Any 'Burghers who can do cheap carpentry ??? (McDonald: movers, home)

[UKyank]

Originally Posted by DaisyDaisy

If you bought five of the shelves that Hopes linked, it would be $125 total. How could you pay half that when you need to purchase materials and pay someone for 2 to 3 days of work?

Given his other numbers he's used, he'd need about 60 of them.

[DaisyDaisy]

Originally Posted by UKyank

Given his other numbers he's used, he'd need about 60 of them.

Then I guess his storage unit is as big as a pool, in which case a few bucks for shelves would not be an issue!

[Hopes]

Lumber is expensive. Plus you'll need to pay someone to make them.

Used metal shelving will be cheaper.

[Doofy-88]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Lumber is expensive. Plus you'll need to pay someone to make them.

Used metal shelving will be cheaper.

So a $125 metal shelf unit is cheaper than one made out of untreated 2x4 held together with lag bolts ??

Some of you have never been inside a home improvement store --- or done simple math

[Doofy-88]

Originally Posted by DaisyDaisy

If you bought five of the shelves that Hopes linked, it would be $125 total. How could you pay half that when you need to purchase materials and pay someone for 2 to 3 days of work?

That's because I need more than 5 of those shelves --- prolly at least 25 or 30. Besides, I would need to stack those units two high, and they don't look easy to stack (prolly need a forklift).

It seems like many of you responding don't know the price of cheap lumber or cheap labor. What I got in my head is a broke college kid who has some experience running a power saw and drill and letting him go at it for a couple days making these shelves. I would think paying him $500-$800 is a decent price for 2 days of work (7-8 hrs. per day)? Why does that sound unreasonable?

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by Doofy-88

So a $125 metal shelf unit is cheaper than one made out of untreated 2x4 held together with lag bolts ??

Those used shelves in that link were $25. You can find some even cheaper than that too.

Originally Posted by Doofy-88

Some of you have never been inside a home improvement store

We do all of our own home improvements. I'm not talking mere aesthetics.

Originally Posted by Doofy-88

--- or done simple math.

Let's do simple math!

You say metal shelves are $125. If you bought them, it would cost $5000. That's 40 shelf units.

In your first post, you said you're hoping to pay someone $800 for the labor to build shelves. I'll roughly estimate $35 in materials for each shelf unit. That's $1,400 for 40. $1,400 + $800 = $2,200 for wood shelving.

Those metal shelf units on Craig's List are $25. 40 of those would be $1,000.

[SorryIMovedBack]

Here's what I did: Bought a cheap ladder $25 on Craigslist to leave in the storage unit. Labeled each container with a rough listing of the contents. Stacked them so that the ones I need to get into frequently are accessible, but the ones that are deep storage are at the back of the unit and/or on the bottom of stacks. I left a bare spot on the floor as well as a pathway from front to back. All containers are lined up along the same wall, from front to back of the unit. Don't need no steenking shelving. ymmv LOL

[Doofy-88]

Originally Posted by Hopes

Let's do simple math!

You say metal shelves are $125. If you bought them, it would cost $5000. That's 40 shelf units.

In your first post, you said you're hoping to pay someone $800 for the labor to build shelves. I'll roughly estimate $35 in materials for each shelf unit. That's $1,400 for 40. $1,400 + $800 = $2,200 for wood shelving.

Those metal shelf units on Craig's List are $25. 40 of those would be $1,000.

$35 in raw materials for each shelf is still too high. Stock 8-ft. untreated 2x4 at Home Depot retails for around $2.50. I'm guessing I would need about 8 of these per "8 ft. high X 3 ft. wide" shelf unit. 3" length self-tap lag bolts are around 25 cents each so prolly need 25 of those per shelf unit.

$2.50 x 8 = $20
$0.25 x 25 = $6.25
TOTAL = approx. $25 per 8 ft. high shelf unit (after small discount buying in bulk)

Here's a photo of what I got in mind. I wouldnt even need plywood for the shelves since most of my stuff is already in sturdy plastic tubs that could simply rest on the 2x4 cross beams:

[Doofy-88]

Originally Posted by SorryIMovedBack

Here's what I did: Bought a cheap ladder $25 on Craigslist to leave in the storage unit. Labeled each container with a rough listing of the contents. Stacked them so that the ones I need to get into frequently are accessible, but the ones that are deep storage are at the back of the unit and/or on the bottom of stacks. I left a bare spot on the floor as well as a pathway from front to back. All containers are lined up along the same wall, from front to back of the unit. Don't need no steenking shelving. ymmv LOL

I like your way of organizational thinking, and I did the same with my plastic tubs.

However, I got so many containers that I got 2 rows on either side of the unit stacked about 10 feet high. In order to access containers in the back row, I have to do a lot of moving of the stacked containers in front of them, and this causes me much misery and time.

This photo shows the idea what I'd like to build --- up to the ceiling of the storage unit (12-15 ft. high) on both sides. I would use your ladder idea to access the upper shelves:

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by Doofy-88

$35 in raw materials for each shelf is still too high. Stock 8-ft. untreated 2x4 at Home Depot retails for around $2.50. I'm guessing I would need about 8 of these per "8 ft. high X 3 ft. wide" shelf unit. 3" length self-tap lag bolts are around 25 cents each so prolly need 25 of those per shelf unit.

$2.50 x 8 = $20
$0.25 x 25 = $6.25
TOTAL = approx. $25 per 8 ft. high shelf unit (after small discount buying in bulk)

You're at $1,000 for 8 shelving units measuring 8' x 3' x 1' (like your description and first picture) with $800 labor.

It would be $200 for 8 of the metal ones. They are 8' x 3' x 1'.

Even if you doubled them back to back for 8' x 3' x 2' that's $400 for 8 of the metal ones.

With your first post, how did you come up with $5,000 for 8 shelving units? Even at $125 each, that would only be $1,000.

And you were saying we're the ones who can't do simple math. Okay.

You seem set on having these custom made even if they're more expensive. That's cool. I hope you find someone.