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It's probably the case that if you're going to have a carpenter hammer them together on-site, it's simpler/cheaper to order ready-made ones.Micke64 said:
Yes, that might happen - but compared to building yourself...hantverkare1 said:
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Everything depends on how you value your time.Micke64 said:
Are nails/screws and fittings included in the price above?
How much does it cost for someone to calculate the trusses and make a drawing?
For me, three sets of trusses have passed.
First, I built trusses for a small shed, 5 pieces. Span width of 2.5 meters and a total length of just over 3 meters, saddle roof 14°.
I calculated them with the program "takstolsboken", which can almost be considered overkill.
But the advantage of having a drawing with all the measurements is significant.
Small trusses, light dimensions, relatively few metal plates and anchor nails, the material was cheap.
However, I still spent an entire long day assembling them, say about ten hours. Add up the time spent at the computer designing them and the time to fetch the materials.
I am quite convinced that it was a success (a decent hourly wage for my own work) compared to ordering ready-made ones in such small dimensions.
The next set of trusses was for the garage.
Here, the span was almost 4 meters and the total length almost 5.
And I estimated that the 8 significantly larger trusses would take almost 3 days of work, with experience from the small shed.
So I decided to request a quote. From the quote response, I could figure out that it would probably be a bit cheaper to buy the materials myself, but my own hourly wage would be so poor that it wasn't worth doing it myself.
However, it all fell apart because the delivery times were far too poor for my needs (silly to think it would be quick in peak season
). So, I calculated the trusses with the takstolsboken, 27° saddle roof, then bought the materials and nailed them together myself.
And believe it or not, I completed these in just 1.5 days (experience rules), so afterward I could calculate that I actually had an hourly wage of a little over 100:-/hour for the job, including every piece of timber, metal plate, and nail/screw.
Not entirely insane, then.
Then it was time for the house, and I didn't even consider doing it myself.
10 trusses, a framework with elevated wall life, 10-meter span, 4 regular trusses, 6 in a heavily reinforced special design due to a retracted outer wall that deprived the truss of its natural support point.
The whole thing cost about 35'. I've never calculated it, but I'm quite convinced that I could barely have gotten the timber + plates + nails for that money.
For example, there's 300-400 meters of 195mm and 220mm C24 studs in these 10 trusses, just there half the total cost is covered at my purchase prices.
First, I built trusses for a small shed, 5 pieces. Span width of 2.5 meters and a total length of just over 3 meters, saddle roof 14°.
I calculated them with the program "takstolsboken", which can almost be considered overkill.
But the advantage of having a drawing with all the measurements is significant.
Small trusses, light dimensions, relatively few metal plates and anchor nails, the material was cheap.
However, I still spent an entire long day assembling them, say about ten hours. Add up the time spent at the computer designing them and the time to fetch the materials.
I am quite convinced that it was a success (a decent hourly wage for my own work) compared to ordering ready-made ones in such small dimensions.
The next set of trusses was for the garage.
Here, the span was almost 4 meters and the total length almost 5.
And I estimated that the 8 significantly larger trusses would take almost 3 days of work, with experience from the small shed.
So I decided to request a quote. From the quote response, I could figure out that it would probably be a bit cheaper to buy the materials myself, but my own hourly wage would be so poor that it wasn't worth doing it myself.
However, it all fell apart because the delivery times were far too poor for my needs (silly to think it would be quick in peak season
). So, I calculated the trusses with the takstolsboken, 27° saddle roof, then bought the materials and nailed them together myself. And believe it or not, I completed these in just 1.5 days (experience rules
), so afterward I could calculate that I actually had an hourly wage of a little over 100:-/hour for the job, including every piece of timber, metal plate, and nail/screw. Not entirely insane, then.
Then it was time for the house, and I didn't even consider doing it myself.
10 trusses, a framework with elevated wall life, 10-meter span, 4 regular trusses, 6 in a heavily reinforced special design due to a retracted outer wall that deprived the truss of its natural support point.
The whole thing cost about 35'. I've never calculated it, but I'm quite convinced that I could barely have gotten the timber + plates + nails for that money.
For example, there's 300-400 meters of 195mm and 220mm C24 studs in these 10 trusses, just there half the total cost is covered at my purchase prices.
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Was it including delivery in the quote? A crane truck with a driver should also have food on the table.