How to Build a Quonset Home

Follow us on our new venture to build a passive, self-sustaining, cost-effective life support system designed around a simple yet durable Quonset Hut in the middle of a 'primeval forest'.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Waterproofing the Base Plate

One of the few frustrating things about our Quonset is water leaks. The shell itself is engineered to be completely watertight. But, as ...

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Craving Structure - Part 2

Now that we have an outer 'envelope' we begin on the inner structure: another more heavily-insulated box designed to meet specif...

Craving Structure - Part 1

Although an 'envelope' structure's inner and outer skins are largely independent, they are connected at doors and windows and ...

Water Management

Water run-off quickly fills the channel and leaks into the building. One unique challenge with a Quonset is water-proofing the base. I...

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...

Friday, September 30, 2011

Filling out the Form

View from the inside. With the last arch in place, the crew starts back at the beginning and inserts any missing bolts and tightening eve...

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Up she goes!

Bundles of corrugated steel and buckets of bolts, a building make. Weatherstripping on all joints keeps the water out. Okay, kiddies, ...

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