Current Costs to build shop?

A lot of variables involved.

Is it going to be insulated and finished on the inside or just exposed framework and no ceiing?

How much electricity are you going to run to be able to run your woodworking tools?

How many windows, overhead and passage doors?

Any A/C/Heat going in it?

I have a 12 x 25 ft. shed on my property that needed one end and one side wall, ceiling joists, roof rafters, siding and roof replaced.

I did this a couple years ago before stuff got stupid with lumber prices and it cost me around $1200 in materials to do it myself.

Hell, your slab alone will be a few grand just to begin the build.

My woodworking shop is part of my house's footprint being a 2 story. Half of the downstairs is a man cave and the other half is my shop, both in the 800+ sq. ft. range.

The walls of the shop are open and I made shelving to store stuff between the studs and in some spots I put up masonite pegboard to put in those metal hangers to hang many of my smaller tools on and that is a space saver plus it keeps things easy to find when needed.

I did plan on a lot of power for the shop when I rewired the area. Some tools are on their own circuit with two tools sharing one circuit in other areas. It works out fine for me since I rarely have 2 big tools working at one time since I do my work alone in the shop for the most part.

I even planned to a couple 220 circuits in case I decided to pick up a more powerful 2-3 HP table saw or run an A/C in the shop.


If you can use the same slab, that is money saved right off the bat since you can tear down the existing shed yourself if you plan on going all new.


My back shed that I rebuilt has exposed studs and open ceiling that I use to store some of my lumber for woodworking projects since it no longer leaks like it did with the old metal roof. I probably have over $300 worth of 1x6x8 cypress boards stored in that area right now.

2 years ago, i had carolina carports build me a 175 mph wind rated 24ftx31ft metal building with 10 ft walls and 2 sided gable roof. it has two 10ft roll up doors, and a full sized walk through door, installed on my existing driveway slab in golden meadow for $8k total complete

they have crews that come from texas and it took them 4-5 hrs start to finish and it was done

ps- we had 189mph wind gusts and 153 mph sustained winds from hurricane ida and all i had was the corner trim strips come off it while my house had half the roof decking lifted off it

Nice. I'll keep them in mind if I go with a tear down and rebuild.

Part of me wants to try to salvage the existing building, even if it's rebuilding it. The more I look at it, the more I feel like when it was built, it was designed (mostly) to match the house. It has the same bricks on the front of the building, and HAD the same shingled roof until someone put a metal roof over the shingles.

I might just pull down what needs to be replaced and try to bring it back to what it was. There's something about the harmony of the shop with the house that appeals to me.

But if I have to rebuild from scratch, something that can take those winds would be really nice and give some peace of mind that it can take damn near anything Mother Nature can throw at it.

Keakar....can you post pics please?

What about the slab? Was that in place already?

My issue is HOA. It has to be bricked and a high pitch roof.

I agree. I don't like this aspect of it. The good side is that we don't have those handful of neighbors that trash their 1acre lots and make the neighborhood look like crap. So that aspect I like. But it is a hassle when wanting a shop and having to spend 10-15k more on it.

I am in Georgia. Just built a 30 x 40 metal building on slab. No electric. Has two rollup doors and 2 regular doorways. Cost me $7k for the concrete and $12k for the shop. Electric will come later when I finish my house. Which will be an added cost although I will do most of the electrical work myself.