by Earl | Oct 19, 2019 | Building the Quompound
About the Quonset Project Start-up Guide I’m more excited than ever about the Quonset Project Start-up Guide! I’ve been compiling it over the past few months, but really it’s been something I’ve wanted to do ever since we started building our...
by Earl | Oct 8, 2019 | Building the Quompound
Over the past several weeks we’ve made great progress on interior framing in the Headquarters Hut! If you follow me on Instagram or are a member of my DIY Quonset Dwellers group on Facebook (both of which I highly recommend, btw) you have probably seen some...
by Earl | Sep 10, 2019 | Building the Quompound
Heating the Quonset Hut with Radiant Floor Heating Radiant floor heat is going to be one of the creature comforts we’re building into the house and we’re really excited about it. Any time you have open, lofty space in a home, the most efficient way to heat...
by Earl | Aug 18, 2019 | Building the Quompound
We’d been trying for months – basically all spring and summer – to get the main waste line for the Loft House connected to the septic system. There are a couple of crews that we have used for grading and excavating at the property and everyone was...
by Earl | Jul 15, 2019 | Building the Quompound, Loft House
Carried along by the momentum the Loft House gained from the interior and end wall framing, it was exciting to follow up with the window installation. There isn’t a ton of Quonset-specific technical knowledge to impart here; the windows were installed in a...
by Earl | Jun 15, 2019 | Building the Quompound, Loft House, Tutorials
Here’s a quick rundown of how we did the final bracing at the top of the arched header, at the big window wall. If you are new to the blog, this is the third in a series on the framing of our house; you can read part 1 on interior framing here and part 2 on the...
