building a hangar

[stockmanreef]

has anyone here built a hangar? 

Either had one built or built one themselves.

I can get an open hangar at a local airport, but I would have to put doors on it.  The building a 60 by 24' 10"  with two openings on opposite sides of the building  The guy is willing to rent it for $125/month for the entire hangar and will pay to close off the open door, which I will not need.  I would be responsible for putting up the moving door.  I figure that I can get a door from Cool-air for about $3K.  then need to put in a breaker panel and get the electricity back on and fixtures put in place--lights, outlets, etc. Don't know the cost of this part--maybe $1K.  My concern is putting in $4K into a building I don't own.  the other thing is that the building is 24' 10" and a Mooney M20J is 24' 8" (this is the plane I plan to purchase after getting my license).  I imagine that the plane can be slid in a rotated to give me room, but that is close and the chances of hitting the tail are high.  I can make the door so the nose sticks out a foot or so.

The other option is to just build the entire building and do it the way I want.  I would built it 40 wide and 30 deep.

Thanks

ken

 

[skyking]

Hi: I have built a hanger before and let me say if you can get a door installed for 4K go for it.

The motor and panel on mine was over 4K just for that. The motor is 3 grand alone and the panel etc was another grand.

The door was another 3 grand.

125 a month for a hanger is a great price. Here in Edmonton and Calgary area hangers rent for 400-1000 a month!

russ

[Scott Aviation]

Hello,

Regarding building a hangar, I've got a hangar rental company on Vancouver island, the building is 50x60 with a 48 x 12 foot bifold electric door with autolatches from Sweiss Doors in Minnesota.  The door frame, motor and accessories were $10,000 alone, the whole building which is a RMsteel building out of caldwell idaho was only another $20,000.  In my opinion I would look for a different hangar or build your own its easy I had a couple of helpers and we took 7 days to fully erect the building, not including the time to build the foundation which I contracted out.

[stockmanreef]

the door would be a non-motorized sliding door for about 3K--I priced out buying the materials and it turns out that it would be cheaper to just purchase the door.  I can retro-fit the hangar with a Hydroswing or a bifold as well, if I wanted to spend $5K to $7K.  

If I build, I was thinking about a pole barn style (48 by 40 was quoted out at $9.5K), then the door (bifold if I build) for $6K, and the pad (no idea as to the cost), and utilities.

The guy wants $125/month (or $75 per side), but the hangar has been empty for yrs since there are no doors.  So I might be able to talk him down in the price to attempt to cover the door cost over a few yrs.  I would hate to put a door on, then move in a couple of yrs. I tend to move every 5-6 yrs.

Thanks for your help

Ken

BTW--I would like to build a hangar, just for fun.

 

[Lood]

I built my own hangar from scratch because when I aksed for quotes, everytime the word hangar was mentioned, the price suddenly increased. I had the steel for the legs on hand and bought only the steel and other material for the roof and door structures. The hangar is 36,3 x 27 feet and my Mooney's ail clears the door beam with about 6 inches. After I erected the hangar, I got a quote to close the door side gable and to make the doors - same story so I did that myself as well. It was one of the hardest jobs I ever did. The doors are manual sliding doors - 18 x 8 feet but the hardest part was to close the gable above the door. I saved a LOT of money doing it myself, but I would think twice about repeating the excercise all by myself.

[LuvFlying]

Pushing your 2,000lb pride and joy into a space with 1 inch of clearance is CRAZY.  Invensting in that space - you need to be locked up.   I have about 12-18" on either side of my wings and I sweat it out every time I roll her back in the hangar.

Once you damage the plane - it's on the record forever. The bird will loose a big chunk of value. IMHO it's not worth it.

[randypugh]

You are on the wrong side of the state. I built the airport and all the hangars here at Z98 (Zeeland Mich) and would be happy to help you out. In Mich. you have to do a bi-fold door if you are going to use the plane in the winter. A slider door is bound by frost as soon as the ground freezes. Also you can't build too big, inches to spare is no good. All the units I build are box units, no T's, people always want more space. I don't suggest being too cheap on your hanger.