Beautiful Ohio airpark hangar accented by recessed bifold door
Strange wanted his hangar to go beyond the typical look of an airport hangar door. He accomplished this by mounting the sheeting horizontally and by having the corrugated panel of the bifold door overlap in the middle. The door is also two feet inset.
JT Strange and his family are in the process of building their new home alongside their just finished hangar in the Obannon Creek Aerodrome Airpark located in Goshen, Ohio. The newly-built hangar needed a big 45 ft. x 15 ft. 11" door for his Cessna 182T, which he also uses for business in nearby Milford, Ohio.
To fill that need he decided on a Schweiss bifold liftstrap/autolatch door. JT is a National Service Specialist and Consultant for Diamond Machine Tool in Milford, Ohio and uses his plane for business and pleasure purposes. He's been flying for about five years.
When closed, it's hard to tell if this is a one piece or bifold door even when you are standing very close to it.
Bob Beckman of R.D. Beck Services, LLC in Harrison, Ohio has been selling and installing Schweiss bifold and hydraulic doors since 1999. He said that JT Strange asked for a Schweiss bifold liftstrap/autolatch remote opening door to be installed by Beckman on his new hangar. He also requested that Beckman install the door and sheeting with black corrugated sheeting on a horizontal configuration instead of vertical as some others will do.
"Schweiss quality control is a huge factor and they will fit any building. They are the most dependable doors I have ever sold or used. On Schweiss bifold doors, the straps are a must and the new autolatch system is the best yet. I have never had any complaints and my customers comment on how fast, quiet and safe they feel operating Schweiss doors."
- Bob Beckman
R.D. Beck Services, LLC
"JT was very pleased with the finished product on his personal hangar. The building and door set it off as a real showplace," said Beckman.
One feature that sets it off from the looks of other bifold doors is Strange wanted his door inset about two feet instead of installing it on the face of the building.
"I wanted to do something totally different. It gives it a nicer look," said Strange who has an engineering background. "I kind of wanted to go beyond the typical look of an airport hangar door. By mounting the sheeting horizontally we were able to have the top corrugated panel of the bifold door overlap the lower panel of the bifold door. When you look at it, even when you are standing very close to it, the two-inch pattern appears to be seamless with no joint in the middle and looks more like a single panel hydraulic door. It came together perfectly, we couldn't ask for anything better."
The idea to put on outside cladding in this manner was Strange's idea. He said Beckman looked at him like he was crazy, but it worked out great. When Beckman installed the door he had to battle the winter elements during the worst winter they had in a long time. In addition to that, the semi that delivered the door was unable to make a sharp turn crossing a bridge leading to the community. The door had to be offloaded onto a smaller truck.
Strange said he was first introduced to Schweiss doors through a neighbor living in his same airpark. This neighbor had become familiar with Schweiss doors while attending the Oshkosh Air Show where he had talked to Mike Schweiss, owner of Schweiss Doors.
Four liftstraps easily lift the 45 ft. bifold door. Interior sheeting gives it a nice clean look.
"I researched a lot of other hangar door companies, but along the lines of making the personal contact (with my neighbor) I was pretty much sold on Schweiss and went that way. It wasn't even a matter of cost at that point anymore, I went on the reputation that Schweiss had," commented Strange.
Using his engineering background he decided on a bifold door over a one-piece hydraulic door due to the fact there was less surface area for wind conditions. He agreed that it was also a better door in heavy snow conditions.
"I like the autolatches and remote opener. The batt insulated door operates very quietly and is dressed up with cedar interior trim to match the garage door. The door opens and closes fine. I still need to add seals on both sides of the door. We did an all steel structure with I-beams giving it extra support. I haven't got my plane in there yet, but I'm excited to get more use out of it by next spring. I'd recommend Schweiss doors to others 100 percent," said Strange.
The inside of the hangar is painted in a patriotic red, white and blue with a large American flag on the backwall. Strange said he is patriotic and appreciated all the sacrifices veterans have made. His dad is a Vietnam veteran.
The top corrugated panel of the bifold door overlaps the lower panel making it appear seamless when closed like that of a one-piece hydraulic door.
He is still has not completely finished the inside of the hangar which will function somewhat as a showroom. It's laid out with two bays on both sides. The right side of the hangar as you look into it will be a workshop/garage area to work on projects. The left side will be more of a mancave/lounge and for home office use.
What he likes most about his door is the look of it.
"That's because when it comes to the mechanics of it - the operation of the motor and everything else, there have been no issues with it whatsoever," said Strange. "It's like you don't even think about the mechanics of it, it's very sound, even the autolatching system. That's why I haven't added the foam on both sides of the door. It pulls so tight in, it's pretty much sealed up already,"
Beckman said he has no preference regarding hydraulic one-piece doors over bifold doors.
"They both have their place, it depends on the building and needs of my customers," noted Beckman. I only sell and replace with Schweiss doors. Schweiss quality control is a huge factor and they will fit any building. They are the most dependable doors I have ever sold or used. On Schweiss bifold doors, the straps are a must and the new autolatch system is the best yet. I have never had any complaints and my customers comment on how fast, quiet and safe they feel operating Schweiss doors."
The right side of the hangar as you look into it has a workshop/garage area to work on projects. The left side is more of a mancave, lounge and, home office.
"I researched a lot of other hangar door companies, but along the lines of making the personal contact (with my neighbor) I was pretty much sold on Schweiss and went that way. It wasn't even a matter of cost at that point anymore, I went on the reputation that Schweiss had."
- JT Strange
Goshen, Ohio
When people ask him why a Schweiss door is better than other makes, he said he explains, as a pilot himself, that his personal hangar has a Schweiss door on it.
"I tell them that Schweiss is a phone call away with an outstanding support group that will help with any technical question or problem on the spot. I still have the old style cable door on my hangar and it has never failed me, but since then, Schweiss has improved and added even more features to their doors. I tell them that Schweiss will always stand behind their doors," explained Beckman.
Beckman has also kept busy doing cable to liftstrap conversions. Recently he replaced cables with liftstraps and autolatches at the U.C. Health Air Care & Mobile Care bifold door at Butler County. They were concerned that since they open their door up to 10 times a day, every day, they couldn't have a door that would malfunction at any time. He recommended the strap conversion and they are very happy with it.
The building contractor for the hangar was Mark Kimura of Inspired Custom Homes, LLC of Cincinnati, who is now in the process of building Strange's new home. He appreciated the valuable structural information he was able to get from the Schweiss Doors engineers.
"Everything went together on the recessed door design changes," said Kimura. "The architect originally had the hangar framed in wood, we changed that to steel. When I called Schweiss during the preliminary stages, I knew right off the bat we were changing the structural makeup and would have to beef it up with steel. From the specifications from Schweiss I was able to get wedge height and other information to obtain the highest clearance possible. A lot of things came together before the installer came with the door. Recessing the door went together really well and made Beckman's job a lot easier. I was able to coordinate with the structural engineer and get everything perfect for finished height of door. I'd like others who order Schweiss doors to know that you have a lot of flexibility to create the look and function of a door," noted Kimura.
The Schweiss wall-mounted control panel and bottom drive motor.
R.D. Beck Services, LLC
R.D. Beck Services, in addition to selling and installing Schweiss hydraulic and bifold liftstrap doors over the past 15 years, develops and constructs aircraft hangars. His steel buildings of all types come through American Steel Buildings in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
He installed and replaced over 50 doors at the HAO Butler County Regional Airport - Hogan Field in Hamilton, Ohio and many other county and private airports and agricultural locations. He also specializes in retrofitting and doing liftstrap/autolatch conversions on doors at airports, to farm buildings and other private locations. He is also capable of installing large commercial and industrial doors. R.D. Beck will repair all brands of doors and offers annual maintenance service for Schweiss doors.
Bob Beckman is a licensed pilot and occasionally uses his plane to do door measurements or to meet with clients. He has flown as far as the east coast to do this. His primary sales and service area includes Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee.
R.D. Beck Services, LLC can be contacted in Harrison, Ohio by calling 513-604-9793 or by email at:
rbeckman1@roadrunner.com
Diamond Machine Tool
Diamond Machine Tool in Milford, Ohio is a machine tool service and solution company. They provide high quality and timely solutions for the manufacturing community. Their solutions cover everything from onsite repair, to parts, preventative maintenance, diagnostics and plant relocation. They offer 24 Hour Machine Tool Repair, Ball screw, Chuck & Spindle Repair Any Size/Make/Model. They recently purchased a Cessna 182T to respond to their customers needs even more expeditiously.
Diamond Machine Tool has a variety of services that they offer to support customers needs:
On-site Emergency Diagnostic & Repair - Predictive & Preventive Maintenance -Machinery Installation & Relocation -Alignments & Leveling -Electrical Component Repair/Replacement -Hydraulic Repair & Replacement -Spindle Rebuilding -Ballscrew Repair Services -Motor Rebuilding -Training -Machine Evaluations & Inspections and RS2332 Installation & Support
Diamond Machine Tool is located at 1594 Hunt Club Drive, Milford, Ohio 45150 • (513) 470-6370. Their website is www.diamondmachinetool.com
Inspired Custom Homes
Inspired Custom Homes LLC is a single-family housing construction company established in 2007 by Mark Kimura. They have completed a number of large and small residential additions and remodel projects from complete home makeovers to large kitchens and interior remodels.
Prior to 2007, Kimura built custom homes in Springboro, Ohio ranging from $650k to $1.2 million. The majority of his work is currently being done in the Cincinnati area.
Inspired Custom Homes is located at 3931 Eileen Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45209. They can be contacted at 513-543-4627 or 513-631-7432 or by email at: inspiredcustomhomes@gmail.com
JT Strange of Goshen, Ohio is in the process of building a new home at the Obannon Creek Aerodrome Airpark. The hangar, which will hold his Cessna 182T business and pleasure aircraft is fitted with a Schweiss 45 ft. x 15 ft. 11" bifold liftstrap door.
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The left side of the hangar functions somewhat as a showroom/mancave/lounge and for home office use. |
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The autolatch system is located at the center of the door with autolatch arms at each side of the door. Liftstraps ride within metal kickouts. |
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Beautiful Ohio airpark hangar accented by recessed bifold door
JT Strange and his family are in the process of building their new home alongside their just finished hangar in the Obannon Creek Aerodrome Airpark located in Goshen, Ohio. The newly-built hangar needed a big 45 ft. x 15 ft. 11" door for his Cessna 182T, which he also uses for business in nearby Milford, Ohio. |
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Dentist with a drag car likes sleek look of his Schweiss hydraulic door
You might say that Dr. Michael Stephens, a dentist since 1968 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, is enjoying the twilight of his profession. He also makes the most of his time off hobby hitting the race track. Racing is normally known as a young man's game, but Stephens, age 72, says he slowed down to get into a faster mode of racing - drag racing. |
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No more wrestling with slider doors for this Washington hangar home
John Stasny of Silverdale, Washington decided awhile back that he had enough of the four sliding doors on his hangar home. After a bunch of research, which included checking out door manufacturers, periodicals and talking to other pilots and friends he decided a Schweiss hydraulic one piece door was the only way to go. |
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Maine contractor chooses Schweiss doors for New England and beyond
Irishspan Industries of Alfred, Maine bills itself as New England's Quality Source of Steel Buildings. They are fast becoming a prime installer and promoter of Schweiss hydraulic and bifold liftstrap doors as well. [Their] most recent project was modifying an existing steel hangar for Marine Home Center of Nantucket, Mass to accommodate a large Schweiss straplift bifold door. |
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Schweiss Hydraulic Designer Doors make their debut at elegant China hotel
The architect and a project coordinator from China assigned to this lavish hotel wanted to see firsthand the workings of Schweiss Doors, so they boarded a plane in the middle of the winter to tour the Minnesota factory where their three doors were built. What they saw here, along with the information provided on the Schweiss website, reaffirmed them without a doubt that Schweiss Doors craftsmanship was up to their stringent standards. |
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Italian senior designer visits Schweiss Doors seeking insight on bifold door designs for renowned Prado Museum of Art
Fabio De Ciechi and Schweiss Doors draftsman, Brent Krzmarzick, discuss AutoCAD paper engineering door drafts for the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. |
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House of Air gives flight to the flightless; bifold door gives open air to the hangar
House of Air is an indoor trampoline park located in a historic airplane hangar at West Crissy Field in the Presidio of San Francisco, California, not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. What used to house high-flying aircraft, now houses hundreds of energetic youth-minded people, some of whom can now exercise a different style of high flight. |
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All Inside Storage hangs 130 Schweiss Bifold Doors
There's nothing much more frustrating than when you discover someone scratched or rubbed against your vehicle or aircraft because it was parked too close to another while in storage. This is what John Obradovich, owner of All Inside Storage of Indio, California, describes as "Hangar Rash." |
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Environmental design of Ontario Operations Centre has 20 Schweiss 'green' doors
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada is a 80,000 population town projected to grow to approximately 98,000 by 2026. Located north of the city of Toronto, it is part of the York Region and Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario. Due to these growing pains Newmarket was overdue for a new municipal operations building. For many years, the town of Newmarket's Public Works Services, including operations (water, roads, snow removal) and parks and property maintenance, had been operating out of three buildings at two existing facilities for years. |
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SilverWing at Sandpoint offers the very best in airpark living
Such is the case at SilverWing at Sandpoint. This unique fly-in airpark community, set between Schweitzer Ski Mountain and Lake Pend Oreille, one of the West's largest lakes in northern Idaho, spans over 18 acres adjacent to the Sandpoint, Idaho public airport. This airpark has been in development since land was purchased in 2007. Now, several years later, the airpark is ready for people to move in. |
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Maine EAA Chapter gathers forces to build a new hangar
Active organizations have a way of getting things done - done on time, done on budget and done with the help of individuals and the community they live in. The worldwide Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) has EAA Chapter 1210 of Biddeford, Maine in its ranks. Although relatively small they are non-the-less definitely an active "get it done" organization. |
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Canadian waters-edge floatplane and boat hangar door opens up to the great outdoors
Dryden, Ontario, Canada, is where the rugged beauty of Ontario meets the bright lights of city life. It is a vibrant urban community surrounded by the unsurpassed beauty of the boreal forest, freshwater lakes and spectacular vistas. The settlement was founded as an agricultural community by John Dryden, Ontario's Minister of Agriculture in 1895. |
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Aviation Experts in France rely on Schweiss Doors
Aviation Experts SARL is an established 15-year-old French aviation maintenance business and aerial photo survey and mapping business that services not only France and Europe but is called out to far reaching overseas locations. Its hangar and base of operations is located in Nangis, a 7,500 population commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France north-central region of France, approximately an hours drive south of Paris. |
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Schweiss hydraulic doors inducted into Louisiana Hall of Fame
The headline is a bit ambiguous, but it sure sounds good. In all actuality, there really are Schweiss Hydraulic one piece doors on the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame - they were installed there, not formally inducted, and are for functional applications, not for sporting accolades. Just the same it's still an honor for them to be in this new and long awaited sports complex where visitors from all over the world come to pay homage to their Louisiana... |
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Schweiss glass bifold door goes on exclusive New York Lexington Avenue hotel
Schweiss designer doors have gone on numerous exclusive hotels stretching from China to Europe. The latest to join this elite group is the Club Quarters Grand Central Hotel on Lexington Avenue, downtown New York City. |
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Las Vegas Irish Pub features Schweiss designer doors on its outdoor patio bar
Words on the Nine Fine Irishmen pub website point out: "We Didn't Just Import Irish - We Imported The Whole Damn Country." Inspired by a group of nine famous men who fought for Irish independence, to some, they were patriotic heroes. To others, traitorous rebels. But, on to the story... |
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Monster Schweiss doors open up for Ohio National Super Stock Champion
A 60 ft. bifold door isn't the biggest door by far ever built by Schweiss Doors, but just the same it's one heck of a big door. Shane Kellogg of Forest, Ohio needed a big door like this on his farm plus three other 40 ft. doors to store his farm equipment and his award winning pulling truck and semi that he uses to haul it to shows. |
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Most everything starts from something.... The Evolution of the One-Piece Door
Bifold doors keep getting better thanks to Schweiss Doors. With proven Lift Straps and Auto Latches the door travels up faster and smoother. Say no to cables! Schweiss Patented Lifts Straps are the latest and greatest improvements to bifold doors that have been around for years... Bifold Doors just keep getting Better! |
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Lake Tahoe beachfront watercraft rental buisness calls for Schweiss Door
Schweiss boathouse doors have a reputation of showing up at some of the most beautiful lakes in America, but perhaps the most beautiful of them all is the 989 ft. deep Lake Tahoe which borders Nevada and California. |
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Born to Fly - The Rest is History
What you see at the David Burroughs fourth generation farm north of El Paso, Illinois, located halfway between Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Chicago, isn't your run of the mill ordinary hangar - it has class, inside and out. |
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Continental Design Build puts five Schweiss bifold doors on California Executive hangars
They're long and sleek - over 60 foot long and stand 21.6 feet tall - big enough to open up for most any corporate prop or jet aircraft. Five Schweiss straplift bifold doors completed a summer order from Continental Design Build (CDBI) in Anaheim, California for new executive steel hangars they were building in Fullerton, California. |
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Skydive Midwest operations begin and end at the hangar
The fun part of Skydive Midwest's operation mostly takes place the minute you go airborne to the time you step out of the jump plane and then safely land on terra firma. That's mainly what the jumpers look forward to, however there are many behind the scenes tasks that begin and end at the all-important hangar. The hangar, a place to pack parachutes, check weather and park planes; most airports can't get along without one, and wouldn't want to. |
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The Door's Wide Open at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum
If your heart is into aviation, and you have money, there is no end as to what you can accomplish, including building a first-class aviation museum, and filling it with some of the finest examples of World War II aircraft. That's what ethanol entrepreneur, Ron Fagen, did in his hometown of Granite Falls, Minnesota. The museum is located at Granite Falls Municipal Airport/Lenzen-Roe Memorial Field (KGDB). |
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Schweiss Bifold Doors go on newest Mills Fleet Farm store in Ankeny, Iowa
Mills Fleet Farm, founded in 1955 by the Mills family, is a growing company with a retail chain of 34 stores in Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa. It's newest store recently celebrated its grand opening July 29, at Ankeny, Iowa - a midstate location of approximately 45,000 residents located along Interstate 35 and U.S. Route 69 approximately 10 miles north of downtown Des Moines bordering on an agricultural and suburban-based economy. |
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Jamboree In The Hills stage rocks with a 80 ft. Schweiss Bifold door
For over 36 years, over 100,000 fans each year have flocked to the rolling hills of eastern Ohio to take part in the longest running and most popular country music festival in America. This "Country Music Capital" has hosted most of the big names coming out of Nashville and other parts of the USA. Close to 25 Country legends each year such as Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boxcar Willie, and even The Beach Boys and ZZ Top, you name it, have taken to the stage there. |
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California's Edison Language Academy goes to school with a Schweiss Bifold glass door.
The school doors are open at Edison Language Academy in Santa Monica, California. What's different at this school is not all the doors are the same, and that goes for its unique curriculum as well. Edison Language Academy is a bilingual magnet school that is one of only 10 dual-immersion K-12 programs in the United States. |
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Greystone Construction is national award winner
Since Greystone Construction Company of Shakopee, Minnesota was formed in 1987, earning and receiving awards has been nothing new for them - their list of national and state awards for excellence, performance and merit are enough to decorate a large office or trophy room. |
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'Your doors stood the test of time,' says Iowa rancher hit by tornado
When daylight hit after the evening of Oct. 4, people living and working at the Triple U Ranch in Washta, Iowa, got an eyeful of destruction. It was on that Friday that Mother Nature decided to reorganize the countryside. Brad Utesch, who farms 2,500 acres and produces 6,000 head of cattle a year, with his brothers Craig and Kirk were faced with a massive cleanup after what more than likely was a tornado set down... |
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Glass adds a reflective touch of class to Denver contractors residential garage door
At certain times of the day the glass on Bruce Hamon's garage door reflects the beautiful Denver surroundings he lives in. While it allows others to see within, the big advantage is it allows him to see out as if looking through a picture window inside his home. And it adds a real touch of class to his residential property. |
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California bike transit station utilizes three Schweiss glass designer doors
Who you gonna call when you need three top of the line glass bifold straplift doors for a bike transit station in California? You have two choices. You can go directly to Schweiss Doors in Minnesota or call a company that sells and installs Schweiss Doors. That would be McKendry Door Sales & Service of Santa Fe Springs. |
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Schweiss Doors adds style to spicy new Sway Thai restaurant in Austin, Texas
Traditional Thai food has a reputation of being very spicy and hot enough to satisfy anyones taste for heat. A newly opened restaurant in Austin, Texas does that and more. Austin is a city of big flavors, but interestingly enough there are few that specialize in Thai food. That's where the long-awaited Thai Restaurant called "Sway," (meaning elevated, delicious) tops the bill. |
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Billy Bishop Airport gets its first Schweiss Doors
Fame is where you find it and in many cases others try to feed off it. Such is the case with The Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada Regional Airport, named after revered World War I flying ace William Avery "Billy" Bishop. Their hometown hero was the most highly decorated Canadian pilot of that war with 72 air victories to his credit. |
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Door adds sparkle to unique Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego
The administration at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego, California, with the assistance of Casco Equipment Corporation and its assigned architects, knew exactly what they wanted in the four designer doors they ordered for their school. They wanted something that conformed to "green" standards and that would serve a useful classroom function as well. |
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Schweiss hangar door shines like a big light on corporate hangar in Mexico
Ciudad Obregon is the second largest city in the northern Mexican state of Sonora. It is a historic and beautiful city of 405,000 population located near the Gulf of California about 395 miles north of Mazatlan and 400 miles straight south of Tucson, Arizona |
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Rural pilot has nothing but praise for his three Schweiss Bifold doors
Gene Fuchs, 81, has been taking to the air since the age of 15 and bought his first airplane four years later. He has two Schweiss Bifold hangars doors and one large 45 ft. bifold machine shed door at his farmsite east of Morgan, Minnesota. He bought his first bifold door in the 1980s and hasn't had a lick of trouble with any of them. |
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Now you see it, Now you don't. Crazy Cool garage door appears only half as big as it really is
Washington resident Herb Korthuis needed a tall garage door to fit his large motorhome into. A city zoning ordinance said he couldn't do it at first, but thanks to Schweiss Doors he now has a 16x12 ft. bifold door that blends into the rest of his house and neighborhood and which was OK'd by the building inspector despite its size. |
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COMPOSITE FOAM PANELS TAKE KIEHM CONSTRUCTION NATIONWIDE
Back in 1980, Marty Kiehm, age 23 at the time, built his first structure, a 70' x 100' hangar with a 48' bifold hangar door at the Delavan, MN airport. Though not yet a licensed pilot, aviation blood was already trickling through his veins. His dad was an aerial applicator so 'flight talk' was a fairly routine part of family conversations. However following in his Dad's footprint wasn't his ambition. |
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Top of the Line Schweiss Hydraulic Designer Door graces Under Armour building
Schweiss Designer Doors don't get much better than this. Under Armour Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland ordered this very attractive and unique metal perforated hydraulic one-piece canopy door as a showpiece for their store and office building in Baltimore, Maryland . The 28' 10" wide x 12' - 140 mph windrated door features two distinctly lighted Under Armour billboard-style logos which can be seen for miles around. |
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One of a kind Texas hangar has its own control tower
"I come here every morning at 6 a.m. I spend all day here and I enjoy every minute of it." Those words from Patrick Aucoin, Aucoin and Associates, Inc., Spring, TX. And where he comes each day is to an 84' x 84' steel hangar at the Spring, TX airfield. But what a hangar! For 14 years this spot was only a concrete slab, the only remnant from a Texas tornado that wiped out the hangar which used to set on this hunk of concrete. But not so today. |
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Pilots are appreciating the 80 schweiss liftstrap bifold hangar doors at Oshawa, Ontario airport
There aren't many airports in the U.S. or abroad that have as many Schweiss Bifold Liftstrap/Autolatch hangar doors as the Oshawa, Ontario, Canada airport. In a three-phase project a total of 80 Schweiss liftstrap and autolatch bifold doors have been put onto hangars there. In just the last order alone, 34 Schweiss bifold doors ranging in size from 41.5 ft wide to 47 ft. wide gives some solid proof of their popularity among hangar owners there. |
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Innovative Schweiss lift gate gives versatility to 'The Paw'
Contemplate this description of a popular Mankato, Minnesota facility: Daycare, rehabilitation, grooming spa, spacious suites with in-floor heat, raised beds, exercise program, pool, reservations required, therapeutic laser class treatments, post operative care, hydrotherapy, kindergarten, parties and social activities. |
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Big bifold glass door connects spaces at new Red Bull headquarters
Extreme sports enthusiasts are a key demographic for energy drink makers, and Red Bull's new North American headquarters in Santa Monica, CA was created with that audience in mind. Among the 105,000 sq. ft. buildings many impressive design features are 40' wide by 250' long, non-functioning skateboard platform and 28' tall by 40' wide, Schweiss glass-paneled bifold door. |
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Arizona Stucco hydraulic door gives shade on hot days.
Aircraft enthusiasts from more than 70 nations go to the world famous Oshkosh Air Show with their eyes to the sky. It brings in more than 10,000 aircraft and displays nearly 2,500 aircraft of all makes and sizes. Dave Sirota, President of Bassuk Brothers Property Management firm in Oro Valley, Arizona, a bedroom community adjacent to Tucson, didn't go there to look at aircraft, he had another mission in mind. |
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Schweiss Doors makes boathouse owner envy of beautiful Lake Vermilion
Schweiss Doors can't take all the credit for the envy. Ryan also goes first class with the 1955 Chris Craft Continental boat that cruises in and out of his boathouse. And for those not living on this lake, known worldwide as Lake Vermilion, that's also envious. |
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Aero Country East is a Dallas, Texas area first-class aviation lifestyle community
"New North Dallas, Teaxs Aero Country East airpark goes exclusively with Schweiss "Red Power" hydraulic one-piece hangar doors. Many Country Club amenities and 39 custom townhomes and pool on privately-owned airport add first class appeal for pilots and families |
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Washington Wallaby Ranch chooses Schweiss doors for its hangars
When you think of wallabies and kangaroos the first thing that comes to mind is Australia, "The Land Down Under." You don't have to travel that far, however, to see these marsupials, The Fall City Wallaby Ranch has 19. |
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Kansas farmers Mancave has room for dragstrip racing cars and more
The term "mancave" has in recent times entered the American vernacular. It refers to a place where the guys can get together, lay back and talk about whatever is on their minds and solve the world problems and such over a cold one or two. Mancaves seem to be quite popular amongst football fans. |
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Schweiss Doors installs 132 liftstrap Bifold T-Hangar doors for Bult Airfield
Only about 30 miles due south of downtown Chicago and surrounded by fields of corn, soybeans, wildlife habitat and even a few tree farms sits one of the newer and more intriguing airfields in America. Called Bult Field Airport and identified as C56, this country airport however dates back to 1942 when Paul Sanger, a Monee, Illinois aviation enthusiast started his 'grass strip' air field three nautical miles southeast of town. |
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Napa Valley Winery puts Schweiss doors to special use
That's how Opus One building's architect, Scott Johnson, described this California Napa Valley winery located between St. Helena and Napa, almost straight north of San Francisco, California. Johnson was part of the design team behind the whole footprint of the Opus One building expansion. The suggestion and actual design of the unique Schweiss bifold and hydraulic doors was recommended by Wayne Leong, of Leong Architectural firm in St Helena, CA. |
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Prestige Contractors of Canada is newest Schweiss Doors distributer
Most every contractor at heart wants to do the best job for their customer. Sometimes that means going above and beyond the call and at other times being able to offer the best product for them. |
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Large Schweiss Bifold Liftstrap door perfectly fits farmshop needs
There's nothing cheap about building anymore but this project turned out wonderfully. The Schweiss door fits perfectly. We dressed up the shop and office area with some window shutter trim. Structural Building out of Becker, MN was the contractor and they did a great job |
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Inadequate experience with another company leads farmer to Schweiss Doors
It was a 70 ft. hydraulic door, very lightly built, it came in two sections that didn't meet together when they put it together. It showed up bent, and when raised it would bend, very poor weld quality, with welds missing in places. It was a piece of crap, I've never seen something so poor, there was no engineering done on it. There was no quality control. |
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Schweiss Red Power Pumps are a jump above the rest
Jumping over the best |
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RiverEdge Park & Music Garden orders Schweiss Doors for new Illinois project
RiverEdge Park and Music Garden is a venue that not many people in the United States have heard of yet, but they will. It is becoming the centerpiece in a 10-year master plan for the city of Aurora, Illinois, that state's second largest city with a population of close to 200,000 people, making it the 112th largest city in the United States. Aurora is located about 45 miles west of Chicago and is accessible by commuter train from there. |
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Schweiss has truckloads of top quality doors leaving the factory each week
Since Introducing "Red Power" Hydraulic Doors to the market this Spring, sales of Schweiss Hydraulic Doors have escalated, and as a result truckload-after-truckload of ready to assemble doors have been moving out to destinations within all corners of the United States and other locations around the globe. |
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Sharp looking farm shop features office space and large hydraulic door
This eye catching farm shop is indeed a beautiful facility. All four exterior steel walls are white, however red is the accent color around the edges of this big hydraulic door, all windows in the door, plus other access doors into this incredible building. |
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Taxi-through hangar speeds crop work for big time spraying operation
Twenty-seven years as an aerial applicator provides an historical perspective each spring for Rich Sigurdson, Olivia, MN. For cantankerous 2011 he simply responded,"This spring brought in a little more work than normal. This is the latest for putting crops in the ground since I've been in the business. |
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Huge Army tanks and track vehicles pass through Ft. Carson liftstrap bifold doors
Getting 146 doors installed at one location speaks rather strongly about the quality and reliability of your door provider. But that's the current scorecard of Schweiss BiFold doors at Fort Carson, Colorado (Colorado Springs) where Mortenson Construction (Denver branch) has an ongoing contract with the U.S. Army for the construction of special heated maintenance shops called TEMFs (Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facilities). This means structures big enough for Army tanks and other special military tactical vehicles. |
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Electrical engineer researches and chooses 40 ft. Hydraulic Hangar Door
I researched over a year what I wanted to do. I met Dave Schweiss at the Florida 'Fun in the Sun' air show and both Dave and Mike at the big Oshgosh, WS show. After meeting the guys and looking more closely at their product the choice was obvious. It simply was the best fit, the best design, the best door and in terms of value, the best deal. |
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Fagen WWII museum purchases multiple large Schweiss Liftstrap Bifold Hangar Doors
Here are some shots of Fagen's warbirds. All mighty nice, mint condition airplanes! Just one of many unique planes that will be on display in the New Fagen Museum. It'll be the hot spot in Granite Falls, Minnesota to see some of the most beautiful Flying machines imaginable. |
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Fast opening Schweiss hydraulic heated shop doors were just what this farmer needed
Obviously a guy doesn't spend several thousand dollars for a big hydraulic door because it opens and closes in 37 seconds. But surprisingly 'door speed' is a bit of a factor, at least for Terry Albright, Renville County farmer who also runs a fleet of 'over the road' semi rigs. |
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New 75 ft. Ohio farm shop has Schweiss hydraulic door with special lighting
A slick, new 75' x 80' farm shop with special lighting, in-floor heating, a huge 40' door and a burgundy and beige color scheme is getting all sorts of attention on the farm of John Dulin, Kenton, Ohio. "The contractor that sold me the building has people coming here every week it seems to check out the building and especially that big hydraulic door. So it's a real treat for me and my farming partner son Dana, to show them the works," explained Dulin, who is also maintenance manager for six school buses in their local special education district. |
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Wayzata resident loves his worry free liftstrap garage door conversion
Two bifold doors were on his Wayzata, Minn. home when he and his wife, Nancy, purchased it from a previous owner several years ago. He referred to the doors as "a bonus and attractive feature" and believed the architect chose the bifold style of doors for aesthetic reasons. |
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Carriage House helicopter hangar is very likely the most unique in America!
The Carriage House on the lakeshore property of Sid Morris, Cornelius, NC is very likely the most unique in America! It doesn't house horses and horse buggies. It doesn't house antique autos. Instead it houses his R44 helicopter. And that chopper gets to the Carriage House by first landing on a helio pad on the end of his 200' dock. A small electrically driven dolly then gently lifts the chopper with operator then guiding the chopper to its proper stall inside this remarkable 4-star carriage house. |
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Artists architectural glass door was perfect for Martha's Vineyard studio and guest house
At 27 years of age, film maker/artist/author Travis Wood appears to be adding architectural design to his intriguing resume. Evidence of this new dimension is a most unique structure, a combination studio/guest house that he and his father are constructing on their vacation property on Martha's Vineyard, hugging the south shore of Massachusetts. |
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Funky Brooklyn Store Front Perforated Steel Bifold Doors add touch of class and security
Hugging the southwest corner of Long Island, New York, Brooklyn's earlier identity was mostly hitched to Coney Island beach and the Brooklyn Dodgers of baseball immortality. Today the city is enjoying a renaissance of rediscovery by artists, retailers, ambitious contractors and creative landscapers including the Andre Kikoski Architect firm which just wrapped up the complete renovation of two empty, abandoned warehouse buildings on 22-28 Wyckoff Ave. |
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Multiple stores and doors are key to Arnold Company farm implement business expansion
Consolidation is that aggressive word which has been enveloping agricultural business for several years now. In simple terms, it results in fewer but bigger. And that certainly is the recent history of the farm implement business, which used to pride itself on having eight, 10, even 12 or more dealerships per county. Today three or four farm equipment dealers per county is more the usual. But ownership of farm implement stores today often includes multiple locations throughout an entire state. |
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Former Alaskan has Bifold hangar doors for fishing and flying from private airstrip
Flying since he got the bug when working the fishing canaries in Alaska, Eric Hutchins, Grand Rapids, MN, has a rather diversified agenda these days. For example he runs a year-round Dairy Queen in this bustling tourist center town. He also does some part-time law enforcement work and occasionally flies fire detection with the MN DNR. When time permits, high on his agenda is getting together with his snowmobile buddies for a few miles through the beautiful lake and woodland country of Itasca County. |
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Large 108 ft. Schweiss Bifold Strap Door is finishing touch for hangar renovation
In September of 2009, we started the rehabilitation of Hanger 155 at Chippewa County International Airport in Kincheloe, MI. Our first step was to remove 60 years worth of lead paint from the existing steel substructure and miles of asbestos-containing material. When the building was safe to work in, our demolition subcontractor started on the roof system. |
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Midwest John Deere dealership and store installs a Schweiss One-Piece Door
It's big, 43,500 square feet. It has a special floral display unit out front courtesy of the employees and the general contractor. You walk into an 'eye catching' 100' x 160' 'Consumer Display' section complete with a 10' high shelf showcasing various John Deere 'consumer goods'. And greeting you at the retail counter is a colorful prairie scene with an old country barn, woodlots, fields of corn and wheat plus a depiction of the original 1-bottom plow that launched the John Deere machinery company. A show place of sorts? Yes, indeed. |
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Classic Florida hangar home Schweiss wall/porch door is drawing national attention
Well, it's all of the above for 62-year-old Daniel Shaw, a plumbing contractor at Geneva, Fla. Who has given new meaning to the term "hangar home." The structure is 50' wide x 60' deep x 30' tall, all metal/ However, a 45' x 15' Schweiss hydraulic door sporting a wrap-around porch with decorator railing, table and chairs, a "walk through" door with stylish window, and veranda "roof" gets your attention. |
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Schweiss doors open things up at the Renville County Fair
Schweiss Hydraulic and Bifold Doors recently installed four new hydraulic doors at the Renville County Fairgrounds located in Bird Island, MN. The Renville County Board approached Schweiss looking for a way to open up the event building located at the county's fairgrounds. The event building is used to host live bands, beer gardens and public auctions by Henslin Auction Services. Hydraulic doors seemed like the perfect solution to open up the building and allow easy access to the building for large groups of people. |
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Minnesota Implement dealership spike in business calls for new facility liftstrap bifold doors
We're no longer just selling iron. Today we're selling precision farming products and that requires special training of both our personnel and our farm customers," says Paal Haug, general manager of Haug Implement with stores at Willmar and Litchfield |
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Radiation-shielded Bifold Door designed specially for industrial x-ray system firm
The creativity of customers continues to be a driving force for many manufacturers. Take for example North Star Imaging, Inc., a Rogers, Minnesota manufacturer of industrial x-ray systems which are enclosed by a radiation shielding cabinet and access door and used by manufacturing firms in the aerospace, military, automotive, medical device, electronics, even the genetic seed industry and many more. |
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Stylish North Carolina Target store Bifold gates serve dual purposes
How do you make the loading dock area for your store secure, yet still easily accessible and stylish? This Target store in North Carolina found the answer with two 39' x 17' bifold gates for their loading area. Give us your idea and we will get you the door. |
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Unique Schweiss Bifold roof-door designed for East Coast sandblasting chamber
What looked like a near impossible situation without some totally new engineering design instead turned out to be a remarkable solution to an extreme challenge. The challenge? How to fit a "roof door" over a 20' by 30' sandblasting chamber used by SMS Millcraft, Oil City, PA. This firm specializes in refurbishing component parts for various Pennsylvania steel mills. |
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Farm Air spraying operation relocates and builds new hangar with 76 ft. hydraulic door
It is rare that an Air Tractor dealership changes hands. It cant be done without an approval from Air Tractor, Inc. This requirement became all too apparent to Bill Taylor of Farm Air in Fairfield Illinois. Bill was starting to think about retiring from the business he formed in 1976. Shortly after forming Farm Air, Bill saw a need for Air Tractors in the Midwest, and approached Air Tractor about becoming a dealer. Over thirty successful years later, Bill decided it was time to sell Farm Air with its Air Tractor dealership intact. |
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TGIF puts custom-made Schweiss Bifold glass doors on patio bar
This custom set of Schweiss Bifold Doors was the perfect solution to provide a unique dining experience for this restaurant's patio bar customers. |
