12 Dec '11, 10pm

Green Building Q&A: is it practical to frame out a metal building for a small home

I'll admit my ignorance by saying that I am not sure what the climate in northeast Texas is, but I have done a lot of work on metal buildings of various types. If this is what I expect it is, they are generally used for warehousing and production facilities where energy efficiency rates low on the list of priorities. The slab is generally part of the frame and integrated into the foundations for both cost and simplicty so isolating all of that for better thermal performance will require some uncommon detailing, at least for this type of building. It is also a metal building which has all sorts of great structural benefits but also great thermal conductivity so instulating and thermal breaks will have to be considered. If you have the time and available expertise, it could be an interesting building design both architecturally and for performance.

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