Friday, July 8, 2011

Our Quonset Hut

An example of what you can do with the interior.

Our Quonset hut was purchased from a Craiglist posting. It's 40' wide x 70' long  x 18' tall and came with one end. The original purchaser bought it to expand his business but the county building inspector gave him so much trouble, he cancelled the project. Our Quonset was built by Pioneer out of Canada and is designed to stand up to 150 mph winds, a feature not wasted on those of us who have seen our share of hurricanes.

Q-Series
Although Quonsets have one thing in common (they are all clear-span with no supporting columns to get in the way of your interior layout) and they can be ordered in one of several configurations:
  • Q-Series - the original half cylinder with no straight walls (except the ends).

S-Series
  • S-Series - Very similar to the Q model, but with side walls that go straight up to about 5.5', then begins to curve. As luck would have it, this is the model we bought and it fits our needs perfectly.

    A-Series
  • A-Series - More in keeping with the traditional pitched roof image of your normal residential architecture.



Some manufacturers offer variations on these themes and several will even build custom designs. The important thing to keep in mind is that any of these models can incorporate the same passive, self-sustaining principles we are designing into our energy-efficient Quonset home.

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  1. Very cool. Barring the glitch or two, this is unfolding nicely. Am eager to see how things progress. I smell "e-book"!

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