Mutual Help List, T-Hangar Construction

Hi Mary:

Do you have specifics where it can be found in the building codes? Are these local codes or national? I'd like to review with my building dept.

Jerry

-----Original Message-----
From: MARY HANSEN [mailto:mhansen@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 3:15 PM
To: Help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Org (help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: CAA: Mutual Help List, T-Hangar Construction

I know we all have gone through this once or more, but hoping that one of you can help me with the issue of floor

drains......I have 69 hangars without drains.....I fought the issue in 1995 when we developed 20 new T-hangar facilities

and I had a different building inspector......but, the issue was the same then......in black and white in the building codes

that requires floor drains in aircraft storage hangars.....doesn't matter what you do in them......my building inspector is

willing to review other county and city building department reasoning as to how they go around doing the drains....so, any

assistance or if you can through me some contacts so that I can make some calls, I will attempt to get through this

round.......we got around it the last time by sloping the floors enough that any spill could at least drain out of the building,

we installed fire extinguishers in all hangars and more larger units on the outside of the hangar.....had to bring a water

line down to the hangar area (and buy my fire department 1,000 feet of hose in the interim.....another story...) and, set

up new rules and procedures on what can and can't be done in the hangar, and, put fuel absorbant materials in all

hangars....worked then, doesn't matter this time........