by Earl | Jul 30, 2021 | Building the Quompound, Loft House
It’s been a long time coming: we are finally underway with exterior cladding over the ICF walls of the Loft House at the Quompound! After what seemed like an endless debate of stucco vs Hardie Panel vs other types of cement board siding, vs many different types...
by Earl | Apr 27, 2021 | Building the Quompound
We now have our fourth hut at the Quompound! Waaay back in the spring of 2019, we got it into our heads that we needed a storage shed. Our Workshop Hut had become fairly crowded with us storing construction materials and such, and we had bought a little golf cart...
by Earl | Jul 26, 2020 | Headquarters
About the Side Window Studio Hut Based on our Headquarters Hut at the Quompound, this clever little hut is ideal for small (but not quite tiny) living, an artist’s studio, a workshop, or guest quarters. Its compact, 600 square-foot design has a great layout for...
by Earl | Jul 26, 2020 | Loft House
About the Quonset Loft House The Quonset Loft House is a 1,000 square foot, one bedroom/one bath home with an open plan. The bedroom loft overlooks the open living space below, with the kitchen tucked under the loft. You can read more about this design in this...
by Earl | Nov 8, 2019 | Building the Quompound, Insulation, Loft House
I wanted to post this separately from the HQ hut, because the Loft House is a little bit of a different animal in some ways, versus the Headquarters Hut. For the writeup of the HQ Hut insulation, with pictures, see this post. The Loft House is finally insulated! Read...
by Earl | Nov 5, 2019 | Building the Quompound, Headquarters, Insulation
After all the framing prep we had done, there were just a few things left to do to get the Headquarters Hut ready to insulate. Final Prep for Insulation One thing we almost forgot to do was take down the lights! I got a last minute picture before we started this...
