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Quonsets were built by a variety of builders during the war - we had one as a machine shed in the 50's near Chicago - 20x48' with plywood doors on either end. They weren't cheap and weren't lightweight, like the one's produced today. The walls were 1/4" steel - tho softer than a ship's hull. One thing I liked about our hut, was the winter didn't sit on it too long and the wind just passed over.
Butler was one of the first commercial builders after the war.
Steel building systems, metal building systems and metal roof systems from Butler Manufacturing (http://www.butlermfg.com/building_systems/ - broken link)
Quonset were built by a variety of builders during the war - we had one as a machine shed in the 50's near Chicago - 20x48' with plywood doors on either end. They weren't cheap and weren't lightweight, like the one's produced today. The walls were 1/4" steel - tho softer than a ship's hull. One thing I liked about our hut, was the winter didn't sit on it too long and the wind just passed over.
Butler was one of the first commercial builders after the war.
Steel building systems, metal building systems and metal roof systems from Butler Manufacturing (http://www.butlermfg.com/building_systems/ - broken link)
Almost all airports had them. They were the standard when it came to airplane hangers. Butler was famous for them , but their biggest business was grain storage. As I recall Butler was in Galesburg, Il. and shipped worldwide their buildings. We had lots of Butler grain storage units on the farm , mostly financed with Government subsidies.I remember putting them together, lots of bolts, nuts, and washers !
A few new pics to update the progress...
The kitchen,almost to the point of being useable.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/warpaint59/Copy2ofP1020517.jpg (broken link)
The new wood stove,worked quite well in below freezing temperatures.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/warpaint59/Copy2ofP1020525.jpg (broken link)
Another kitchen pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/warpaint59/Copy2ofP1020519.jpg (broken link)
The bedroom framed in,hopefully will get it all finished next time.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/warpaint59/Copy2ofP1020521.jpg (broken link)
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sewage problem with the county
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My husband and I are looking at building a home starting with a 60x40 pole barn. We have the plans all drawn up of turning this pole barn into our dream home. Any ideas on where we should start?
Hi I live in Indiana and am new to this forum.
I am a divorced 50 year young man that took an early retirement as an airline pilot for a major airline 6 years ago. I sold my home and bought a new big 45 ft motorhome/bus to travel in. After 2 years I decided to move back to Indiana and have a home base 6 months out of the year. I bought 4 acres out in the country. I didn't want to build a house just yet and instead built a 50x100x16 pole barn to store / live in my motorhome. I then built an upstairs home along one side of the building inside. (16x100). Somehow the county found out and said that was ok but what was I going to do about septic as the only place for the septic was clear on the other side of the property ( the ground testing for the septic). That was a $$$$ thing. So I installed a 60 gal. motorhome gray tank and a 40 gal black tank just like my motorhome and about every 3 or 4 weeks I take it in a 100 tank in the back of my truck to the truck stop about 5 miles down the road and dump for free. The county guy just shuck his head and drove away. That was a year ago.
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