I live in mid-Tennessee and build picnic tables from pressure treated lumber as well as roll-back porch swings. These are not from kits. The tables, built with carriage bolts and rounded on the ends, take me about
3 to 4 hours to build. Material costs are aprox. $12 per foot (a 6' = $70, an 8' = $95). A swing is a whole other matter as they take me 2 days to build. I rip my own slats, plain the edges, router them with a roundover bit, (25 slats per swing) and hand sand them. The seat and back ribs, the arms and supports are cut by hand with a jigsaw, routered and sanded. 12 hours on maiking the parts and 4 hours on assemly. I use screws (76 screws for a 4' and over 100 for a 5') instead of nailing with nailgun, which means predrilling. I sell the swings ready to hang, complete with 20' of chain. My cost on the swings is roughly $40 each. Friends come by and tell me I'm selling them too cheap, customers come by and haggle to get them cheaper. These are quality handcrafted products, made to last. I work by myelf, I'm not a factory. Is there a pricing guide for these things? Any help in laying down a good price would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance, ~Cor