This Old Quonset Hut (Ep. 2) - Framing

What great videos! You explain so well, you give me the confidence to try something similar. Thank you so much for sharing!

Hey if your insulation isn't tight to the steel frame it will still condensate and will cause mold. You can't have any air gaps that's why everyone sprays them

what a gift these videos are going to be for anyone with a qhut that wants to improve it!!!  Well done and greatly explained!

i’m a retired Woodworker i completely envy you for having such a cool building to turn into a shop i had to kind of chuckle about you talking of some of the Wonky parts of the building that was built or owned previously by a bunch of pot heads lol sheathing the interior walls with OSB will be nice that you can attach anything wherever you want or need in the future especially nice for a Woodworking shop that is always evolving with technology and other improvements i worked for a pretty large Commercial Woodworking company that specialized in Architectual Woodworking for commercial properties it’s nice to be able to have adaptability in a shop for swapping out machinery that often means relocating electrical and /or pluming and dust collection

I went with a radiant barrier for insulation. I used 1” foam blocks between the building and the barrier to create an air pocket. It actually does pretty decent for what I need it for. I’m not living in mine, it’s a year round workshop so I’m not as worried about it retaining the heat/cold when I’m not in it. It’s a pain in the ass to install, thought abott it framing first but didn’t cause my building is large. I like quanset but they are definitely some drawbacks.

Trust me on this one.. those LED lights will last you a very long time. I installed some on my front porch around 10 years ago and put them on a photo eye so they turn on every single night once it gets dark out. They survive canadian winters as low as -50oC outside. And the only light that broke was due to a kid vandalizing it (the rest are still going strong). So I think you will like your light for a long time. Other than that I love the job you are doing. I'm also a carpenter by trade and love to see a quality build on the go. I think it is safe to say yours is a quality build. I'm waiting to see how it progresses since I need a qhut at my farm eventually as well. Good to see what you come across and how you deal with it sir. :D

Good information and video, I would use Red Gard on that bottle of metal to prevent water intrusion.

I'm a couple few years late to the party here... them screws that stick out... get some wire fencing (chickyn whyre?) a pile of extra nuts and some big ole washers, attach wire to walls leaving it a tiny bit baggy, then spay foam the snot out of it... no more chunks falling off, then you could just buy some steel shelves for storage... and or work benches... but sure go ahead build a shop inside another shop its your money

It's worth noting that for our intended purposes a metal quonset building isn't the best solution. We need a wood working shop/studio and we need storage space as well for tools. That said, this has presented a great opportunity for creative problem solving and we're really excited about how this will turn out. So we wouldn't have chosen to erect a quonset, but we're thrilled it was on the property when we bough it and are psyched to turn it into a proper space for what we want to do.

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You’d make a real good cop

Might have been easier to spray foam insulate it to begin with... which would also reduce any leaks as it seals the hut better. Even then you'd only have had to finish half of the area or so for your studio/workshop area and leave the storage area with the bare foam insulation.

I have a true 1945 quonset hut. They took redwood 1/2" strips and steamed them and placed in a jig to make trusses.. You really should of used spray foam on metal. Use stud welder like used for automotive dent pulling. Could then use studs to secure furring strips for light weight wall covering.

You have to wash the metal to get the mill oil off. Spray foam sticks to everything, some things you don't want even, accept oily surfaces.

Looks good, so far. I'll have to check out the complete series. It looked like the existing plumbing drain pipe and incoming supply lines were on the "cold side" of your intended insulated wall. Is there a way to insulate more behind each of these? Also, do you need to insulate the outside edges of the foundation where the pipes enter the ground, so that the frost doesn't get to the pipes? Finally, we have a refrigerator/freezer in an unheated attached garage. When the temperature inside the garage drops below around 40-45 degrees, the freezer no longer gets cold, and we have to move our frozen stuff to a different freezer over the winter.

I have a Quonset hut that looks like yours. What kind of lock do you use for your door? We want to be able to look our door from the inside and be able to unlock it from the inside or outside.

Have you tried installing windows or doors in the side walls?

I too have a QHut and have been contemplating insulation.I had considered this same approach but considered the potential cost to be fairly high. The other consideration I had was with the patina forming on all my tools, as you mentioned. My question about the woodframe/fiberglass approach is, how will this structure prevent condensation from forming on the inside of the steel structure. You still end up with a cold airspace between the steel and the wood/fiber structure. couldn't this lead to mold growth in between the layers?

Did you add any radiant barrier(with air space) between the steel and the wood framing/insulation? any problems with condensation on inside of steel sheathing or steel structure??? and if so,what was your solution?

I've also got a big Quonset hut I would like a sink &bathroom in, however it doesn't have any pipes coming inside yet.. Our well is only about 70 ft away and so Im not worried about trenching a line for water and we've got a septic pipe right outside of the structure, but I don't know the best way to get the pipes into the building, our foundation is also very beefy! If you were working on your same building but the pipes weren't already inside how would you bring them in?