Pay or Put up? Kit sheds

Just going through this at the moment and am happily paying $1700 to get my 6mx10.8mx2.4 shed put up. So far, walls and frame up after 1 day and the rest will be finished today (roof with aircell, roller door, 3 windows and 1 PA door). Pretty happy with the work so far, hoping the finished product is up to scratch. $1700 for 2 blokes over 2 days seems like a fair price.

For me, just haven't got the time or experience to put it up myself. Biggest problem/difficultly I've heard is making sure the frame is perfectly square. If I was to DIY i'd arm myself with lots of photos of an existing shed as a reference. Another reason for getting the pro's in is that the beams are heavy and potentially dangerous for us amateur builders. Wouldn't want one falling on my mates, missus, kids, myself etc while putting it up.

An update since this old thread got ressurrected... I ended up putting it up myself, very glad I did, It was hard work but worth the effort I reckon.
I dont think contractors would have put in the same attention to detail as you tend to do putting your shed up yourself.
That said, It helped that I did have some help from a family friend who is an ex builder.

Here is my Shed WIP thread:

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...IP+Shed&page=5

Cheers
Joel

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I ended up putting it up myself, very glad I did, It was hard work but worth the effort I reckon.

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There is nothing better than the satisfaction you get by taking on a large job like this. I have put up 2 sheds, the second larger than the first and the hard work that was put into it and the end result was well worth the effort.

:2tsup: well done JDub :2tsup: