Can somebody give me an idea what the labor cost should be to frame the following: 2700 sq. ft. heated home with 13 rooms, 10 ft. ceilings through out, 2 story, 2×6 exterior walls, 22 windows all 3 ft. wide but different heights, 160 ft. exterior walls, and 8/12 pitch truss roof. The garage is 30 x 30 2×4 walls 2 doors, 4 windows, unfinished bonus room in garage attic trusses. The house sits over 3 ft. crawl space, 12 ” I-Joists. 700 sq. ft. of exterior P.T. decking. This house will be built in cental N.C. and sits on a lot that only varies 30 inches in grade. Every exterior wall will be sheated with 7/16” O.S.B. THANK YOU 96 1340
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$99,500.17
Speak the truth, or make your peace some other way.
Nah, the lot is pretty level ... site work is reduced ... $99,495.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
I think I'll go with Brownbagg, he is a tad cheaper than you.
I'd do it for $36.85/ft.sq. Send me an e-mail and I'll send you the contract papers.
Blue, Piffin, Joe, everybody -- anyone have time to frame this thing? I'll split the profit with you. ;-)
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Edited 3/19/2006 11:00 am ET by philarenewal
$123.000.46 that way i could have a little spending money to go site seeing in hawaii plus plane tickets of course
don't let it bother you, appraently everything is just a big joke with these guys !
shame !...
unh, lemme find that magic button on my estimating machine..... nope, that ain't it
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uh, huh.. nope..
sorryMike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Two bananas & one coconut per sq ft. Throw in a couple of pigs and chickens and we will frame the garage and deck. "Don't take life too seriously, you are not getting out of it alive"
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Edited 3/19/2006 1:07 pm ET by dustinf
Helen probably cleaned up and moved it. That's how I always lose things.
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When guys speak in $ per square foot, I have heard of number down as low as $5 for your region of the country.
That works out to under $14K.
But your mileage may vary, as they say. Best to talk to a local framing contractor.
I'd probably come in somewhere between $26,000 and $34,000 depending on the particulars of the house. And, as they say, the devil is in the details. That's why you're getting such a hard time here. It's impossible to give even a ballpark number without more information. Can we see your plans?
Pal -
1. This is a national site. Men and women from all over the country getting together for fun.
2. Coming up with estimates is part of the business and therefore part of our cost/ compensation equation.
3. You are asking a question which relates only to your area - not even state.
4. Even if we were in NC, what do you think the chances of us being hired would be?
5. Just to be clear: You asked for an estimate, not how to arrive at one.
6. Why should we do work - estimates - for you?
7. I think we are all in aggreement - You are very funny. Ever consider going on Leno?
Frankie
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I agree, this is a site for fun. Please don't take a construction question which was sent to ( ALL) so personally. It wasn't an attack on Cranky Frankie. I'm framing the house myself and did not want to solicit a framing contractor for a job nobody was going to get just to see what I was saving. I thought it would be interesting to the different regional quotes would be. Please cut back on the coffee or switch to de-caf, 96 1340
It ain't personal. It's business.Like I stated earlier - This is a How-To site, sometimes even a How-NOT-To site, but never a Do-The-Work-For-Me site. If you really want to know what you saved - Do the math based on the materials you purchased, hours you spent and multiply it by a variety of wages you think you'd pay in your area. Then consider WC and liability insurance costs. Then O&P. Simple. It shouldn't take more than 4-5 hours. Even less since you are already familiar with the plans.I figured you realized this would take too much of your valuable time, so you asked us.Either way - ya get what ya pay for.Bupkas!There he goes—one of God's own prototypes—a high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live and too rare to die.—Hunter S. Thompson
from Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
buck 380/sq ft and I buy the nails.
The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.- Fyodor Dostoyevski
$6.50 sq.ft for the living area @. $2.50 for the garage and $2.50 a ft for any exterior porches
;0)You're low bidder so far.Was that your intent?
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Based upon what you have just said, build the house and see what your costs are when you are done. Then check with a local real estae agent as to what the local selling cost are for a new constrction home are. That is how much you have saved.
Framing is only one part of the equation.
I'm going to take a stab at being serious here for you - but don't bother reading if all you want is a number.
I'm wondering how you would use such a numbner?
Have you already got a bid or estimate and want to chew the guy down baased on some flipppant number from a national - no, international internet forum? It wouldn't be fair for us to give out that sort of info when the guy you have locally already knows what the local costs are.
And not to doubt your description or honesty, but my experience is that most HOs or DIYs describing their project over the phone always leave out some crucial factor that impacts costs.
I don't have any idea what workers comp and liability costs are down there. I have a brother doing this in Anderson SC, and we have learned over the years not to discuss cost details, because we are never comparing oranges and oranges. It always comes out as a tossed salad. And costs vary considerably from one end of his state to the other. He was president of their homebuilders association for a year or two and was amazed at the ranges.
That said - and keeping in mind that sq ft estimating is a lousy way to work, The last time I back tested job costing on a new one, it ran about $11/sq ft. That was a few years ao. I suspect it would be more like 14-15 now.
What really haas me wondering is that you are al;ready pouring the foundation, and you started this with no idea how much it was going to cost you. I'd be interested to learn what kind of thoughts are rattling around in your skull
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Hmm heated home? Aren't they all? With 13 rooms sounds cut up that's gonna cost more. So 22 windows with different heights does that mean the header heights are all different or the height from the floor to the bottom of windows are all different? Because if the headers are all over the place that gonna cost more.
160ft wall, so is that two walls 160ft then two end walls of about 16'10" giving you 2700 sqft like a big hallway? If not then that's gonna cost more. So does the foundation go from 6" above grade to 36", or from 6" to 66" because of the 30" difference in grade because if it's the latter then that's gonna cost more. Also doesn't sound like you have any exterior doors that's gonna make it hard to get in.
I'm not so certain gonna is a word but it seems to work. It is real hard to get a number even if someone from your area posts on the forum you can only get a ballpark number. It is hard to respond to someone with a number for a name 96 1340 not very personable. Sorry for the ribbing but just had to.
Jeff
Because if the headers are all over the place that gonna cost more.
Not a problem if you place the headers tight to the top plate.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
If ya put all headers to the top plate it's gonna cost more.
headers? Oh that's gonna cost more.View Image
You guys are getting all fancy with that talk of headers and the like.Next thing you are going to tell me that you want to cut out the opening for the window.That takes a lot of time and cost more.I just nail the windows on the outside of the frame.
$12,000 tops for the house, including installation of windows, doors, house wrap and black paper on the roof. Framing sub supplies the fasteners (nails and staples), you supply everything else including crane.
The deck is a separate job. For a generic deck, figure maybe $4 a sq ft plus maybe $20 a step. Same deal on materials as above.
Thanks for not wasting someone's time on a "free" estimate since you have no intention on hiring it out.
Thanks for the info and your time. 96 1340