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04-11-2018, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Union County, NJ
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Has anyone every built a hangar?
Starting to do research on metal hangars and wanted to know if anyone has some experience? Which are good/bad quality?
Thanks,
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04-11-2018, 01:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
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I've built 2. First one was from Tyler Building Systems in Tyler Texas (1990).
2nd was from Red Dot Building Systems in Athens Texas (2003).
Both were very good products and everything fit as it was supposed to.
All steel buildings with insulation.
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04-11-2018, 01:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pocahontas MS
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D,
Built, or wrote a check?
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04-11-2018, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
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Yep, one steel and one wood hangar.
You might contact Rapidset metal buildings https://www.rapidsetbuildings.com/
They advertise here, and the owner is building an RV.
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04-11-2018, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rv7charlie
D,
Built, or wrote a check?
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In my case....Built!
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Mel Asberry, DAR since the last century.
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Recipient of Tony Bingelis Award and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
USAF Vet, High School E-LSA Project Mentor.
RV-6 Flying since 1993 (sold)
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04-11-2018, 02:29 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pocahontas MS
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The reason I asked is that he won't get useful info without responders knowing whether he wants a kit that he'll assemble, a turn-key building for which he writes a check, something in-between, or even a source for the materials.
Most of the hangars on my home airpark were erected by a company that built 'chicken houses'. Might sound less than ideal, but they were much less expensive than typical metal building companies charged at the time, and a metal building is trusses, purlins, and skin.
And if he's into DIY, he could really save money. I added a 30x50 'lean-to' on my hangar using 4x4 supports, 30' metal purlins, decking, and regular metal roofing, doing all the work myself.
Charlie
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04-11-2018, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Mojave
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I built a 60X70 Kentucky Steel Truss building. I'd buy again.
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04-11-2018, 04:19 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Friendswood, Tx
Posts: 390
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Built 50x40 whirlwind steel building in april 2017 with 50x40 ramp, schweiss 40x12 bifold door, fully insulated, turnkey and ready to put the plane in for $75000. The lot, which i own, and the fuel farm pushed it to $90000 total as it sits today after wiring, lights, overhead fans and plumbing.
Figure $40/ft will give you a real good completed cost minus the land.
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04-12-2018, 06:19 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Garden City Texas
Posts: 878
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I saved 35% off of a kit price and just ordered the materials from Mueller's in Texas and built my hanger/shop/living quarters myself. I copied a friends basic design and made modifications to suit my needs. Mueller's salesman helped me with engineering. It was a sizeable task but easier than building an airplane!
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04-12-2018, 06:42 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Bowie MD
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Ya know, in our part of the country (same as yours basically) the Amish are famous for building pretty darn good pole barns for very reasonable prices. Corrugated metal roof metal sides same as an all metal building. Neighbor on our 7MD1 property had them put up a 40x40 with concrete floor (I cant rem but 3k psi comes to mine, maybe 3.5....) and I rem him saying it cost him 25k. He did the hangar door himself, a hanging slider. I'll do the same when the time comes. Just a thought.
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