by Earl | Aug 15, 2017 | Building the Quompound, Headquarters Hut, Workshop Hut
After a little more of a break in the action than we had planned on, having hurt my back on the last day of our previous trip, Eric and I finally made it back to the property on Monday the 7th of August, and worked for a week. We found everything pretty much as we had...
by Earl | Jul 7, 2017 | Building the Quompound, Headquarters Hut, Side Windows
The most natural place for windows in a Quonset hut house is in the end walls. After all, the whole building is just metal arch after metal arch after metal arch. Often though, people want windows along the sides. This has come up a few times in our Facebook group, so...
by Earl | Jun 8, 2016 | Building the Quompound
Why a Quonset hut house? Having grown up in Indiana, where I spent a lot of time on my grandparents’ farm, I have always loved agricultural buildings. Their vernacular, no-nonsense simplicity also appeals to the modernist in me. Grandpa built all the buildings...
