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Illinois | I am needing to select a builder for a basic large storage building (no inside finish), and options are narrowed down to Morton and Cleary. I am trying to beat on Morton to cheapen them up, and they want to use nails versus their only other option of stainless screws. The price difference is rather large, but I can't understand why a company with that solid of a reputation wants to use nails. They gave me the sales pitch on why a standard screw cannot be effectively galvanized, but every single other contractor seems to think they are fine. Any experience or opinions? |
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| I went with the screws just on roof. thats what they advised me to do! |
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SW Minnesota | maybe that's their way to make it cheaper? I know we got a bid from them this winter for a storage shed and we ended up going through a local lumber yard because the money difference was just to great. We have a Morton already and is a nice shed and has lasted 30 years already but we are just going to use this new shed for cold storage... I thought I remember something about just using ones with SS heads too |
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Northeast Indiana (Auburn) | My first Morton was built in 1969. The nails are holding fine but the roof sheeting is rusting on any edge of the rolled form. I repainted the roof about 15 years ago and the rust is coming thru again. The second building was put up in 1983 and there is no sign of rust anywhere. Unless the nails are different than they were in 1969 or 1983 I would not spend the money for SS screws. |
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western iowa,by Denison | using structural screws and nails on framing,screws on the roof-beat Mortons price by $40,000-all lumber from lumber yard and a better grade also
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Eastern Iowa | You building them for free now Gary? If so, put me on your list! I need a 72x96 built this summer. Agree that what Morton and other reputed pole builders get for construction is ridiculous. |
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Eastern Iowa | When you poured Adam's pony wall, did you trench and fill with concrete or excavate and pour a footing, then set walls? |
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mascoutah, IL | They do make a nice building. Dad built one about 30 years ago and all we have done was repaint the roof a few years back. Priced them when I put up my building back in 09 and they were 25% higher than the local lumber yard. Just couldn't spend that much extra. The building I got has the same paint they use on the morton. I do think the morton use a little thicker steel but that was about the only difference between the two. |
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Iowa | You get what you pay for. In my experience every time I go cheap I am disappointed. Quality Is Remembered Long After The Price Is Forgotten ... |
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Ohio | We have a cleary barn built 3 or 4 years ago and after seeing there quality if work and their customer service I would never build another one if they did it for free. We've called close to a dozen times now to try and get them to adjust the doors that they screwed up in the first place and they won't come out and do it. They keep putting it off. And there only 20 miles from us as we'll. Its suppose to have a 5 year warranty but I guess not. We've had three other Morton barn all built around 20 to 30 years ago and they are outstanding still. And they have a 40 year post warranty. I would either go with a Morton or independent contractor around there if I were you. Never a cleary. Have had other guys around the area with the same luck. But that could be just our area too |
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| Screws versus nails....the Morton rep said the nail won't pull just like a screw with the "glue" on the nail they use. I took a board and drove a nail in it and then screwed in a screw, gave the guy a claw hammer and told him to pull the one he thought would be easier.
Then I ordered a steel building.....post frame are just temporary! |
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Union Star MO | Have you looked at the metal framed buildings? I know Butler and Varco Pruden have an ag line that would be competitive with the Morton and last forever. |
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NW Montana | I would not use Cleary. I have cut holes in quite a few buildings and Morton seems to be a better grade of steel. I have been impressed with Lester. |
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Franklin NE | Our Cleary is 6 yrs old, building is just ok, Got what we paid for, service not good if they leave they don't come back. |
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| I dont think foltz buildings works in illinois but if they do i highly recommend them real great service wouldnt build anything but here in north dakota. The owner works an sells them not just commission makers selling buildings.. |
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North of Iowa | I will put my Cleary building up against any Morton. I've got a Morton. Any building is only as good as the crew that put it up. Morton has a thicker panel, but Cleary and others use a higher tinsel strength. |
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| You must not look very deep for differances...on a 66 x 96 the price differance was only 4000 more for Morton...wood quality was so differant it was was laughable....timeliness was another joke with local...thinner tin..poorer paint...no warranty on paint...no warranty on poles....just all around cheaper built with the price not relecting it..so Morton got it. |
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53590 | Morton building for me all day any day. They have built 6 buildings for me. I had 2 cleary buildings both went up same time and after that I wouldn't let them build me an out door sh*tter. Now I do understand that maybe I just got a bad crew and bad sales rep but those 2 are what sells me future buildings. Nothing on the cleary was correct man doors that weren't square so hard to open/close. Gutters that were coming off with in 2 months and the mess they left behind is another issue. Now for morton it may cost a bit more but as the old saying goes "you get what you pay for" applies!!!!! I used screws on all my buildings and found the price to be only a few thousand more. As for the building its self they are very well built, clean job site, final walk through which I found really nice. When doing a final walk through on one shed the sliding doors on one end had a hard time coming together to close. The foreman took care of that right away and the crew spent another 3hours to get it right but when done it worked A-1. Personally I wouldn't build anything but a morton. Even if I had to wait for more available funds I would wait to build a morton Just my 2cents. |
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