Design, Engineering, permits, installation, security,painting, maybe monitoring, it all adds up quite quickly. Costs can also cover maintenance and repairs for 5 years, warranty, it’s probably inflated a bit, but it’s not like these could be done properly and nicely for under 10k a piece.
But it’s more likely people are severely underestimating costs, it’s quite easy when your minimum wage is what, $9?
Welding isn’t fast, each of those could easily take 40 hours of labor, and that’s on the low side for just an ugly box.
At $100 an hour, that’s 4k alone in just labor.
and 36k in materials?
Design, Engineering, permits, installation, security,painting, maybe monitoring, it all adds up quite quickly. Costs can also cover maintenance and repairs for 5 years, warranty, it’s probably inflated a bit, but it’s not like these could be done properly and nicely for under 10k a piece.
But it’s more likely people are severely underestimating costs, it’s quite easy when your minimum wage is what, $9?