Morton Buildings Worth It??

[hutchman]

Maybe we can get him to come to Virginia to do two jobs?

+1!

 

[robot]

There here in Illinois and the name of the company is Graber Buildings, but you should have amish in Michigan too. I can't say enough about the way they care about their workmanship. Hope that helps a little.

 

[iplumb]

There here in Illinois and the name of the company is Graber Buildings, but you should have amish in Michigan too. I can't say enough about the way they care about their workmanship. Hope that helps a little.

Thanks

 

[73blazer]

Sorry about bringing up an old thread. But has anybody in Michigan built a barn lately? I found this thread from a Google search about Morton reviews...Pretty funny. I was considering getting a price from them, but now I not so sure.

Morton just finished our building. Sales was from the Brown City office. I can say without a doubt, it is a very quality building. Mines a 30x53x10 with a 4/12 roof with a 26' double slider on one of the '53 walls. cold storage building. They used a mammoth steel header for the door opening, was not expecting that. I opted for all SS screws, concrete lower poles for just a few hundred bucks more. Just outstanding quality. Perfectly straight, super strong, doors work like butter, trim work is second to none. I actually visited the Morton factory in Kenton, OH where most of lower MI stuff comes from. I can say, as an engineer, I was extremely impressed. Everything that can be done ahead of time, is done, at the factory. Truss brackets are their own from raw steel, cut and shelved for when your trusses are put together. Many holes pre-drilled. Trim work matches steel contours, no gaps, once concrete floor is in ,it'll be a sealed deal. Poles are pressed and fastened, and chamfered at the lower to meet the concrete column bracket, at the factory. No problem with sales, crew was awesome, kept the site super clean. Yes, they had the radio on...can you blame them...I would too if I was building it. They cover the materials when they drop them off, nothing sitting in water or getting soak in rain for a mabey days to weeks it takes a crew to show up. I think a huge advantage is the building is engineered. If you want insulated, the whole design changes, more trusses, poles are closer..etc. But, just little things everywhere, roof panels have a sprayed on felt like material on them on the back-side. This prevents any flash condensation from dripping. Just, attention to details, everywhere.

That all said...what I started with was a workshop I could put my auto lift in, fully insulated, 12' walls and a 6/12 roof with 3/12 interior chord. But since the friggen township wanted bribes to build a 21' building, in the middle of nowhere mine you (there's no reason for a height restriction, I'm not within 500' from anyone, including a road)..but anyway, long story short, there is a height restriction and they wouldn't grant me a variance, so I had to change the building. Do I need this level of quality is what will be essentially a cold storage building? Probably not. FOr a fully insulated finished metal interior, I think they were fully worth the cost. But I think, for what I ended up with, essentially just barn I'm gonna park stuff in, like cars and a tractor I could have save several K with some effort into finding a local contractor who cares. But, you can't beat a Morton. That thing is solid as heck!

 

[catgo22]

We're about to find out. 60x80x15 delivered Monday. In Illinois. Rep was great to work with.

 

[catgo22]

Got the idea from member on here "Beavis" (Thanks) for a Morton Building with an apartment inside. Counties in central Illinois are becoming more tolerant of this kind of "summer home"...

 

[varmint]

Just ran across this thread... let me start by saying that I was a 56 year old semi-retired architect, with a fair amount of building experience, including wood work and boat building, when we had our Morton building (just 24' x 32', but insulated, finished inside and heated) erected in 2001. I thought about designing the shop, and having contractors build it, but being new to the area, and too well experienced in the iffy nature of good vs. bad contractors, like Eddie noted earlier, I checked into the area's pole barn builders, and really liked what I learned about Morton's product. The crew that put up the building, which impressed me with material and engineering design choices, could not have been better in terms of care and accuracy. Their conc. sub, and excavation sub, were first class professionals. In the 14 years since, I have zero complaints or concerns about the building, its construction or the materials used. If it were destroyed, I would replace it without changing a thing, other than make it bigger.

 

[Redneck in training]

We have two of them. The first we built in 2004 was converted to our dwelling and the second built two years ago is my shop. Just looking at the boards the trusses are made from gives you sense of attention to quality. They are more expensive than competition but I think they are worth the money.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

We're about to find out. 60x80x15 delivered Monday. In Illinois. Rep was great to work with.

Keep the pics coming

 

[varmint]

Redneck... looked at you PV link, and was blown away to notice you have 96 panels (or, at least 96 micro inverters) that's quite a system if installed on a residence! Good for you.