ejm1961Tbird
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Thanks much, I'm looking forward to learning more about your paint room!
My 30x45 Morton Building build thread
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Thanks much, I'm looking forward to learning more about your paint room!
Made some good progress over the long weekend, got the ceiling and lights up on the big side of the shop, got my air compressor wired up and started getting some of the trim up.
These are just a standard T-12 light. I put up 4 rows with 3 lights in each row
Air hooked up and some trim work done. I do have a rapid air kit that I will be installing in the near future.
Was finally able to move some stuff in and get it somewhat organized
These are just a standard T-12 light. I put up 4 rows with 3 lights in each row
Air hooked up and some trim work done. I do have a rapid air kit that I will be installing in the near future.
Was finally able to move some stuff in and get it somewhat organized
rubberrodder
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Your shop looks great. I plan on useing osb on my walls as well. Then I can drive a nail any damn place I want one! I like the pro-rib on the ceiling too. Its got me thinking... and that can cost me money!
swazzie
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You will be very pleased with their construction and if anything goes wrong, ever, they will make good on it. My brother worked for them for 15 years before going alone on his own. He was proud of their work and bragged them up all of the time.
A Few new pics from this weekends progress
Got the Rapid Air kit installed
Ceiling hanger installed for the heater.
Setup my mixing bench and finished moving in the rest of my shop equipment
with the shop side pretty much done now I can focus on getting the paint room done.
Got the Rapid Air kit installed
Ceiling hanger installed for the heater.
Setup my mixing bench and finished moving in the rest of my shop equipment
with the shop side pretty much done now I can focus on getting the paint room done.
Kevin54
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They are 3 2x6's laminated together, the lower part that goes into the ground is pressure treated. Another benefit from this type of post is at the top it creates a pocket for the truss to slide into.
So if I am looking at this correctly, when they put the laminated post in the ground the three 2x's are staggered. I am assuming that they don't worry that the heights are all exact from one post to another post. Correct? But when they put the longer laminated post onto them, they build them on site and set the center 2x6 all at the correct height at every post? Are the bottom laminated post that go into the holes...are they premade or made on site? Do they try to keep the concrete in all the holes at the same depth or is everything controlled from the post dimensions cut at the correct lengths from hole to hole?
I like the idea of the laminated post. For one I hear the pressure treatment goes all the way through vs. a 4x6 or 6x6, and the the laminated post stay straighter and won't twist like a square solid post will. It looks like a little more work, but a better job.
I wasn't home at the time the lower posts were set, but I can tell you the uppers and lowers were both pre-made from the factory. Its my understanding they try and be pretty precise when the dig the holes and if need be they adjust the overall height by cutting the overlap down in the middle where the two join.
ejm1961Tbird
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How are things going with your paint room?
yucholian
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Kevin,
The center 2x6 piece comes short from the shop.
Once they measure and find out where the trusses will go, they cut a piece of 2x6 to fit between the top of the center 2x6 from the factory and the bottom of the truss. They slide that in the pole and nail. I hope this makes sense.
The center 2x6 piece comes short from the shop.
Once they measure and find out where the trusses will go, they cut a piece of 2x6 to fit between the top of the center 2x6 from the factory and the bottom of the truss. They slide that in the pole and nail. I hope this makes sense.
I have a 30 inch belt driven fan that will sit in the lower middle of the front wall. I plan on building an outer box around it that will have replaceable paint booth exhaust filters in it. Ill post some pics when its done. Just haven't had much time to work on it lately
I'm still waiting on an estimate from them , its been almost 3 months. And they have a factory right here in my town. I live about 8 miles from them. I'm looking at a 40 X 60 with alot of special options, so maybe thats why it takes so long. It seems like they stay busy even in somewhat bad times.
Nice shop, won't be long and you'll be spending every waking moment out there. Good choice of colors, and MFG.
Nice shop, won't be long and you'll be spending every waking moment out there. Good choice of colors, and MFG.
Shadowdog500
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I watched as mine went up. all of the top and bottom posts came pre made. The top ones were cut to proper length at the factory. the bottom ones were cut a little long from the factory. All of the bottom posts were set the same depth in concrete. then all were trimmed to the same exact height using a transit to mark each post, and the jig I discussed in my earlier post (post 21) to put the stagger at the right height on each post.
Wow! That came out beautiful!!!!
Chris
Thanks for all the compliments, its been a long journey to get to this point. I started planning this build all most a year ago now. For any one considering a Morton Building, they are true professionals, easy to work with and seem to take a lot of pride in their work. The couple of issues I did have were corrected quickly and to my satisfaction without any excuses or run around. My biggest compliant was the building being 6-7 weeks late, but that was mostly due to their factory being way behind schedule and not getting material delivered on time.
I haven't had much time to work on it the last few weeks because John Deere thinks I need to work 11hr shifts 6 days a week right now. The first 3 1/2 months of the year are always a ***** for us trying to get everything built in time for spring deliveries.
I was able to find some time this weekend and start building the sliding door. Some have asked about the paint room and ventilation. I am going to build pockets to hold two more rows of intake filters inside the upper half the door.
This is the fan I'm going to be using, belt driven 1/3 horse rated at 9,500 cfm. Its not explosion proof, but I am planning on building a shroud to keep the motor out of the direct path of the paint fumes. I will be using actual intake and exhaust filters made for crossdraft paint booths. The walls are going to be covered with white FRP wall panels, for those not familiar with FRP, it a fiberglass product designed to used in bathrooms that comes in 4x8 sheets.
The ceiling will be white metal pro-rib with 6 more 8' two bulb florescent's.
I haven't had much time to work on it the last few weeks because John Deere thinks I need to work 11hr shifts 6 days a week right now. The first 3 1/2 months of the year are always a ***** for us trying to get everything built in time for spring deliveries.
I was able to find some time this weekend and start building the sliding door. Some have asked about the paint room and ventilation. I am going to build pockets to hold two more rows of intake filters inside the upper half the door.
This is the fan I'm going to be using, belt driven 1/3 horse rated at 9,500 cfm. Its not explosion proof, but I am planning on building a shroud to keep the motor out of the direct path of the paint fumes. I will be using actual intake and exhaust filters made for crossdraft paint booths. The walls are going to be covered with white FRP wall panels, for those not familiar with FRP, it a fiberglass product designed to used in bathrooms that comes in 4x8 sheets.
The ceiling will be white metal pro-rib with 6 more 8' two bulb florescent's.
letz4wheel
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havi
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Subscribing! This is pretty much how I wanted mine to get done, only the doors would be one the end.
rocco
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Nice Garage, nice looking FX4!
One concern i have, are the fixtures that you've installed in the paintbooth rated for use in such an application, i couldn't see them clearly enought to tell if they where.
If not, that's a huge fire hazzard.
One concern i have, are the fixtures that you've installed in the paintbooth rated for use in such an application, i couldn't see them clearly enought to tell if they where.
If not, that's a huge fire hazzard.
Accrdwgnguy
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I like this. Are you planning to paint the interior walls at some point?
sids04
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Super nice build ! Your interior construction work is awesome as well.
cajunfirehawk
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Mind if I ask how much just the 30x45 shell cost you from Morton, not including the slab?
Not sure, the paint room side will be covered with a white wall panel as previously discussed, but on the shop side I'm still undecided. After everything is done and things slow done a bit I may, if so it'll probably will be a grey/white two-tone with a Ford blue stripe.
$23,600 refer to post #25 I discussed the options and broke down the cost
bleazenb
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Great looking barn!! Working on a project exactly like yours, can you show any closeups of how you did your wiring? Run romex on top of exterior girts? drill through post and pull wire through post. Also what 2x4 or 2x6 interior wall framing?? Thanks for posting this build!
Really didn't take any pictures of the wiring process. All the wiring comes out of the breaker box and goes up above the ceiling. There were 3 rows of 2x4's that are nailed to the top side of the bottom board on the truss( Not sure what the technical term is for them) So I used them to get wire across the building then ran it along the truss and down into the wall. The few horizontal runs I had, manly the outlet runs, I just ran the wire on top of the girts so I didn't have to drill through any posts. Here's the only pic I could find that kinda shows anything.
All of the framing was 2x4's.
Made some good progress on my paint room, got the ceiling up, lights installed,and all the trim work done. Still have to paint the doors white and build the enclosure for the exhaust fan. These pics don't show how bright the room really is.
The room is 12'9"x29'. It big enough to fit my crew cab F-150 with extra room to spare.
The room is 12'9"x29'. It big enough to fit my crew cab F-150 with extra room to spare.
havi
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Awesome, and inspiring! Just wish my pocketbook was too. Keep up the great work, and keep posting pics! Thanks.
richtersrodz
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Very cool build..
Some new pics
This is the enclosure I built for the exhaust fan. It will have a frame around the outside that I can secure the filters to. This is a very high cfm 1/2 hp fan, so it should do an excellent job keeping the room cleared out. I still have to cut a hole in the building and install the outside louvers.
My guy that did all the dirt work stopped by yesterday and finished back filling around the building so now I can get it ready to plant some grass seed. He is also going to be back in the near future to do the driveway.
This is the enclosure I built for the exhaust fan. It will have a frame around the outside that I can secure the filters to. This is a very high cfm 1/2 hp fan, so it should do an excellent job keeping the room cleared out. I still have to cut a hole in the building and install the outside louvers.
My guy that did all the dirt work stopped by yesterday and finished back filling around the building so now I can get it ready to plant some grass seed. He is also going to be back in the near future to do the driveway.
rmckee
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I like the sliding wall. That would be phenomenal to have in a garage that wanted to divide a more "showroom" garage area from a lift/repairs area. Might have to steal that from you
Anto
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lovely shop, i too am in the middle of building a spray room in my own workshop and its nice to see how other people are building theirs. keep the pictures comming
shorin
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Sweet, another early Bronco guy... I've got a couple of those myself... What part of Iowa are you in? My inlaws are just south of Iowa City.
Yeah I was wondering where you were from too. I saw you work for Deere, wasn't sure if maybe that was Moline/Davenport. Im in Fulton, IL; just across from Clinton, IA
oh great looking build by the way.
I'm located just outside of Des Moines. I work for the John Deere Des Moines Works located in Ankeny. We build self-propelled sprayers, cotton pickers, grain drills and tillage equipment.
I got the outer frame built to hold the filters in place. Once I cut the opening for the shutter and install the fan permanently I will cover the opening with another piece of chicken wire, install the filters and put the outer frame back on. That will sandwich the filters between the wire and hold them in place.