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Light-gauge steel is being used more often these days
to replace wood studs for framing a house. The cost is comparable to
wood, and much of the steel is recycled. Steel is actually stronger
and lighter than wood, and is termite and fire proof. The photo to the right is courtesy of onestopdesignbuild.com, where you can find out more about this approach to building. thermasteel.com makes stamped structural steel componenets. steelwoodstuds.com makes a combination of steel and wood that can be attached with tradtional wood stud techniques. North America Steel Framming Alliance lists advantages of steel framing over wood. lgsframing.com steel framing history. buildinggreen.com the pros and cons of steel framing versus wood framing. ou.edu/class/hgruenwald lots of information about steel framing. EcoCottages.com offers a range of models of complete home kits that are manufactured almost completly out of of steel. hy-r.com these folks manufacture a steel frame/EPS foam panel system for creating insulated walls and roofs. taylorhomes.net manufactures homes using steel and foam rather than wood and fiberglass. americansheltertechnologies.com manufactures steel arched buildings that can be placed underground.
Metal Building Systems: Design and Specifications by Alexander Newman, 2003. This book from an expert on metal building systems--the first an author unaffiliated with an industry trade group--offers important, valuable, and unbiased information that can save you money and time--and that may even save your building! Full of essential features, tips and advice, this guide goes beyond manufacturer-supplied information to warn you of potential design pitfalls and to point out specific recurring problems and failures of MBS drawn from actual experience. It provides specific help--unavailable elsewhere--with specifying and selecting secondary framing, walls, roofs, and much, much more. This is the one book that is a must-have for any professional involved with pre-engineered buildings.
Commercial Metal Stud Framing by Ray Clark, 1999.
Light Gauge Metal Structures Recent Advances by Jacques Rondal, Dan Dubina, 2005. The aim of this book is to review recent research and technical advances, including the progress in design codes, related to the engineering applications of light gauge metal sections made in carbon, high strength and stainless steel, as well as aluminium alloys. Included is a review of the new technologies for connections of light gauge metal members. Main advanced applications, for residential, non residential and industrial buildings and pallet rack systems are also covered. For the first time, this book takes into account all the metallic materials now used more and more for structural components. The book will be of great interest not only for researchers but also for design engineers faced to the use of new metallic materials in modern structural applications. |
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Carriage House Kelly Hart, Designer  This
Carriage House was initially designed to create garage and shop space, as
well as office and storage space for the designer's personal use. There
is potentially about 900 s.f. of usable floor area on two stories. It is
a hybrid design, utilizing earthbags plastered with papercrete, a steel
prefabricated Quonset-style vault, concrete floor, and wood-framed end walls.
Since the steel vault is completely covered with insulating earthbags, the
building is very well insulated, and comfortable year-round. This concept
could be converted to residential use, with the addition of kitchen and
bathroom functions, and the steel interior finish could be covered with
scored sheetrock, tongue & grooved wood, or even cloth. This is rather
inexpensive way to create substantial shelter. This design is based on a
fairly small (16' X 34') steel building, but these structures are available
in a wide range of widths ( up to sizes fit for aircraft hangers), and the
lengths can be indefinite, since it is just a matter of adding more arched
sections to lengthen the building.
For more information about this plan, and many others, visit our sister site www.dreamgreenhomes.com, where you will find a wide range of plans for sustainable homes, greenhouses, small buildings, garages, and food storage space for sale. Dream Green Homes is a consortium of outstanding architects and designers, who have pooled their talent and expertise for your benefit. |
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Also the use of steel conserves our forest resources. 
This
cross section shows the hybrid nature of this design. In order to gain
height, the steel shell is erected on top of an earthbag stem wall, and
then the earthbags continue on up over the building. The double columns
of the stem wall provides thermal mass on the inside and insulation on
the outside. An insulated concrete pad is poured for the shop/garage floor.
The second floor joists and tie beams are essential elements of the design,
since they resist deformation of the vault from all of the weight on it.
