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Quonset House Foundations Poured!

by Earl Parson | August 25, 2018 | Building the Quompound | 0 Comments

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. They're pretty well known...

Quonset House Foundation Excavation

by Earl Parson | August 2, 2018 | Building the Quompound | 0 Comments

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 House...

Quonset House + Workshop Electrical Rough-in

by Earl Parson | December 22, 2017 | Building the Quompound, Headquarters, Workshop | 1 Comment

The other week we made our last trip over to the property for the year. What a year it was! But I can't wax poetic on 2017 just yet. I need to update y'all on our latest progress, and save all the "year in review" stuff for a future post. This trip was all about...

Do they allow Quonset hut homes in my area?

by Earl Parson | December 18, 2017 | Tutorials | 1 Comment

I get asked this a lot, or something similar, such as, "what are the places to purchase property where they will allow you to build your house out of a Quonset hut?" Sadly, there are many places where local restrictions and requirements control what a new house can...