Quonset Hut Homes

Just think about it. What sounds safer to you, a house made of wood or one made of metal? Wood is susceptible to rotting after some time. Concrete homes are better, but in the places where earthquakes are frequent, they become killers. Compared to that, steel is a much better alternative. It is inorganic so that it won’t rot. In the case of an earthquake, even if the home falls, it won’t hurt its occupants too much. It also won’t provide a perfect home to termites, pests, and critters that might be crawling everywhere.

Another thing to be appreciated about Quonset homes is that they are flame resistant. Your house can catch fire for many reasons, faulty electrical wiring, lightning strike, or just plain coincidences. But Quonset homes won’t catch fires, so that you can rest assured.

The building size is customized for each individual client. You can start as small as 10x10 in some instances (if you want a bunkie), but generally sizes start at 20 feet wide and go up from there. Lengths increase in 2 foot increments given the 2 foot width of arch panels.

Affording a house these days can seem daunting. Housing prices have continued to rise leaving people looking for alternatives. Most people still don’t have proper-paying jobs, so thinking about getting a house seems absurd. But Quonset homes are affordable due to decreased requirement of construction materials. There is also the fact that you don’t need to lay an extensive foundation work, which reduces the price significantly. On top of that, there is a reduced maintenance fee, longer life, and insurance costs, and you have got yourself a sweet deal.

It does not take long to build Quonset homes due to the prefabrication of your arch panels.

Something to keep in mind however is that a quonset provider is only manufacturing the exterior arches. Interior finishings are up to your imagination. The good news is that since the arches are self-supporting, you don't need to worry about load-bearing interior walls and could go entirely open-concept.

Like we said earlier, Quonset huts are made of steel arches that are precut and drilled at the factory. All that is left to do is to assemble everything on the site. This is easy enough even for a person who does not have a lot of experience. You can even treat it as a DIY project.

This video shows the process of assembling and bolting together the arches of a quonset.

Some people prefer the quiet, or maybe they want an open space where their family can live without the fear of their privacy being intruded. Hence, they choose remote locations for their homes. But the problem with that is that it is very difficult to bring all the materials and construction workers to the construction site. It will be, in simple words, a headache. But with Quonset steel homes, the structure has to be supplied to the location, where you can assemble it yourself or hire someone else to do it.

Sometimes needs change down the road and you may need additional space for your family.

Quonset huts are pretty much a blank slate. An unlimited virtual amount of space can be added so that expansion projects will go much easier. The steel arches are self-supporting and so long as you extend the foundation, you can add as many additional arches as you'd like.

Quonsets can either come with factory insulation packages that attach onto the existing bolts, or you can spray foam the interior/exterior. Unlike with traditional stick-framed homes, there are no joists that allow for a gap in the insulation so Quonsets are typically far more energy efficient than normal housing.

You can also choose reflective white painted panels to repel heat.