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6030 House Construction Begins
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The foundation for the Maryland 6030 House is complete and the steel is being fabbed as I write. I understand the longest lead item is the wall and roof panels and we are expecting the order to be delivered to site mid February. In order to watch the progress (which should be a blink of the eye compared to the 0242 Plat House construction) I have started a 6030 House construction web page where I will be posting photos as I get them. Here is an image of the completed basement foundation:
And to refresh your memory and save you from scrolling back to see past images of the house, here are the last schematic design images we produced before the project went on to detailed development.
More info about the houses is of course available at the EcoContempo web site.
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dimensions?
pretty sure the 6030 house has a footprint of 60'x30' ;-)
footprint
john_r is correct. It is 60ft wide by 30ft deep, give or take a few inches for the overhang of the wall panels.
6040 House
and the other steel house designs are great looking with very thoughtful layouts but what about a salty environment? Wind driven salty air from off the Gulf seems to attack everything - so much that the better contractors in the area use exclusively SS nails and fastners. Surely this have been asked before.
use Galvalume
On a seashore application Galvalume skins would have to be specified for the panels. Galvalume will perform well even in this kind of environment. You can call their industry association: Galvalume Sheet Producers of North America, and ask them directly, or one of the member companies. That is what I did when the question came up for me. Look at this web page on their site:
http://www.steelroofing.com/sponsors.htm
footprint
can i ask what the building footprint dimensions are?