Called Morton for Pole Barn...couple of questions

[jmc]

If ya can't get the salesman's attention with thousand dollar bills falling out of your pockets, imagine what customer service must be like! Morton must have good branches and bad ones too. Ours was pretty good up here.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

If ya can't get the salesman's attention with thousand dollar bills falling out of your pockets, imagine what customer service must be like! Morton must have good branches and bad ones too. Ours was pretty good up here.

What he said.

 

[DeereMann]

David,

It's too bad your area's Morton Office is unresponsive. I found the same thing - spotty capability by sheer luck of where you live. Morton's quality was far above others I compared when I built my 65 x 30 x 14 in 2003, so I toughed it out despite a partially-responsive sales office.

Like the others said, all you need for wi-fi is a window antennae & a booster, so that part is no big deal to solve.

I wish you luck, let us know what you decide.

Best Regards,

DeereMann

 

[hunterridgefarm]

Update.

Short version: I called Morton again this morning and had a short discussion with the office manager.

Received a call from the rep at lunch who apologized for not contacting me. I told him no harm done I just wanted to make sure they wanted/needed business.

He could meet with me tomorrow , but I will be out of town. So he is going to call me next Monday to set an appointment to look at my site and discuss sizes and % of completion:thumbsup:. Only issue is his wife is expecting their first child, due date 12 days away, and he is taking two weeks off when born:thumbdown:. If that happens I will talk with another rep.:thumbsup:

We talked on the phone about what I was looking for and if it will be turn-key or me doing finish work and concrete. I explained about possibly wanting brick on the front like one on their website and they use a mortar-less brick veneer. Which is helpful in me deciding to complete this part myself. Also will look at the perma-coloum cost verses 50 year post warranty.

Average price per sq ft with concrete is $20-25. Average price less concrete $15-20 sq ft.

Another question I had was, I don't think a tractor trailer can get turned around once it gets to the top of my drive. They would need to unload on the road and the bottom of my drive.

I will talk with the local builder next week and compare.

 

[Buppies]

Hunterridgefarm when Morton built mine they unloaded tractor trailor away from sit and bought it in on a smaller truck. Our building was put up without concrete had it done by another contractor. Very pleased with building even after seven years. Some day will finish inside

 

[wmonroe]

I had a pole building built about a year ago and went with a local (about 45 minutes away) builder, he gave me a lot of problems at the end and made me wish I spent the little bit more to go with Morton. I have a nice building now but the extra stress was not worth the approx $2k saved over Morton. What I'm saying in a long way is no matter who you choose to use get references and go see other buildings they built. It is worth it and I wish I would have.

 

[srs]

Update.

Average price per sq ft with concrete is $20-25. Average price less concrete $15-20 sq ft.

Another question I had was, I don't think a tractor trailer can get turned around once it gets to the top of my drive. They would need to unload on the road and the bottom of my drive.

I will talk with the local builder next week and compare.

hunterridgefarm, glad to see you finally got in touch with a rep. As far as getting material up to the job site they have various machines to move everything to the building site. I too had to have the tractor trailer stay on the street and they moved everything to the site with a wheeled loader. My first building site (previous home) had plenty of room to bring the tractor trailer directly to the site.

Regarding concrete, on my second building I did not use Morton to place the concrete but got the concrete guy who did the work on the house. From what I've heard concrete thru Morton is substantially priced higher. I would use a local concrete guy recommended by your neighbors, friends, etc. Of course get a price thru Morton to see what they would charge. Thanks for the updates. Stanley

 

[MotorSeven]

If he is saying $5 a sq ft for concrete installed, that sounds a little high. If my math is right that's $7,500 for a 30x50 slab...no skirts. With footers you are looking at 35ish yards which = $3,500 here plus wire, plus labor which would be about $1500...ish. I think you could contract the slab out for around $5,500...........

 

[hunterridgefarm]

My plan is to hire the concrete slab to local guys I know well. They did the concrete for my house and do great work.

David

 

[srs]

My plan is to hire the concrete slab to local guys I know well. They did the concrete for my house and do great work.

David

David, for the h*^% of it you should ask the Morton rep what he would charge for concrete. I'd be curious to know his price and the price of your local guys. Stanley