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Should we get a corrugated steel kit or buy the supplies? #2

Closed mynameisfiber closed 11 years ago

mynameisfiber commented 11 years ago

In regards to project #1, the question is:

Should we buy a premade kit or should we simply buy the arches ourselves?

The main reason for the question is cost: I assume that the kut has some sort of markup in price. However, I'm not sure how much money we would save (and if it would be worth it). This is mainly instigated by the fact that I saw many stores near us that sell this sort of material and even this sort of building... this will DEFINITELY save us on deliver

coopaloopster commented 11 years ago

How much is the kit for how big? Do you have a link to the site you had in mind? I was under the impression the structure was ordered already actually. We could do it ourself, I think if we can't build a corrugated steel structure we should really abandon this whole thing...

mynameisfiber commented 11 years ago

@coopaloopster the real question is whether it is worth the money... the kit comes with all the anchors and bolts and everything is already cut to size... one thing we need to keep in mind is that this building will be made with minimal supplies (since we need to building to store any of the supplies we need!). Also, there is a chance the kit is cheaper since the company can buy the parts in bulk. There's more detail about the actual building in project #1.

As for the site, it's this: http://www.steelfactory.com/P-series.htm

mynameisfiber commented 11 years ago

I'm going to vote for using a kit. While we could save some money building it ourselves, it requires a lot more time, a lot more effort and most importantly, a lot of tools. We should go with a kit for this first building so that in the future we can do things ourselves by having all necessary tools and a place to work. I'm going to close this issue and vote for using the kit.

@wannabeCitizen @cameronjj any final thoughts?