Polycarbonate clad bifold door gives hangar an exclusive look
Weitman's bifold door gives off a nice clean designer look even when wide open. Bifold doors can be mounted 12” to 36” above the clear opening to give you no loss of headroom.
With the decorative star and patriotic blue front it has all the looks of a hangar home that you might think was owned by Captain America. Jim Weitman, of Weitman Excavation in Sherwood, Oregon, and his wife, Star, live on a private grass airstrip just outside of North Plains, Oregon. The hangar portion of the home measures 40' x 40'.
The Schweiss bifold liftstrap door on the hangar has a clear opening width of 38' and 9' 8.75" in height. It is also equipped with automatic latches, electric photo eye sensors and a remote opener.
"With the exterior enhancements, including a new roof, cedar siding and a colored concrete apron, we really wanted to replace the old style twin 20' metal garage hangar doors with something that really stood out and complemented our lifestyle," said Weitman. "I love the bifold and the appearance of the door. Even on the inside it has clean lines. I love to open up that door on a sunny day, even on a rainy day, my wife and I will sit out in the hangar shielded from the elements and watch the clouds go by."
“We did check with other door manufacturers before deciding on Schweiss Doors. It wasn't a long review process. We quickly understood that Schweiss Doors set the benchmark in their industry for hangar door designs, customer service and support. Price wasn't a factor in our decision. We were looking for quality and functionality of the finished product. With the exterior enhancements, including a new roof, cedar siding and a colored concrete apron, we really wanted to replace the old style twin 20' metal garage hangar doors with something that really stood out and complemented our lifestyle.”
- Jim Weitman
Weitman Excavation
Hillsboro, Oregon
Jim said flying brings balance to their lives, with preferences towards free (unpowered) flight and freedom to break on through to sunnier skies. He has been flying for 29 years and when it comes to powered flight, Jim and Star share the skies with their 1946 Cessna 140, and soon will be adding an Experimental Vans RV-14 to their hangar.
The blue polycarbonate cladding really brightens up the exterior of the door.
"Star and I were looking for a high-energy efficient, lightweight product with light transmission qualities to clad the door. We had worked with polycarbonate products in similar arenas in the past and decided on the interlocking 40mm Lexan Polycarbonate product system for this application," noted Weitman. "Besides having high-impact qualities, this product provides a thermal insulation of 4.47 R-Value, UV protected outer surface and a 10-year limited written warranty against long-term weathering conditions."
He also added that depending on the color of the product, one could expect 20-59 percent light transmission. With his application, they chose the color of blue that allows for 20 percent light transmission. Finally, the weight of the product made for easy installation and fell well within the design criteria of the door.
Many door owners opt to equip their bifold or hydraulic doors with a remote opening system that can be activated from the cockpit of a plane, vehicle or farm and construction equipment.
Customers love the Schweiss automatic latch system because they never have to worry about an unlocked door and it seals the door tight to the building.
Several years ago Weitman was introduced to Schweiss Doors http://www.bifold.com by a neighbor who was installing a bifold door himself. They became interested in the quality of the product and design and reached out to Schweiss Doors to design his door.
"We did check with other door manufacturers before deciding on Schweiss Doors. It wasn't a long review process. We quickly understood that Schweiss Doors set the benchmark in their industry for hangar door designs, customer service and support. Price wasn't a factor in our decision. We were looking for quality and functionality of the finished product," explained Weitman.
Weitman pointed out that the bifold door, as manufactured, is designed to seal well in all types of weather and mentioned that special attention to accurate dimensioning during the framing process is a must. Installation details enhance the inherent sealing qualities designed in the door itself.
"As contractors ourselves and acting as our own general contractor/installer, we chose to install the Schweiss door ourselves - and it went well. Separate from the door installation itself, retrofitting an existing opening provided its own unique journey. Working with a local structural engineer, we designed a steel-framed system to fit within an existing wood-framed structure to carry the operational loads of the door. The system complemented the door so well, we look forward to utilizing the same process on future new and retrofit hangar homes," said Weitman.
Weitman gave a thumbs-up to the helpful staff at Schweiss Doors and mentioned that the door arrived on time and in good condition.
"Now that our door is installed, the benchmark Schweiss Doors set early on as the industry leader in design, customer service and support processes, followed their product with quality, on-time delivery and the attention to details, all surrounding safety and functionality. We were very impressed," added Weitman.
What could make your better half happier than having a new hangar door that opens easily with the touch of a button? Jim and Star will often sit out in the hangar shielded from the elements and watch the clouds go by.
Weitman Excavation
Weitman Excavation has been in business since 2003. The expertise of its collective management and field staff is in excess of 100 years. They provide innovative, dependable, quality products and services, while raising the industry's benchmark by its dedication to sustainability, diversity, education, health and safety of its clients, projects and team-based workforce.
Their finely integrated team is committed across the board to bring added value to clients' projects through its accountability, integrity and business ethics. The collective team at Weitman Excavation is always excited to participate in cooperative design, construction and activation essential to the very nature of each and every client project.
Weitman chose Lexan Polycarbonate interlocking cladding for a high-energy efficient, lightweight product that has good light transmission qualities.
Weitman Excavation is a certified contractor in LEED and sustainability business practices that maximizes value to its clients and reduces the impact on the environment in which they work.
"What excites me," says company founder, Jim Weitman," is waterways, fish habitat, wind driven turbines and solar power - anything that has to do with renewable energy or stewardship of the land. I am excited to spend our time and focus on these types of quality projects. We excel at everything from working in tight, confined areas to working in a substation around energized power lines and on wastewater treatment plants that require a maze of piping. We love anything out of the norm - challenging projects that require thought and innovation to get to the job done."
Weitman Excavation currently practices, promotes and is committed to doing business in Oregon making a conscious effort to hire Oregon-based firms to participate in projects within Oregon.
Thirty-five percent of their core work force has been with Weitman Excavation for over 10 years, despite the economy and cyclical projects. They currently contract with 85 percent of Oregon firms, materials and resources.
Their workforce diversity is 16 percent, while their goal is to exceed this on certain projects to 35 percent, comprised of 20 percent ethnic minorities and 15 percent women. To achieve these goals, they focus on recruiting women, veterans and underutilized minorities to the company's workforce.
Weitman chose Lexan Polycarbonate interlocking cladding for a high-energy efficient, lightweight product that has good light transmission qualities.
Weitman Excavation is committed to growth, education and excellence by: providing in-house mentoring practicing special workforce outreach efforts, in addition to Good Faith Efforts providing outsourced continuing education for technical development, superintendent, project management and safety training courses.
Weitman Excavation's Obsession statement:
"We will be the dominant company in our service area by maintaining the benchmark for performance through quality service and responsiveness to our clients while providing a positive and rewarding environment for our employees and their families."
Weitman Excavation is located at 11225 SW Clay Street, Sherwood, Oregon 97140. Phone: 503.682.3322. Website: www.weitmanexcavation.com
The blue polycarbonate cladding and star above the bifold door accent their hangar home as far as the eye can see.
A beautiful Oregon sunset reflects off the 40mm Lexan Polycarbonate clad bifold door that was set in precisely by Weitman during the installation process.
The Schweiss bifold door liftstraps and autolatch system securely opens, closes, and locks Weitman's hangar door in tight.
When the Schweiss bifold liftstrap door is wide open it offers a nice shaded canopy for the hangar.
The bifold hangar door offers an appealing tight weather-resistant fit when closed. It is equipped with auto latches, remote opener and photo eye sensors.
After the doorframe was installed, the bottom half of the door cladding was added.
As owner of Weitman Excavation, Jim and his crew knew exactly how to prepare the groundwork and colored concrete apron for his new hangar.
Strong polyester lift straps, capable of lifting 29,000 lbs. each wrap around the lift drum as the door opens. The larger the drum circumference the faster the door opens.
Bifold doors can have top or bottom-mounted motorized drive units. Each power unit will not take up any of your clear opening space. The bottom drive is easy to get to for service and the top drive is located up and out of the way.
If you need a little breeze in the hangar, the bifold door can be stopped safely in any position.
The bifold hangar door is open and ready for the Weitman's to taxi in for the evening relaxed sundown sit.
As evening approaches light from inside the hangar gives off a nice soft glow.
All it takes is a push from the wall control button or remote opener and this Cessna is ready to head out the bifold door to the adjacent grass runway.
In addition to the distinctive high-energy efficient, lightweight blue cladding, Weitman also added cedar siding, a new roof on his 40' x 40' hangar and a colored concrete apron leading up to it.
Since the Weitman's purchased their Oregon hangar home in 2007, it has become a personal art project, both inside and out. Jim and Star Weitman share the skies in their 1946 Cessna 140 and love their Schweiss bifold door.
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Thirteen Schweiss hi-tech container doors
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National particle physics lab architect calls on Schweiss for bifold door
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Big 50' Schweiss bifold opens up South Carolina hangar
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Michigan yacht restoration building is fitted with Schweiss bifold and hydraulic doors
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Polycarbonate clad bifold door gives hangar an exclusive look
With the decorative star and patriotic blue front it has all the looks of a hangar home that you might think was owned by Captain America. Jim Weitman, of Weitman Excavation in Sherwood, Oregon, and his wife, Star, live on a private grass airstrip just outside of North Plains, Oregon. The hangar portion of the home measures 40' x 40'. The Schweiss bifold liftstrap door on the hangar has a clear opening width of 38' and 9' 8.75" in height. It is also equipped with automatic latches, electric photo eye sensors and a remote opener. |
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Schweiss bifold liftstrap door goes on beautiful Texas hangar home
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Five Schweiss bifold designer doors add to Yankee Stadium off-season enhancements
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Texas Music Factory looks to Schweiss for seven bifold doors
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Hurricane Harvey tries to mess with Schweiss doors
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One of Tampa's oldest restaurants is revived - this time with Schweiss Bifold designer doors!
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Canadian hangar developer has 11 Schweiss bifold doors
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Strap bifold doors are the premier choice for many hangars at the Waterloo airport
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Husky Brigade is off to the sky minutes after pilots hit the open button on their Schweiss doors
Kerr said that along with somewhere around 18 Husky's on the Alpine field, not counting neighboring Husky's from the Double L Ranch and other style aircraft hangared at Alpine Airpark, over 45 of the 58 residents there have Schweiss doors on their hangars each with their own personal style and size to match their mountain vacation homes. |
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Hydraulic door added to mancave dream for helicopter and floatplane pilot
Easy access to the 11,160 sq. ft. hangar in his 80 ft x 152 ft. building is through a quiet-operating 50' x 17' 7.5" Schweiss hydraulic door. The hydraulic pump for the door is mounted out of sight above the rafters to make best use of all available space within the hangar. He also has a remote opener to enable him to open and close the door without having to leave the cockpit. Three 3.5' x 2.5' windows in the door give him optimum use of available light into the in-floor heated hangar and the hydraulic one-piece door, when open, provides a nice shaded canopy. |
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Former airline pilot chooses Schweiss hydraulics for door and lifting garage staircase
Gene Buboltz of Cold Spring, Minn. chose Schweiss Doors to install a small hydraulic door and lifting staircase on his lakehome to give him easy access to all levels of his home. As time progressed he turned this basement room into a rec. room and a place to store his flying memorabilia. |
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RV Bifold garage door was built for performance, designed for style and meeting zoning restrictions
Jay Hare and his wife, Kathy, of North Oaks, a suburb of St. Paul, Minn., had to deal with zoning restrictions on their RV garage door, but with the assistance of Schweiss Doors they were able to work around them. The finished look on their 12' x 16' RV bifold autolatch liftstrap door with remote opener and photo eye sensors gives them a clear opening of 14' but gives the outward appearance of a door half that size in height. |
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Texas aviation high school opens to new type of education with a 49' Schweiss aluminum bifold door
Ross Shaw Sterling Aviation School in Houston, Texas had this 49' 6" x 20' 2" Schweiss bifold liftstrap door placed on its new attached hangar. The custom-made aluminum frame door has galvanized windrails and siderails and a keyed switch entry system. |
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Unique Schweiss glass bifold doors open new Kings stadium entrance
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Larry Robbins is a pilot living the dream
Like many young boys dreaming to be licensed pilots, Larry Robbins remembers at the age of six or seven scooting out the front screen door of his parents central Illinois farm house where he grew up to get an overhead glimpse of any and all planes that came within earshot. His love of aviation led him to pursuing a career as an Aeronautical Engineer and his latest job with Bojac Aviation Services. |
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Canadian Forces military base calls on Schweiss for hydraulic and bifold doors
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U of M physics building has clean room access with a Schweiss bifold door
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Federales Mexican restaurant in Chicago features a fully retractable roof and Schweiss bifold doors
Nothing says summer like tacos and tequila. Chicago’s newest sprawling Federales Tequila & Tacos restaurant and bar in the West Loop offers plenty of both. Inspired by Mexico's roadside taco joints, Federales specializes in barbacoa-style tacos, starring such slow-cooked meats as pork belly al pastor and shredded beef brisket, served with warm corn or flour tortillas and taco trimmings. It truly has a vacation atmosphere featuring a fully retractable roof and two Schweiss bifold liftstrap 14' 3" x 14' 8" designer doors that open to beer garden. |
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Hangar with Schweiss bifold door has look of Texas flare
Who needs Europe? Fredericksburg, Texas in the Texas Hill Country, west of Austin and north of San Antonio, might be the next best thing to crossing the Atlantic. The region is lush, colorful and, unlike much of the pancake-flat state, dotted with beautiful green hills that are evocative of Tuscany or the south of France. Towns like Fredericksburg offer a taste of the Old World, with German-style biergartens, schnitzelhauser and a lot of wineries. |
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Big 70-foot hydraulic door opens Tennessee jet hangar
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Cubex in Calgary installs eight bifold doors
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Pennsylvania hydraulic garage door has touch of class and a beautiful view
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Fast Fab erects CAID Industries Mid-West Structure of the year
CAID Industries called on Fast Fab Erectors, Inc. of Tucson, Arizona to do the design and building work for their new Tucson, Arizona facility, featuring metal products from Mid-West Steel Building Company.Part of the construction called for two large Schweiss hydraulic crane doors. A 30-ton crane has a lot of lifting power, but in many cases, it needs a door system to effectively do its job. |
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Glass bifold designer door serves California church expansion plans well
The Father's House church is listed at the top spot as one of the best 10 churches in Vacaville, California. It has shown amazing congregational and building expansion growth under the direction of founding Pastors Dave and Donna Patterson. The church was opened for worship in 1997 and has grown from a handful of families to thousands of attendees at multiple campuses in Vacaville, Napa and East Bay. The three locations are all within 40 minutes or less of each other. |
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Southern California Institute of Architecture selects bifold glass doors for new building
SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, California, is an independent, non-profit school offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture. It offers community design and outreach programs, and free public access to frequent exhibitions and lectures by leading thinkers in architecture. Founded in 1972, SCI-Arc is widely regarded as one of the most avant-garde U.S. architecture schools, with a reputation for pushing the boundaries of academic study. |
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Modern Winnipeg home highlighted by pine-clad bifold garage doors
A lot of planning goes into new home construction. Tom Struthers of Winnipeg, Canada extended his attention to detail right down to his garages. The Schweiss Bifold liftstrap garage doors have an enhanced appearance utilizing a vertical pine wood exterior to highlight each of his three doors. |
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A 'tall order' was a cinch for Equal Door Industries and Alberta E-House, Inc.
Equal Door Industries of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and Schweiss Doors have been in business for many years and together they have received custom orders for doors of all sizes. |
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Princeton University Energy Plant has Schweiss bifold Chiller Building doors
Princeton University in New Jersey is a place where you can find a lot of very smart people, young and old. Apparently the administration relied on its research when it decided to choose top of the line Schweiss Doors for its new Energy Plant building. The Princeton Energy Plant is a district energy facility that provides electricity, steam, and chilled water to power, heat, and cool the buildings on the Princeton University campus. The creation of the plant and the continuous refinement of its operation have had a very positive impact on Princeton's carbon footprint. |
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