fee was 12,500 the materials for framing, siding, and roofing (including doors and windows) was 13500, and all the labor was $19000 for a total of $4500, everything is so expensive. Crazy that you can do it that cheap. Especially since concrete and material was 26000. The concrete price did include the labor for ground work and pouring it
Thanks
Excellent presentation of how cost have gone up over the past two years. I see it every week when I grocery shop, purchase a tank of gasoline. I am 80 years old and remember when bread was .23 cents a loaf, of course I only made $1.75 per hour as a machinist mate.
Thanks for sharing!
I ate up every single number you tossed at me and I ate it up and wrote it down.
Thank you so much Ken
The price of concrete matters where you get it at. Up north by where they make it from limestone it's cheaper. Down state we have shortages and higher prices. 150$ yard last fall last pour of year. When wood went up I did a lot of block work because was cheaper than wood. Sheeting prices are still high here. #2 or better doug fir has been cheap. The price of building my skillion pavilion hasn't went up much. Still waiting to hear back from Amish about barn steel for roof. Will likely just shingle it. The price of block has doubled in 3 years. Now around 2$ a block.
Thank you Ken . happy birthday yet ?
Don't believe anybody who says with a straight face that prices of things hasn't risen. It's right there in black and white.
I was contemplating building a garage 3 to 4 years ago but wanted to wait to pay off some debts. Now that I paid them off I still can’t afford a garage. I should’ve said screw being responsible and went deeper into debt for the garage 😢
Bummer
What did the mini garage you built cost?😂. Great video! Thanks for sharing.
my township so strict you need a permit to think about building something lol. you need a permit to shingle a roof too
Hello Ken, I love the work that you do. I was wondering if you do any work in Massachusetts?
That was really useful Ken, having had my garage burnt to the ground by overhead lines setting alight nearby trees the electric company has to maintain.I guess the difference from you to the UK is minimal. What does stagger me is where the 50% rise in wages / pension comes from to match the rises from many manufacturers !!
Wow sorry about your garage
I found this video very interesting, and helpful.
The numbers did not bother me.
Thanks
Seems like labor cost is has gone up a lot since from before the pandemic; my guess is about a 33% increase. Would be interesting to have a rough idea on about how much of the total price is materials, labor, and equipment/ overhead/ profit.
Hey Ken love everything you do! My big question is are you saying 4 years ago you could build it for around 13 grand.
Thanks for the information Sir.
Always welcome
thanks Ken do you see price on coffee and donuts lately i cant believe any work is getting done
Ouch!
Glad you are feeling better.... any building out of state? Northern Maine?
I live in California, I wish you could come build my future woodshop garage.
A 4x2 8 foot stud in untreated pine is $13 in Australia.
Wow
Prices have dropped at Menards in Minnesota. 2x4s $4.33 OSB 4x8 -7/16 $16.00. Roofing shingles $1.00 sq. ft and up. Trusses 24' 5-12 pitch $110. Cement $130 cu yd. (not Menards) And so on.
In northern Mn 1/2 osb is $10.05 and 1/2 rebar is $7.43.
In SW Az. #4 bar is 12.98, 15/32 OSB is 12.80. Lowe’s prices today.
Wow. Our concrete is 225.00 yard 3000 psi. Plus a delivery charge.
Wow
Inflation is the most corrosive factor in any economy. You have showed realistic numbers and pricing going up no less than 10% and many prices up to 90%. "Austerity" will bring prices down but will never return to pricing for exact same products as 4 years ago.
Thanks
Material prices…fine…labor costs…cost of living..with holding taxes…insurances have all gone up…labor is key.
Whew!!
Hey Ken thanks for all your content and information! I’m addicted to your channel! I am curious as to where I could purchase plans and a material list for the 28 x 32 cape style garage with upstairs from. I think I’m ready to tackle this myself since you probably don’t build much in Arkansas! LOL
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Anyway thanks for all that you do man!
Thanks for watching. Sorry we don’t have formal plans
@@kenskarpentry hey thanks for the quick reply! You’re pretty thorough so maybe I can wing it anyway!
In our area, if a contractor is building your garage they need 3 inspections @ $125 each. 1st - foundation; 2nd - stick "framing"; 3rd - final walk through. If a homeowner is building they need 4 @ $125 each. 1st - design specs; 2nd - foundation; 3rd - framing & building compliance; 4th - final walk through. I'm pricing a 24x24 garage with two 9x7 garage doors, 36x80 entrance door and 1 window at $34,000 at this point. That includes standard excavation, I have a back hoe and skid steer. We also have to use a foundation. Not allowed to build on a slab like your area. I'd like to say I could adjust that price down but not at current costs??? I am one of the highest wage payers in the area but I have long time qualified workers. Wages have gone up 30% over 2 years. My net profit per building is down 20%. Our buildings are currently substantially lower than any local competitor.
Thanks for the input
Fairhaven, MA bases permit fee on percentage of total project costs!
Thanks Ken. Why don't you use osb roof sheathing,? They use it a lot here.
Snow load! They get a lot of snow in Vermont. I think it's code to use plywood for the roof sheathing there.
You should have a second whiteboard where you prewrite each item and fill it in as you’re talking. Or something to let the audience know what you’ve discussed and what’s ahead.