Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Jun 13, 2013 9:18 am Hi all I am Owner building a house and I am getting quotes from about $70 a sq m to over 100sq m. I did a calculation of the materials costs (17k approx inc $2k for unknowns screws etc). The job will take 4 days for a roofer and 2 boys. Current quotes are from 35k to 50k. Can't understand why 27k (giving 10k for hours) for 4 days work would not do it? Anyone out there who can explain to me why the quotes are so much more than I expect them to be? Re: Metal Roofing cost per sq m 2Jun 13, 2013 10:12 am Hi Ardy, The roofing on our job was the most stressful time for us - we had the materials included in our kit so I don't know the actual cost of those (our house is 391sqm under-roof, but obviously the sqm for iron is more) we also had to pay for the safety rail. Our roof consists of 3 verandas (the front one has a tricky valley).....when we were getting quotes for labor only they came in around $6000-8000....that included laying the blanket insulation. Hope that gives you something to go off. My only advice is to use someone who has been recommended - we didn't know the mob who did ours and it turned out to be a real drama and they left it unfinished.....was just lucky for us that the only guy on the job who knew what he was doing quit working for them at the same time and we kept him on paying a daily rate until he finished, so it ended up costing about a grand more, but we were happy that the job was finished properly.....it also took a lot longer than the initial estimate of 7 days. Good luck Owner Building on 1800sqm Sanity Intact so far Locked up March 2012 Re: Metal Roofing cost per sq m 3Jun 13, 2013 10:43 am Interesting lynny-jane your house is similar in size to ours. If the labour costs to do your house were 9k then the 35k minimum I am getting quoted is OTT by about 10k assuming $30 per sq m in materials. Are you happy with your PAAL house? We were going to go with them before I decided to build from scratch. Re: Metal Roofing cost per sq m 4Jun 13, 2013 4:50 pm Yes, very happy.....lots of work but so worth it!! We were quoted up to $70p/sqm just for labor......keep shopping around and ask the trades you trust for recommendations.....a lot hear "Owner Builder" and see double/triple/quadruple $$$. Owner Building on 1800sqm Sanity Intact so far Locked up March 2012 Re: Metal Roofing cost per sq m 5Jun 14, 2013 12:17 am Just finished our roof on a 425m2 home in Wa so roof area about 540m2. Cost of iron, gutters and anti con was $17000 and labour was $7000 and took about 8 to 9 days with two guys and about three days with two of us helping. it wasnt a complicated roofline but did have a few valleys. Fascia was not included in the costs as I had purchased that in a separate order but the was about 140 lineal meters. So all up around $56m2 of floor area or $44m2 of roof area plus the fascia. Hope this helps Re: Metal Roofing cost per sq m 6Jun 14, 2013 8:40 am Thanks dnawa - how frustrating. I am currently looking for someone to install the roof and I will supply the materials. I cannot get a written quote for less than $70 for roof and about $100 for floor area. I have even considered flying a team in from QLd to do the job. Lets hope that the rest of the job is not as painful as this. I am getting quotes for 100m of driveway (not sealed) with some rock needed and crossing of a bywash from my dam with 2 x 750mm pipes of $20,000. So maybe NSW tradies have not woken up to the down turn in the building industry? 1) I had requested R6 ceiling insualtion batts, however I noticed that on some areas there are huge gaps which will allow hot air to sweep in, and also noticed black/grey… 0 918 You are fine. The concrete is never going to explode. Worse case scenario is that it develops a crack from different rates of expansion but hopefully it's got some… 5 4509 Fine with me... just let 'em step in with some affordable (but good) gear... 12 4277 |