Design-build projects often present interesting challenges, and Tiller’s Garage Service Center would prove to be no exception, except for the unique and unpleasant challenge presented near the project’s end.
Design-build also means we are accepting 100% responsibility for the PHVAC design, implementation and commissioning. The end results also depend on other trades performing their piece of the building puzzle properly. The Tiller garage posed a number of unique challenges, not the least of which was a ceiling-suspended 500,000-Btu/h Clean Burn waste oil heater. The idea was that all the used motor oil and other flammable automotive fluids would be deposited into the 500-gallon oil tank for “free” heating of the 6-bay service area, and a place where homeowners could drop off used motor oil.