Building Off-Grid Home w/ Panelized Metal Framing
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2018
- Building an Off-Grid Homestead using 18 Gauge Panelized Metal Framing. Benefits include: Resilient, Durable, Mold and Fire resistance, Durability, Termite proof, Precision, and more.
Bro! I’m loving the not just the process, but also the organic sustainability of your materials. Great Job, Sir!
Just what I needed to hear! Keep putting out updates.
Thank you for sharing. The detailed explanations about metal framing is very much appreciated. God bless
Excellent vid
No matter what, don’t EVER build a house with metal framing, UNLESS... metal framing is more than 10 times as (thermally) conductive as wood.
You used four to eight inches (4” to 8”) of rockwool insulation on the outside of 18 gauge metal framing.
Your honesty is very helpful. Giving us the truth about the pros and cons, makes you amazingly helpful to us.
Nice
Love your work!!! May I ask how metal framing compares with concrete (e.g., ICF or Nexcem) with respect to standing up to tornadoes?
You left us hanging! What about the 20 kW solar panel system with battery backup? Who did you use? How much did it cost? Why did the videos stop, when you apparently finished the project.
Ok, now i see why people use wood. Ty for video. I want to be a architect that specialize in steel home's which last forever.
But in canada we need at least R24.5 for exterior walls
Are you satisfied with 18GA thickness Chris?
Although it will increase the cost, I would prefer at least 14GA.
EPDM bands you put at the bottom frame is also good to prevent heat bridging.
I've watched roughly 100 videos on metal frame house building and this is the only video that installs insulation on the outside of the building. So why are you doing it and where's your R value proof?
Wonderful video, Chris, and thank you! I will be building my first home in about a year, and am planning to employ this basic approach, where I live in California. Overall, your videos are extremely helpful, and I am likely to ask all my builders to watch them. Question: who did you use to construct your metal building frame? LTH comes up first in a Google search, but they are a long way from me. Thanks again, Mark
Mark Lundegren Hi Mark! Thank you. Would be interested to hear more about your project. Exciting. The metal framing package was a turnkey operation out of Atlanta, but I will not recommend them. They're still going through some growing pains 😊. We are currently interviewing other companies that provide turnkey solutions in the southeast for our next project, but I'm not opposed to working with a company that can deliver and have my own crew get trained to install. Turnkey is preferred for many reasons. Check in with me on a month or two, and I will try to remember to circle back when we have made the rounds.
@@LGSquared Thanks, Chris. Yes, using a factory-built frame and just having to find a crew to do the final onsite assembly would make life much easier, and also likely increase quality control. Look forward to keeping in touch on this topic!
Hi Chris, Did you ever locate a reliable metal house frame fabricator, and do they have a national reach? I see what they doing on this front in Australia and think this can't be hard to replicate here!
Any update on this home? I’m curious to see how it was finished! Great explanation btw! I plan to get steel framing on house later this year!
Did you get the house after all?
@@sincera2468 No, after a few months of actually crunching the numbers, it wasn't the best decision to build.
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Why? I would love to know what framing system you used.
More info on this construction method?
TIL about EPDM gasket between the concrete base and metal framing. :)
You don’t mention what’s going onto the outside of the building, but … if the “water control” layer is behind the insulation, why do contractors need a “rain screen” in front of the insulation?
Joe Lstiburek (where the perfect wall comes from) wrote about problems he had with ants because the Tyvek was incorrectly installed and allowed water into his insulation, allowing the ants to have a nurturing environment.
I think we need to reconsider the order of these layers.
You don't have website? How do you promote your wonderful business?
I would like my house built with steel and concrete, not wood. Finally steel is making into residential construction.
Bro... just use closed cell foam at R-7 per inch instead or R-3 for rock wool.
Rock wool is 4.3 per inch, it’s non-flammable, it’s non-toxic, it sheds water instead of trapping it, bugs don’t care for it, etc. check out our video about why we use it- ua-cam.com/video/9-03QHLZyjM/v-deo.html
@@LGSquared I would’ve just used closed cell man. Seems more efficient and might be around the same cost.
@@ericc4209In this case especially, the closed-cell would be in the cavities, and every single metal stud would be a super-conductive thermal bridge, creating an opportunity for large amounts lots of heat loss and condensation. The rock wool is uninterrupted on the exterior, and creates a thermal block for each stud. So, the continuous rock wool assembly contributes to a much more energy efficient building, by reducing the heat loss, which reduces the amount of heating needed to maintain temperature/comfort, than a spray-foam assembly.
Title shd be: "Do's and Don'ts of ..."
what's the point in building a metal building using metal studs if you're going to add drywall ? I am building multiple residential and commercial metal buildings but I am not using any drywall I fucking hate drywall
Thank you for doing this!