The Beginning of the Ends

My apologies for the delay in posting. We’ve made good progress in spite of a two-month recovery from a fall that resulted in torn ligaments in both shoulders. It’s difficult to do construction work when you can’t raise your arms above waist-high. But I digress. 

The front of the Quonset has two bi-fold doors.

The photos will tell the story of where we are.  Both ends are up and waiting for the trim and finish. When complete, the whole building will be insulated. Both end walls are paneled with Hardi-board and have 3” insulation. The bi-folds are fourteen feet tall and sixteen feet wide. They were custom built on site using heavy-duty metal studs. The hinges are roller bearings and they ride on 3” heavy duty rollers. This route was chosen because a commercially-available door of the same size is four to five times the cost. 

The back of the building has a single four-by-eight foot door.

The rear access door is also built on site, but using lighter metal studs. The two-by-six foot opening at the top on both ends is the exhaust for our passive convection air circulation system.