Aircraft Hangar

[HuskerMedic]

Does anyone out there have anything that incorporates an aircraft hangar into a shop? I'm not talking anything big, just a Cessna 172 or Cherokee, or maybe even space to construct a homebuilt. Would want extra room in the shop for some small farm equipment or vehicles. I would think the best thing to do would be to separate the two (hangar vs. work area) but keep them under the same roof so the work area could be heated (I think it would probably be hard to keep the hangar area heated due to the doors). Interested to hear ideas or see some examples of what other people have done.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Sounds more like the other way around, incorporate the shop into the hangar.

The Live With Your Plane Association has quite a few home plans intergrating the hangar into the house, but not sure about a shop area.

In Nebraska I would suspect that it indeed would be difficult to heat a whole hangar, however not impossible. You are talking about 40 ft clear opening on the door and a door that opens at least 10 ft high, but more comfortably to 12 ft. An electric lift door such as a Hi-Fold will do this on an opening of about the same height, and the door can be insulated. You could actually build the building tight enough and well insulated enough to heat it.

The most practical would probably be a lean to type shop on the side of a small hangar. I have a 60x60 metal hangar with a 53 ft opening when open, 14 ft high, but the doors have smoke fiberglass on them, not insulated. I have other doors, a 12w x 14 h sectional glass garage door and a 10x10 sheet type rollup. Nothings heated, but I'm in Georgia. Someday I will heat the whole thing with a used oil furnace, at least enough to make it bearable.

Charles