

ft., several paint and trim options as well as “extra” options including skylights, installed cabinetry, flooring. there are three sizes available ranging from 80 sq. with it’s slanted roof and “loft-style” windows, it’s a modern twist to their standard shed. Tuff shed launched their premier pro studio model this year. we provide storage shed construction services all over the country. Though as others have noted, pre-made trusses are kinda nice, and for the ultra-heavy roof like we built the fact that they give engineering drawings to the city inspector is a bonus.Tuff shed has build quote options that you can reference on this page. But even if I was going to go with T111 siding and single-faced walls and all the other compromises that TuffShed will bring you, once the slab was poured I'd just invite a couple of friends over and throw a barn raising. But we wanted sound control so I could run the router table without pissing off the neighbors, needed fire walls because of setback rules on our small lot, and once we got there decided that the living roof (which was the hardest part to get the city to sign off on) was a bonus. If I were going cheap, I'd do a metal pole barn on the slab. Not counting labor (which, admittedly, was a lot of work), we ended up with a building that's got 2 hour fire wall construction, full Title 24 compliant insulation and climate control, an exterior wall assembly that should be good for hurricanes (we live in California, so this is actually kinda silly), and extra space to grow strawberries, and wiring, for not a whole lot more than it seems like TuffShed was going to charge us.

We started out with a TuffShed quote, looked at what it would take to put a slab in for it, priced out materials, and ended up building a heavily insulated (both for sound and temperature control) workshop with a living roof. What do you think? Would we save very much doing on our own- or is it not worth the hassle.

We don't need anything fancy…just a shell to park the cars, and store some stuff. Tuff Shed's quote was $13,000 for the garage and about another $4500 for the concrete and footings. My question is it worth all the work and effort to build ourselves or would the price be the same to go with Tuff Shed (they assemble prefab garage for you) My dad just moved into town and is a civil engineer and would love to get his hands on a new project. We have room to build one on our property. Great Idea right? Except now my husband needs a garage. That way I can load and unload the furniture directly into my work space instead of hauling it through the house and down the stairs to my current work room in the basement. Here's the deal, I sew custom slipcovers and have outgrown my workroom…so my idea is to convert our garage to my new work studio with carriage doors.
