Start with the biggest thing going in
We build sheds with a garage door for yards around Saint John where something with wheels needs a roof over it. A ride-on mower, a quad, a snowblower, a compact tractor, a small trailer you are tired of tarping.
The biggest of those decides most of the building. Its width sets the door. Its length sets the depth, plus room to walk around it once it is parked. Its weight is why the floor and what sits under it matter more here than on a shed full of rakes.
Think about the winter too. If the snowblower lives in there, face the door toward the driveway you clear, so you are not digging out the shed before you can dig out the car.
You do not need exact numbers to ask. Tell us the machine, and we will ask about the rest.
Ground that takes the weight
A mower is light. A tractor with a loader is not. Put that on soft ground and a corner sinks, the frame goes out of square, and the overhead door starts to bind in its track.
So when you ask for a price, tell us what the spot is like: grass, gravel, a slope, somewhere water sits in spring. Where it needs it, we level the ground and lay a gravel pad, or deal with the drainage first. Where the ground is already firm, the building can go on blocks.
The last step is the ramp. A timber ramp at the door gets the wheels up onto the floor without a bump. Ask for one in the form.
Can it be delivered?
Most of them, yes. A shed garage is built in the shop and comes out finished on the trailer, with the overhead door already hung and working. Nobody is framing in your driveway for days.
Size is the limit. Past a certain width or length a building cannot travel, and some yards cannot be reached by the truck at all. Then it gets built where it stands. Where that line falls for your building is a phone call, not a guess on a web page.
Doors, siding and trim
An overhead door comes in more than one look. A plain white door on board and batten, or a door with a transom window across the top that lets light in while it is closed.
Siding and roof are your choice, the same as any building we make: vinyl, board and batten, cedar or steel, under shingles or a steel roof. Match the house if you like, or pick a colour that stands on its own.
Double doors still suit plenty of machines. The compact tractor below parks behind plywood double doors, up a timber ramp.
To get a price, use the form below and pick garage. Put the machine in the notes and say what the ground is like. The quote is free and does not commit you to anything. Or call the shop and talk it through.
Before you build.
- Can you build one big enough for a car or a boat?
- Call and ask. It depends on the length, and on whether a building that size can still come out on the trailer. That is worth a conversation before you plan around it.
- What does a shed garage cost?
- There is no price list. The size, the door and the base all change it. Describe the building in the form and the price that comes back is for that building. It costs nothing to ask.