Texas Open Face Paint Booths for Power Equipment and Component Lines
Texas power equipment plants and their suppliers paint a huge range of parts, and not all of them need an enclosed booth. Open face booths handle small to medium components, touch-up and lower-volume work, with an open front that keeps parts moving. Double D Mechanical installs, relocates and services open face booths throughout Texas.
Discuss your installationPower Equipment Growth in North Texas
The Hammond Power Solutions transformer plant in Fort Worth and the LITEON AI power infrastructure plant in McKinney both build electrical equipment with painted housings and components. Plants like these often pair a large booth for enclosures with open face booths for parts and touch-up near assembly.
Permits in North Texas Cities
Spray booths, including open face booths, usually need a local permit. The City of McKinney publishes a spray booth permit packet, a useful reference for what a North Texas permit office expects. We help pull together the mechanical and exhaust information that the submittal needs alongside the booth maker's drawings.
Hot Climate, Open Front
An open face booth pulls air from the shop. In a hot Texas plant that may be warm, humid air, which affects some coatings. In air-conditioned assembly areas, the booth exhausts cooled air that the HVAC system then has to replace.
- In conditioned spaces, account for exhaust in the HVAC load
- In warehouses, consider tempered make-up air for coating performance
- On the coast, choose corrosion-resistant rooftop components
- In dusty areas, filter make-up air well
Installation and Startup
We set the booth, install the exhaust chamber, fan and stack, add any make-up air unit and ductwork, and coordinate electrical and fire protection. At startup we confirm airflow across the booth face and verify interlocks.
Planning a booth or oven project in Texas
Double D Mechanical is based in Houston, so Texas jobs are home territory.
Manufacturing in Texas is concentrated around Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, and El Paso. The sectors most likely to be specifying spray booths, blast rooms, powder systems and cure ovens there include oil and gas equipment, petrochemical, aerospace and defense, and heavy fabrication and electrical equipment.
Hot, humid summers and mild winters put the emphasis on make-up air cooling or tempering, filter change schedules and keeping intake away from loading doors.
Frequently asked questions
Does an open face booth need a permit in Texas?
Usually, through the local permit office and fire marshal. Requirements vary by city.
Can an open face booth sit in an air-conditioned area?
Yes, but the exhausted air is conditioned air the building must replace, which increases HVAC load.
Are open face booths good for transformer components?
For small and medium components and touch-up, yes. Large tanks and enclosures are better suited to enclosed booths.
Where in Texas do you install open face booths?
Across the state, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Austin and the Gulf Coast.
What do you need for a quote?
Booth size or model, location in the plant, exhaust route options and nearby electrical service.
Local sources
- IEM switchgear expansion, Brooks, Bexar County ($200M, up to 3,000 jobs) · plant
- LITEON AI power infrastructure plant, McKinney ($307M phase 1) · plant
- Hammond Power Solutions transformer plant, Fort Worth ($35.4M) · plant
- General Dynamics 155mm shell plant restart, Mesquite ($200M) · plant
- UUDS America paint booth installation, Irving ($250K) · tabs record
- Tarrant County College paint booth replacement, Fort Worth ($93K) · tabs record
- TMEIC third Houston-area factory, Waller County (UPS / MV drives) · plant
- Electronic Power Design 144k sq ft data-center electrical plant, North Houston · plant
- Constellation Industries pipe fabrication expansion, North Houston · plant
- Anchias Fleet Care new paint booth, Houston ($148K) · tabs record
- All Pro Auto Reconditioning booth renovation, Houston ($400K) · tabs record
- Davie Defense / Gulf Copper shipyard modernization, Port Arthur (up to $1B) · plant
- Saronic Port Alpha autonomous naval shipyard, Brownsville (>$3B) · plant
- STI Group blast and paint booths, McAllen ($750K) · tabs record
- Warren Equipment paint booth conversion, Lubbock ($523K) · tabs record
- IAC widebody aircraft paint hangar, Amarillo · plant
- City of McKinney spray booth permit packet · permit source
