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Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 11:55 am
by Wm.Ince
Eddy,
I'm sure you already thought about this, but what is the biggest general aviation airplane you could fit into that hangar?

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:35 pm
by TimTaylor
Wm.Ince wrote:Eddy,
I'm sure you already thought about this, but what is the biggest general aviation airplane you could fit into that hangar?
Probably anything with a 40 foot wingspan would fit OK.

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:06 pm
by Sling 2 Pilot
TimTaylor wrote:
Wm.Ince wrote:Eddy,
I'm sure you already thought about this, but what is the biggest general aviation airplane you could fit into that hangar?
Probably anything with a 40 foot wingspan would fit OK.
And needs less than 1700 feet to take off and land :D

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:09 pm
by FastEddieB
42’ hangar doors seem fairly typical for GA hangars, accommodating planes up to Bonanza or Cirrus-sized.

And I was about to post about planes able to operate out of 1,700 grass strips not likely to be larger than that.

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 5:25 pm
by drseti
For everybody's info:

I just deleted a couple of off-topic posts from this thread. There are other, more appropriate forums for political debate. This one is reserved for sport flying discussions.

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:17 pm
by FastEddieB
Flew up today to pick up Karen and do some weed whacking.

Baby steps!

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Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:52 pm
by Wm.Ince
drseti wrote:I just deleted a couple of off-topic posts from this thread. There are other, more appropriate forums for political debate. This one is reserved for sport flying discussions.
Thanks Paul, for taking out the trash.

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 7:20 am
by MrMorden
Sling 2 Pilot wrote: And needs less than 1700 feet to take off and land :D
I saw a lightly loaded King Air take off from a 2000ft grass strip, so I think Eddie will be cool with whatever he wants within reason. :)

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 11:27 am
by Wm.Ince
MrMorden wrote:
Sling 2 Pilot wrote:I saw a lightly loaded King Air take off from a 2000ft grass strip, so I think Eddie will be cool with whatever he wants within reason. :)
We used to operate C-12's (King Air 200's) out of Baumholder Army Airfield (1877 feet), Germany, on a routine basis. No big deal.
C-12 was an awesome airplane.

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 6:17 pm
by FastEddieB
Last week has been mostly grading and moving a bunch of dirt around, and working on HVAC ducting:

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The ducting on the garage side, seen here, can stay exposed.

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Waiting on some special order windows to arrive to finish the siding.

Slow but steady progress does it.

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 6:35 am
by FastEddieB
Quick trip up and back yesterday.

Good news:

They're moving mountains of dirt around still.

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To avoid trucking it elsewhere, the owner of the strip is using the extra to fill in next to the runway for future construction:

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The septic tanks (septic and pump tank) have been set and the drain field started:

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The "grey water" has to be pumped uphill to the only good location for the drain field.

Now, the bad news:

The framing inspector says that as a "garage", that area needs to be "finished". That means drywall over all the wood portions and a ceiling installed, and drywall over the OSB we were going to leave bare:

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Needless to say, a lot more expense.

In addition, the windows in the stairwell have to go, unless fireproof versions can be found. Same for the sliding glass door we had intended for access from the house.

Sigh.

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:21 pm
by ShawnM
Living the dream Eddie, looking great.

You could always remove the windows and slider, drywall over the holes for the inspection and/or CO and then cut out the drywall and reinstall the windows and slider afterwards. :mrgreen: (but you didn't hear that from me)

Fire rated windows and slider? Are you installing "fire rated" drywall in the hangar also? Fire rated windows and doors are really a moot point if you are not. Just sayin' :D

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 8:35 pm
by FastEddieB
ShawnM wrote:Living the dream Eddie, looking great.

You could always remove the windows and slider, drywall over the holes for the inspection and/or CO and then cut out the drywall and reinstall the windows and slider afterwards. :mrgreen: (but you didn't hear that from me)

Fire rated windows and slider? Are you installing "fire rated" drywall in the hangar also? Fire rated windows and doors are really a moot point if you are not. Just sayin' :D
Let me just say I hear where you're coming from on all counts.

Enough said.

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 9:10 pm
by TimTaylor
Is nobody honest anymore?

Re: Pole Barn progress!

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 7:05 am
by ShawnM
Just look at it as if the new house is a S-LSA and he’s going to convert it to E-LSA. :mrgreen: