Most delays on a booth project are not manufacturing delays. They are the two weeks between delivery and commissioning while somebody arranges a three-phase supply, or cores a chimney penetration, or discovers the slab will not take the load.
None of that is discovered late by accident. It is discovered late because paint booth site preparation is treated as an installation task rather than a design input, and the questions get asked after the order rather than before it.
The five site items that are always required
The published requirements for the paint booths and finishing systems family are short and specific: a suitable concrete floor, an electrical supply matching the booth voltage, compressed air piping to feed the booth, exhaust ducting, and a burner chimney.
Each one belongs to a different trade, which is exactly why they slip. The electrical contractor does not order ducting, the mechanical contractor does not size the incomer, and the booth arrives ready for all five.
Power: one voltage, a wide power band
Every documented model runs on 380 V three-phase, at 50 or 60 Hz. That part is constant and easy.
The load is not. Across the family it ranges from 11 to 50 kW depending on size and configuration — 11 kW on INTECH X300 and X360, 17 kW on INTECH X500. A supply sized for the smaller figure will not run the larger booth, and the gap is discovered on commissioning day.
If a custom configuration is involved, add it before the electrical design is frozen. The waterborne infrared configuration alone draws 30 kW across ten units, on top of fan and burner load.
The chimney and the exhaust path
Two separate routes leave the booth: extracted chamber air and burner flue. Every INTECH model is documented with a 5 m chimney, and its height and position follow the chamber size and the site rather than a fixed rule.
This is the item most often left to the last minute, because it is the only one that touches the building envelope. It affects roof penetration, structural support and the distance to neighbouring air intakes — three conversations that involve the landlord as often as the contractor.
Floor, pit and entry
Not every booth needs excavation, and this is worth confirming early because it changes the project completely.
The standard models use pressed floor sections and grating rows with two entry ramps of 550×2000 mm on every INTECH model. Chambers with a full metal grid basement, by contrast, require a pit or an entry ramp to reach floor level.
Ask which arrangement your configuration uses before you cost the civil works, not after. Site works and utility connections sit on the customer side of the supply scope, and can be executed by arrangement through subcontractors where a project needs it.
Service space is not the same as footprint
The single most common layout error is drawing the booth at its external dimensions and calling that the space required. The INTECH models measure 7000×5300×3400 mm externally against a 6900×4000×2650 mm internal chamber.
Around that external box you still need room to swing the main door, and access to reach the treatment unit and the filter box when filters are changed. A booth that cannot be serviced without moving vehicles out of adjacent bays costs you those bays every filter change.
Site figures that decide the schedule
What every documented model requires, and what varies:
| Item | Published | Site consequence |
|---|---|---|
| Supply | 380 V three-phase at 50 or 60 Hz | Every documented model |
| Electrical power | 11–50 kW · 11 kW on INTECH X300 and X360 · 17 kW on INTECH X500 | Depends on size and configuration |
| Waterborne infrared configuration | 30 kW across ten units | On top of fan and burner load |
| Chimney | 5 m documented on every INTECH model | Height and position follow chamber size and site, not a fixed rule |
Common questions
Who is responsible for the civil and utility works?
Civil works and utility connections are the customer’s scope under our published terms. On projects that need it, they can be carried out by arrangement through our subcontractor network — but that is agreed as part of the project rather than assumed inside the equipment price.
How early should the site survey happen?
Before manufacture. Every custom booth starts with a site survey that fixes the internal dimension, after which the configuration — extraction direction, heating system, filtration stages and doors — is approved before fabrication rather than after it.
What if my available power is lower than the booth requires?
Then it becomes a selection input rather than an obstacle discovered later. Knowing the available incoming capacity narrows the model and configuration list at the start, which is why it is one of the three questions asked before any model is recommended.
Send these before you ask for a price
Available incoming electrical capacity, clear internal height, slab construction, and the route a vehicle takes to reach the booth position. Four answers that remove most of the back-and-forth.
The full site requirement list sits on the family page, or request a quotation with your building details attached.