Travels with FatCatAir

Wednesday March 29, 2006

Mezzanine

So my kit airplane will be arriving in June and I need a place to build it. I could actually build it in the back of my hangar but since it is going to take me years (seven is the projection) I'd like it somewhat out of the way . Since we have our big annual party at the hanger each year that would be a problem.

So since the end of January I've been working on putting a second level in the hangar. The intention is to put a lot more insulation in the walls since I intend to heat & A/C the hangar. Also I want to sheetrock the walls since it will make it easier to put storage on the walls. Well 2 weekends ago I got the floor joists pretty much done. So I can finally see what it is going to look like. Here's some views, first looking from
the front of the hangar (what a mess!):


and now from the mezzanine looking to the front:


To give you some perspective. The hangar is 40'x60' and the mezzanine covers the back 1/3 of the room so it is a 20'x40' area. This past weekend I actually put some plywood flooring down. So I can finally walk from side to side. More importantly I can measure the height to the roof at the middle of the space. It is 7'6". The bad news is that a Velocity is 7'8". Good thing I can retract the gear! Actually when you build it the wings are only attached for a short period before you get to final assembly so it isn't really much of a problem. When I get to final assembly I'll be selling the Tiger and the Velocity will be moving to ground level.
Mar 29 2006, 09:48:56 AM EST Permalink