Paint booth for large machines
You can’t take a combine harvester apart to get it into a booth. The booth is designed around it.
Agricultural machinery, construction plant, machine tools, lifting equipment: these parts have one thing in common that governs everything else. They are bulky, heavy, and rarely possible to dismantle.
So the problem isn’t knowing how to paint — it’s getting the machine in, being able to walk around it, and getting it out again. A large booth is designed first as a volume and an access route; the ventilation comes afterwards.
The dimension that matters isn’t the machine’s
It’s the machine’s plus the operator around it. A booth sized as tightly as possible on the overall dimensions is a booth you can’t work in.
You need room to step back to judge a colour, room to move a spray gun along a side, and room to reach the high parts without contorting yourself. On a machine several metres long, that is a considerable share of the volume — and it is precisely the share that gets cut first when you try to fit the booth into a budget.
Height
often the sticking point, because it runs into the existing roof structure long before length becomes a problem
Access to the high parts
cab, roof, boom: do you need a platform, an aerial work platform, or the height for one of the two?
The floor
a heavy machine can’t be set down just anywhere, and airflow through the floor is designed accordingly
The way in
door width, turning radius, and what has to be crossed in the workshop to get there
Getting in and out is harder than painting
On a large machine, the manoeuvre to get in is often what sizes the installation. A full-width door costs more than a standard door, but it saves having to manoeuvre a ten-tonne machine to the nearest centimetre.
It’s also what determines the real cycle time. A booth where getting in takes twenty minutes doesn’t have the capacity its dimensions suggest.
When the building doesn’t allow permanent access, a retractable booth turns the problem around: it opens up completely, the machine is moved into place, and the enclosure closes around it.
What we will ask you
A large booth can’t be priced over the phone. Four pieces of information, however, are enough to know whether the project stands up.
The largest machine you will handle
length, width, height, and whether it can be partly dismantled
Your building
clear height under the trusses, position of the columns, door widths, type of floor
Your throughput
one machine a week or three a day don’t lead to the same installation
What you apply
primer, topcoat, products that need baking: this is what decides the heating and the ventilation
Frequently asked questions
What we are asked about large paint booths.
Is there a maximum size?
The limit isn’t in the booth, it’s in your building. We build the enclosure to the size required; it’s the clear height under the trusses, the span between columns and the access that set the limits. That’s why the building survey comes before any pricing.
Do I need an enclosed booth, or is an extraction area enough?
It depends on the finish expected. An enclosed booth controls the air, the temperature and the dust: that’s what you need for a high-quality finish or a product that has to dry under specific conditions. For primer or maintenance repainting, a well-designed extraction area costs much less and is often enough.
Can a large booth be installed in an existing building?
It’s the most common case, and the survey tells you. The available height is almost always the hard constraint — more than the floor area, which can be reorganised. When height is lacking, a retractable booth or a revised layout sometimes provides a way out without touching the building.
How long is the workshop out of action?
Allow 5 to 10 working days of installation for a standard project. A large booth often takes longer, and the survey makes it possible to give a firm duration before starting rather than a range that gets revised during the job.
What is the delivery time?
Two to three weeks if the components are in stock, three to four months otherwise. A large booth is almost always in the second case: it is built to your dimensions, there’s nothing to take off the shelf.
Give us the dimensions of your largest machine
Length, width, height, and the clear height under the trusses in your workshop. With these four figures, we already know whether the project fits in your building.
