New Hangar Build

[pzinck]

Very Nice Steve. I like it. I almost wish i still rented a hangar,lol. The reason being is once i needed my own little airport/seaplane base, most of my days off are consumed doing maintenance. I have done the least flying in my life since building our little strip. It is probably due in some part to slowing down but there is always something to do when weather is good. Recently a few people have offered to buy my place, i have thought about it. I could buy a new carbon cub and have time to fly. Who knows, but thinking about it.

 

[KevinJ]

How are you going to insulate it? With this type of building around here the insulation is placed between the structure and the sheet metal covering with the sheet metal holding the insulation in place.

Spray foam. It’ll be tighter than a mouses ear;-)

 

[On Patrol]

Spray foam. It’ll be tighter than a mouses ear;-)

The foam reduced the equipment sizing by 25%. As I told Steve foam is expensive but it starts paying back day 1. Or I can Heat and AC anything with more horsepower.

 

[JWE]

One of my neighbors has spray foam in his heated and cooled hangar. It's not pretty but it sure is efficient. Toasty in winter and cool in summer.

 

[Steve Pierce]

Gotta install electrical, then open cell spray foam from the girt at 7'4" and closed cell painted white above and on the roof. Installing interior sheet metal U panels from 7'4" down. The interior metal is a lighter gauge and different profile from the outside R panel. Also installing metal U panel on the inside of the door after open cell spray foam. Seen to many hangars with spray foam that look horrible after a few years where the foam gets hit, scratched and gouged. I figure I am only gonna do this once so I might as well do it the way I want it.

 

[Steve Pierce]

It has been a while since I updated this thread. Lots of work has been done slowly but surely.
Got the other half of the roof on and started putting airplanes in.

 

[Steve Pierce]

The building manufacturer didn't take into account finishing out the multiple piece door header but the brought me the sheet metal to finish that out.

Got the metal on the south wall.

and the trim.

 

[Steve Pierce]

Laying down plastic and prep for spray foam.




Foamed and painted above the top girt. Interior panels up to the top girt.

 

[Steve Pierce]

I had drainage issues already so I knew I had to get the water out from between the two hangars. The cost of corrugated drain pipe has gone crazy but found 80 feet of 12" plastic from Ace hardware pretty reasonable. I rented a concrete saw, cut my asphalt and then rented a small trencher.

 

[Steve Pierce]

My brother helped me poor a slab for the air handler.


and set the unit.

 

[Steve Pierce]

Then the duct work.

 

[Steve Pierce]

Cathy's uncle is an electrician and with guidance from him and a few hours of his son's time getting me started I learned to bend conduit and started pulling wire.

 

[Steve Pierce]

Then to the duct work John Mead had built. With the help of my brother and a buddy we got the 40 foot duct sock hung.

 

[Steve Pierce]

John and I worked a trade on hangar heat and air unit and ducting for new Lycoming cylinders with LyCon's magic for his Bearhawk Patrol. I went up to New Hampshire in March and Tom, John and I assembled John's O-360.


Then I got busy finishing up the intake duct on the air handler.

 

[sj]

Ahh I was starting to wonder if you worked on airplanes anymore or just built hangars... 8)

sj

 

[Steve Pierce]

Having dealt with 2 different engineers at our local power company since January, the first one got fired, I finally got a pole set early April.

Cathy and I took a road trip to South Carolina so I could pick up some Thorp parts and got back to service being run the the meter base on the hangar.



And they found that gas line the gas company couldn't help me locate.

 

[Steve Pierce]

Ahh I was starting to wonder if you worked on airplanes anymore or just built hangars... 8)

sj

I only work on airplanes 10 hours a day and work on hangars in my spare time. I have lots of that.

 

[Steve Pierce]

After weeks of fighting with the electric company and getting proof from the city that I was not in the city limits and did not need a city electrical inspection I got a meter and hooked up to the pole.

 

[Steve Pierce]

I had one row of lights hooked up and installed the thermostat real fast and got light and cool air, all was good.

 

[Steve Pierce]

My brother helped me install the door seals since I could now remover the welding cable that passed through the gap in the door to power the Higher Power hangar door.


Then I finished installing the other 2 rows of high bay LED lights.

 

[Steve Pierce]

Had to move the 11' tall 29 gauge wall panels out so we can paint the floor and decided instead of moving the panels for the door twice to go ahead and install them.



Thanks to my daughter Tabitha and Alley Cat and Chewy we got the metal on the inside of the door.

 

[Steve Pierce]

Teed into the airline in the other hangar and installed new MaxLine 3/4" airline into two 50' hose reels on either side of the hangar and will add another drop on the back wall for a work bench and spark plug tester.

 

[Steve Pierce]

It has been nice working in the new air conditioned hangar even though it isn't quite finished.

We had Cathy's families family reunion in the hangar last weekend and on Monday we cleaned up, emptied the hangar and started cleaning and etching the floor for a light gray Hard Deck floor coating from Air-Tech. It has been drying all weekend and we will start the paint Monday morning. Then we start hanging the inside sheet metal.

 

[skywagon8a]

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Are these two external ducts going to be insulated for better efficiency?

 

[Steve Pierce]

They are insulated inside the duct.

 

[Utah 12 Driver]

Very Nice!............ Air Conditioned Hangar huh, I don't see restrooms / showers and cots for all your "New Friends" who will be stopping by for no more than a week or three ;-)

 

[Steve Pierce]

Very Nice!............ Air Conditioned Hangar huh, I don't see restrooms / showers and cots for all your "New Friends" who will be stopping by for no more than a week or three ;-)

LOL, that is all in the adjoining hangar and apartment.

 

[hotrod180]

They are insulated inside the duct.

I liked all the pics of the ductwork,
I did HVAC work my whole life so it was like a trip down memory lane.

 

[Steve Pierce]

We got the first coat of the Air-Tech epoxy down today.

 

[tempdoug]

thought about using that in my garage, are you putting it down smooth or should it have a little grit in it?