Menards Home Kits

[Driven2slow]

Has anyone built one of their home kits before? I know you can buy plans anywhere, but with Menards, everything is pre-cut and ready to put together. If thats true.

Anyone with thoughts to this?

 

[4Gas$]

Sounds like the old Sears stores that use to sell complete
"build your own home kits". Those Craftsmen houses are
all over the place, and everyone I've ever seen was well
built & looked really nice, even all these years later.

I'd love to see some info on a current offering of a complete
home kit.

 

[mustangmike6996]

I would be a little weary. I helped another member on here pick up some special order roof and it was a fucking disaster. He also had a bunch of lumber that was prepaid for as well. We went to pick the roof up and it was smashed, forklift drove the forks through the crate and damaged the roofing. Then we headed over to pick up the wood and they pulled nothing aside so we had to hand load 150 pieces.

I would assume that the precut stuff goes together ok but you really dont know what you are getting. It seems like every precut build it yourself kit (of any kind) I have ever put together needed extra parts

 

[mustangjoe87]

Some friends built a house a couple years ago and got everything from menards, they just sold and built another house this year and did not use menards. Their lumber kit was not precut, he found that the quality was better at some of the smaller lumber yards. The last time I had a good sized order for an addition I used johns lumber and was happy compared to some of the wood you get from the big box stores.

 

[mustangjoe87]

I would be a little weary. I helped another member on here pick up some special order roof and it was a fucking disaster. He also had a bunch of lumber that was prepaid for as well. We went to pick the roof up and it was smashed, forklift drove the forks through the crate and damaged the roofing. Then we headed over to pick up the wood and they pulled nothing aside so we had to hand load 150 pieces.

I would assume that the precut stuff goes together ok but you really dont know what you are getting. It seems like every precut build it yourself kit (of any kind) I have ever put together needed extra parts

This was me, they really fucked up that order. Last time I'll get more than small shit from them, the chesterfield location is incompetent to say the least

 

[4 cam tbird]

Didn't Tony build his new horse barn from a Menard's kit? Granted it isn't a house but i think he was pretty happy with the stuff for the barn.

 

[TWOBEERS]

Not a house kit. But my son is ordering his 40x56 Pole barn kit from them within the next couple weeks. Well see how that works.

 

[derbydad276]

chelsea lumber ... done

 

[4Gas$]

chelsea lumber ... done

I've heard a lot of good things about them over the years.

 

[sofa king]

Sounds like the old Sears stores that use to sell complete
"build your own home kits". Those Craftsmen houses are
all over the place, and everyone I've ever seen was well
built & looked really nice, even all these years later.

I'd love to see some info on a current offering of a complete
home kit.

My friend lives in a Sears house in Livonia....
On the other hand, I was in Sears today and it was probably the last time I will set foot in one.
Such a bummer, I was explaining to my daughter how it used to be an awesome store with all kinds of stuff, now its all crap or empty shelves.

 

[4Gas$]

My friend lives in a Sears house in Livonia....
On the other hand, I was in Sears today and it was probably the last time I will set foot in one.
Such a bummer, I was explaining to my daughter how it used to be an awesome store with all kinds of stuff, now its all crap or empty shelves.

Sears is about to become history.
Very sad, once a great American
business, it slowly dying.

 

[Golden]

I've heard a lot of good things about them over the years.

We built out house with 95% of the products coming from Chelsea Lumber. Great guys/gals there for sure. I've spent a lot there the past month and a half as well as I'm finishing my basement.

Sears is about to become history.
Very sad, once a great American
business, it slowly dying.

Agreed. I worked there in the tool department pre 9/11, I feel like the quality of the hand tools took a nose dive shortly after I left.

 

[4Gas$]

Agreed. I worked there in the tool department pre 9/11, I feel like the quality of the hand tools took a nose dive shortly after I left.

Wait, what? Did you work at Ann Arbor or Canton?
If so, I bet I bought tools & equipment from you!

Back then, I did a lot of government purchasing
from both of those Sears locations.

 

[Golden]

Wait, what? Did you work at Ann Arbor or Canton?
If so, I bet I bought tools & equipment from you!

Back then, I did a lot of government purchasing
from both of those Sears locations.

Ann Arbor. I was part time (in high school). I probably worked 16-20 hours per week lol.

 

[4Gas$]

Ann Arbor. I was part time (in high school). I probably worked 16-20 hours per week lol.

I would have been the Park Ranger Supervisor in the green uniform
giving you a hard time :lol:

 

[Hugger Z]

Didn't Tony build his new horse barn from a Menard's kit? Granted it isn't a house but i think he was pretty happy with the stuff for the barn.

Yup, my barn kit came from there. The plans weren't very detailed so it was a lot of figuring out stuff. They give you a building a barn book so read ahead, etc. The drawings didn't tell much of anything. But overall it came together and it has been standing 2yrs now. Survived many wind storms, etc so we did it right. :lol:

Not a house kit. But my son is ordering his 40x56 Pole barn kit from them within the next couple weeks. Well see how that works.

Should go pretty well. We built a 40x54 with an 8' overhang so 48x54 footprint. Have fun! We put ours up in 2 months back in 2014. It was a LOT of work!

 

[wrath]

I'd buy the plans and BOM from wherever and then source the materials from wherever you want. I am picky about lumber because a lot of it for contract jobs they give you the scab lumber. Wane, splits, and knots oh my.

 

[Golden]

I'd buy the plans and BOM from wherever and then source the materials from wherever you want. I am picky about lumber because a lot of it for contract jobs they give you the scab lumber. Wane, splits, and knots oh my.

Sounds like Mans Lumber.