02-13-2017, 06:33 PM | #1 |
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Any one else into these buildings?
Cheap shelter. I think the armed forces made these buildings popular. For some reason I always wanted one. Last year my wife and I were looking for property to buy in Arizona. A winter getaway! What do you know, a property showed up with this on it. 'You like it babe'. Yea. "I really want it". Me too The next day it was ours. |
02-13-2017, 08:16 PM | #2 |
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One half is living space.
The other half is a shop/garage. |
02-13-2017, 08:44 PM | #3 |
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When I was in high school in the early 70s we had classes in them.
Cold in the winter hot in the summer. Kim |
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My dad and i worked in one for many years. No insulation at all. Super hot and cold. I hope yours is better than ours.
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Wonder if you could use that spray foam insulation to help with the heating/cooling problems.
Whenever I think of quonset huts I think of Gomer Pyle's marine camp.
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Ok ok ok
Not to many good impressions out there so far. They actually can be pretty cool ! And hot. Yes, I'll address those issues in a bit But here are some pics to start softening your engrained views |
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Our town has one over to the fair grounds:
It's ancient. The balcony still has barrels of Civil Defense water and food for when they drop the big one. It has a hardwood floor and has seen more basket ball and volley ball games than you could count, plus the arts for the county fair. It's on the chopping block, though. The county is gonna rebuild the fair grounds and the Quonset hut ain't part of the new plan. I'll hate to see it go.
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Hey. Really dig them too. A buddy has one kinda in the sticks near Mt Shasta. Wood burning stove and we chain up and go cut Christmas trees and eat chili there each year. I'd love to find some propert to build one. Matt
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I went to school in one too. I didn't notice the hot-cold thing but I was pretty young. A friend of mine had one on his property and it was his shop for many years..... Too cool!! LockDoc
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I think these came about for the military. Quick efficient shelter. Anyone know where the name originates? If you could just pop some windows in that would help. So does A/C. There were some pretty big ones. I can think of three in my life that stand out...Kendall Hardware in Clarksville,MD, "The Hut" (bar) in Woodboro,MD, and Moffit County Maintenance Garage in Maybell,CO. Oh yeah, 4 & 5, Automotive Industrial (machine shop) in Frederick,MD and House of Balance in Elkridge,MD.
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Alrighty.
I'm starting to feel a little love. I hope these pictures don't ruin it though! Here is what we had to start with. These are looking in the front door to the living space. You can see how they dropped the ceiling down. Notice you can only see the start of the curve to the far left and right, just above block wall Through the door opening is the bedroom The last two pictures are inside the bedroom See the piece of plywood in the center. That is covering a window opening |
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I guess that =s progress We used to have a q-hut in the back of our high school They kept all the sports equipment in it because it was out, close to the fields During one of the expansions, it just disappeared I think it was around the same time they decided to fill in the community's swimming pool. Now for 10-20 years a community group has tried to get a new pool built to without success I can't find a pic of the building,but I think the people were still dressing like this when they tore it down. Sometime shortly after I graduated from the HIgh school |
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I remember those things. Spent my 3rd and 4th grade in them at Downs barracks at Fulda Germany. 68/72 I do remember the hot and cold thing. It got dang cold in Germany in the winter.
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Name originated--Quonset Point--Davisville Navel Construction Battalion Center in Davisville--North Kingston Rhode Island--WW 2. I want one!
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I had a feeling it was a military thing. Thanks for the info
Here is the start to the heating and cooling issue It actually was started, because when I gutted the apartment inside It rained for a few days. This particular q-hut is bolted together, and it leaked slightly at some bolts. Since my plan is to trick out the inside with wood. It would be better to keep the water outside. So Since Foam roofing is popular down here in Arizona (Sprayed on half the mobile homes, as their final roof coat) It could be a solution to leaking, and also be the start of insulating the thing. I talked to the best foam roofer around (if he didn't say so himself) And, he said It would solve both problems But I struggled with, what it would look like. I really like the corrugated metal with bolt look. Don't worry he said. "It will just look like a fresh snow dusting" Yea That's a problem in my opinion 'we are in Arizona ' We didn't have much of a choice, so we went for it Foam, with elastomeric paint on top that reflects the sun rays You can still see the bolts, and the corrugation of the metal Also check out the new old light fixture over the garage door It came out of an old aviation hanger they tore down somewhere in the desert |
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And probably put in a wood burning stove You can see there is a window up front. I'll probably add another one on the other side of the door. We also framed in the one in the bedroom It's pretty cool how it was originally cut though the metal |
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Here's another one for you Jim.
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Love the pop-top window. That place is just a culvert pipe split in two, isn't it? That is slick. I can see that place lookin' really nice in there. But once you get it all nice and cozy, better watch spending too much time out in that desert. People have been known to get a little "funny", if you know what I mean.
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Oh. I think it is to late
I think I might ........ already be funny!?!?? I decided to remodel a half of a culvert. -----------------Bolted down to a block wall In the desert & Looking at women posing in front of them ? |
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Then I re-focus
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I worked in a huge one for a year or so.. It was very old, but still cool. It was almost 3 stories tall in the center. It had a 2nd story office area.. You would not know the difference once you were inside of it.
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I've seen some large ones here and there, but that one sounds huge.
This one is pretty small About 14'x64' We ended up gutting the inside living space You can see how low the ceiling line was, in top photo the 2x4 traveling along the metal edge on each side was the support for it One Chevy Dump Truck load And here is what we had to start with |
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