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'.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Finalizing the Slab Forms

The following pictures show the final stages of completing the slab and footing forms. This step includes utility stub-ups, placement of rei...

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Beginning to take shape

More compact-able base is added 7/14 - Slab pads are basically complete, geo-thermal tubes are in place, and the concrete forms are un...

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Beware of Levitating Cisterns

Word to the wise! This is what a cistern looks like when it is properly planted in the ground. This is what a cistern loo...

Prepping the Site

The pond begins! We used the dirt from the pond to build the pad for the slab. For the next few days, our site prep contractor is fi...

Friday, July 8, 2011

For some of you, this is where it gets interesting

There are a few wrinkles in this story that may start some juices flowing for those techno-geeks among you looking for self-sustaining syner...

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'...

Choosing a Site

If you already have a place, great, but Mrs. Quonsetman and I live in a townhouse condo, in a major metro area, on a golf course, just a sto...

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