The Hangers End

With the building sagging 60 mm in the centre Mark and I lost another day with Maxi Shed sending measurements in a vain hope they would recognize the obvious design deficiencies. Without the boring details, the front of the building is a portal frame and the header is held level by the restraining moment in the connection between the roof beams and columns. 

To quote a line from the Australian classic movie The Castle - "Tell them they are dreaming". 

A quick site redesign of the building roof and using some of the material from the spare four [4] doors supplied we reinforced the roof by jacking the building back to where we left it then adding a lower chord at the front roof connection and trimmers to remove the unacceptable spring in the roof - another lost 4 days to Maxi Sheds.  

A weeks later I received an email from Maxi sheds stating the concrete was 35 mm to tight and it was all his fault but at least they wished us good luck - I was feeling the love.

Mick from AYR introduced me to a local builder willing to look at hanger construction and with another 62 hangers to be erected at the airpark it is a wise move for the locals to throw their hats into the ring. Damian meet me on site and after a quick talk was engaged to finish off the front doors and to flash the building. After a quick examination of the situation, we decided that to top hang was to invite more pain so the decision was made to install the bottom track. Eltrak were contacted and another $1100 was spent ordering track and wheels. The track fitted over the original bottom steel tacks that allowed the tracks to be fixed by lots and lots of self-drilling screws. The doors were easily modified to accept the roller assemblies and Mick rang to say that the doors were in and could be operated by a small child - woo hoo.

Finally, the site is at lockup and the last job for me is to paint the floors, obtain council approval to occupy. After that Mark and I will install the electrics and finally, I can begin the process of assembly of the aircraft in comfort.

So all good things come to an end and I can now retreat to bandage the wounds. A word from the now wise, shed erection is a spectator sport.

18 m x 15 m deep = 270 m sq

The start of the real story