by Earl Parson | Nov 1, 2018 | Building the Quompound, Clever Quonset House, Guest House
Quonset Hut House Design Evolution Way back when we started dreaming up what would become the Quompound, it all started with an idea about a Quonset Hut House. As the designs and plans grew and evolved, the Workshop and Headquarters Quonset huts were spun off from the...
by Earl Parson | Oct 31, 2018 | Building the Quompound
We have arches! I’ll post a full write up on the amazing long weekend we spent with friends helping us build the Quonset hut arches for the guest house – it was a blast and we have really perfected our Quonset-hut-building technique. (Given that this is...
by Earl Parson | Oct 12, 2018 | Building the Quompound
Prep for the Slab Once the ICF walls were up (see this post for details), it was time to pour the floor slab. With ICF walls, the walls are often set on top of the slab, but since we are installing radiant floor heating, we wanted the extra insulation of the ICF walls...
by Earl Parson | Sep 14, 2018 | Building the Quompound
Setting up the ICF Blocks The ICF walls are a big feature of this house. ICF is a great system but it isn’t in wide use yet. Insulated (or insulating) Concrete Form is a system of styrofoam blocks that interlock to create a strong formwork into which rebar is...
by Earl Parson | Aug 25, 2018 | Building the Quompound
Progress on the Quonset House: This week they came out and poured our concrete foundations for the house. “They” in this case is an outfit out of Phoenix called ICF Specialists. It’s a family business run by two brothers, Rod & Gary Fetters....
by Earl Parson | Aug 2, 2018 | Building the Quompound
The crew came out yesterday and excavated for our Quonset House footings. We’ve finally officially broken ground! Of course I had to fly the drone around and get some aerial shots. It took over halfway into the year to get to the point of starting our Quonset...
