Insulating a steel building used as a home - GreenBuildingAdvisor
2011年10月7日 · I recently erected a red iron framed steel building with 26 gauge steel panels on the exterior walls. During the planning stages, I was going to apply closed cell foam. Unfortunately, I am no longer able to afford this option. I am now looking at using fiberglass batts. My plans are to stick frame the interior walls with standard wood 2x4 studs. This will create a …
Insulating a Metal Building - GreenBuildingAdvisor
2020年1月24日 · Insulating a Metal Building. If you’re erecting a new steel-framed building, pay attention to air sealing and thermal bridging. Most metal buildings (also known as steel buildings) are used for relatively utilitarian purposes — for example, as warehouses, auto repair shops, or manufacturing facilities. That said, it’s possible for a metal ...
Does a Concrete House Make Sense? - GreenBuildingAdvisor
2019年12月30日 · Photo courtesy Roe Osborne. John Downie and his wife are planning to build a house in Ontario, and instead of choosing a conventional wall system they are considering poured concrete exterior walls that are insulated on the outside. Downie likes the “solidity” of concrete and recalls a comment from former GBA editor Martin Holladay that a ...
Choosing a High-Performance Wall Assembly
2011年8月18日 · As Lizer explains in a Q&A post at GreenBuilding Advisor, there are three possible scenarios for constructing outside walls: A double-stud wall, between 10 in. and 12 in. thick, filled with dense-packed cellulose and sheathed with the Zip System OSB. A 2×6 wall framed 24 in. on center with 1/2-in. OSB or plywood sheathing, insulated with wet ...
Building Strategies in a Hot, Humid Climate
2020年6月1日 · AlbertoArriaga33 is wrestling with plans for a new home in a tropical location. He doesn’t say exactly where, but conditions are certainly challenging: high heat and high humidity, with nighttime temperatures dipping only into the upper 70s and outdoor relative humidity hovering at about 70%. Exterior walls will be grouted concrete block ...
Does Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Make Sense?
2013年4月22日 · An Atlanta couple decides between AAC block and conventional wood framing for their new house. By Scott Gibson | April 22, 2013. Autoclaved aerated concrete looks like an attractive option for an Atlanta couple mulling plans for their new house. But other alternatives may make more sense. Image Credit: Kathleen Jardine and James Cameron.
Retrofitting a red iron framed building with insulation
2023年1月20日 · I am currently trying to figure out the best approach to insulating a 40×75 red iron framed metal building in climate zone 4A. The framing consists of larger steel columns for the main structural support and then also includes 8″ cees and zees for the purlins and girts between. The building has existing metal sheeting and no insulation or ...
Overview of Panelized Construction - GreenBuildingAdvisor
2024年1月29日 · Tight control over the environmental conditions when building is one of the benefits off-site panelization. Panelized construction describes walls, floors, and roofs built in a factory and then transported to the project site where they are lifted with a crane and set on a foundation. A crew typically provided by the panel company joins the ...
Is Double-Stud Wall Construction the Path to Efficiency on a Budget?
2011年1月10日 · On March 10, 2010 Harold Orr made a presentation detailing the retrofit that he did to a 4 plex in Saskatoon, SK to the Solar Energy Society of Alberta (SESA) and showed a Larsen truss wall which he supported with stainless steel supports that were shaped like short hockey sticks except that they had a flat piece instead of a blade (slide 17 of ...
How would you design non-load-bearing exterior walls?
Basically, the steel corner columns and beams provide the structural integrity. The walls don’t need to be load-bearing. Since the walls don’t need to do any load-bearing work, the only reason to have studs would be to support siding and other attachments like drywall inside, mounting TVs or cabinets, etc. I’m intrigued by the ThermaSteel ...