Cheaper To Build Shed Or Buy Kit

Back then almost everyone had a wooden shed.

Cheaper to build shed or buy kit.

You can purchase these types of sheds at just about any home improvement store. Choosing a kit shed is cheaper and can later be removed. Wouldn t it be great if you could build an outdoor project and have it last as long as the trees it came from. Kit sheds are a good bit more expensive than diy.

I usually build when it is something one of a kind taylor made and alternatives are build vs custom order or hiring someone to do it. A 12 24 wood shed with a floor is between 6 500 and 10 000. In the olden days people used wood because it was the best material to build a shed from. There s no question why wood is the traditional material for building sheds.

A normal shed costs about 300 while hiring a contractor or builder can cost you up to 3000 with labor materials and additional costs. Buying a storage shed of course means that you save tons of time building it because many shed kits are precut and pre drilled so all you have to do is put it together. Then there is the cost. An 8 8 osb gable roof shed is 1 600 plus delivery and an 8 10 kit costs 1 900 to 2 900.

While buying will save you time it unfortunately will cost you more especially if you hire a professional to build the shed. I never built a shed but my rule of thumb is that if standard out of the box mass produced utilitarian item will do the job it will be cheaper to buy then to build. It s much cheaper to buy a plastic metal or even canvas fabric shed. Depending on windows and door sizes and finishes.