Oak framed garage - Supplier suggestions and prices please
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As said in my other thread, new username, long time user. Lost my access in the change to login via email address 
I would like to erect an oak framed, wood clad, double garage, with lean-to type store on one side.
I have received a quote from one long established manufacturer, who were very helpful on the phone, for the following spec and parts included:
2 Bay Oak Fronted Catslide Frame - Half Hipped roof - 6x6m garage floor area.
Oak front top plate, oak posts & oak curved braces on front elevation.
Softwood sole & top plate, softwood posts, softwood curved braces, softwood infill stud work @ 600 centres & softwood tie beams to the rear & side elevations.
Softwood pre cut roof rafters @ 400 centres.
Oak dowels and bolts for frame assembly.
6x2 provided for the catslide rafters @ 400 centres to be cut & pitched on site.
Pre made stud walls for catslide rear.
Softwood 8 featheredge cladding (softwood trims included, 2x2 to front, 4x2 to rear).
Integrated 3 Post Log store (6m wide, 1.2m deep) includes studwork & cladding to fully enclose RHS.
Structural Calculations for the frame.
Delivery included.
Total Cost - £7,300.00 + VAT
My friend who is a builder, and would be the one doing the concrete pad and the building/installing, said that sounds too cheap... and he says it won't be actual one-piece oak posts at the front, but instead suggested it might be finger jointed oak to make the posts.
I asked queried this with the supplier and they said it will be be 6x6 green oak pieces for the posts and all visible front oak work.
Advice, prices, suppliers, comments, etc all welcome as I know nothing about this stuff.
My oak porch came from Paragon Oak a few years ago who were brilliant, but I haven't gone back to them for this, as I suspect it'll be eleventy million pounds.
I would like to erect an oak framed, wood clad, double garage, with lean-to type store on one side.
I have received a quote from one long established manufacturer, who were very helpful on the phone, for the following spec and parts included:
2 Bay Oak Fronted Catslide Frame - Half Hipped roof - 6x6m garage floor area.
Oak front top plate, oak posts & oak curved braces on front elevation.
Softwood sole & top plate, softwood posts, softwood curved braces, softwood infill stud work @ 600 centres & softwood tie beams to the rear & side elevations.
Softwood pre cut roof rafters @ 400 centres.
Oak dowels and bolts for frame assembly.
6x2 provided for the catslide rafters @ 400 centres to be cut & pitched on site.
Pre made stud walls for catslide rear.
Softwood 8 featheredge cladding (softwood trims included, 2x2 to front, 4x2 to rear).
Integrated 3 Post Log store (6m wide, 1.2m deep) includes studwork & cladding to fully enclose RHS.
Structural Calculations for the frame.
Delivery included.
Total Cost - £7,300.00 + VAT
My friend who is a builder, and would be the one doing the concrete pad and the building/installing, said that sounds too cheap... and he says it won't be actual one-piece oak posts at the front, but instead suggested it might be finger jointed oak to make the posts.
I asked queried this with the supplier and they said it will be be 6x6 green oak pieces for the posts and all visible front oak work.
Advice, prices, suppliers, comments, etc all welcome as I know nothing about this stuff.
My oak porch came from Paragon Oak a few years ago who were brilliant, but I haven't gone back to them for this, as I suspect it'll be eleventy million pounds.
Edited by Renegade Master on Wednesday 14th January 12:07
mk1storm said:
Watching with great interest. This is almost exactly what I'm needing to look into very shortly.
I know there are a few old threads about oak garages, but prices, suppliers, and materials have changed a lot in the past 5 years, so thought it was worth starting a new one.My builder roughly estimates about £5000ish for install (Concrete pad dug and poured, erection of kit, roofing, supply and slate the roof, couple of lights wired in). He's done a few of them in the past.
So that gets me to around £14,000 all done including VAT.
Currently I am asking other oak frame suppliers for a price.
OutInTheShed said:
Any chance of naming the bargain supplier please?
I should be building something this year, I'm looking at building from scratch vs a kit.
A kit would save time, and it seems to me that kit companies get materials cheap and you only pay for one delivery?
It was Swift Oak in Maidstone. Their products look really good in their gallery.I should be building something this year, I'm looking at building from scratch vs a kit.
A kit would save time, and it seems to me that kit companies get materials cheap and you only pay for one delivery?
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