MARION Longevity and efficiency are the key themes for an equipment shop and storage building that was built near here.
The 81x168-foot building, built by Jim Lensch, is 18 feet tall. The shop area is 68 feet long, and the cold storage area is 100 feet long.
The longevity started with a good foundation.
Ron Mormann, builder with Mormann Contracting and Supply, says if you look at some of the older barns that are still standing, they have a good foundation, such as rock or concrete.
Coming up from the foundation, the building has manufactured sand flooring in the cold-storage area, explains Lensch.
The sand flooring is soft in case someone has to be on the floor to get under equipment, says the East Central Iowa farmer.
In the shop, the floor is 8-inch-thick concrete with a zoned radiant floor-heating system with 2 inches of foam. A drain was put in the shop area that was designed for power washing farm equipment.
The interior shop walls are fiberglass-reinforced panels. The panels have the insulation value of R-33, notes Mark Mooberry, a district sales manager with EPS Buildings in Osage.
Mooberry says his company is seeing more interest from farmers for more panel buildings. They also want more concrete foundations to add to the strength and longevity of their equipment buildings.
Lensch says he wanted stainless-steel fasteners to be used on exterior and interior walls to prevent rust.
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Longevity, efficiency key themes to new shop, storage building
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