Hello,
I am currently considering building a 200 sqm (2,150 sq ft) house or hall in a completely different way. First, only the land will be purchased, then a two-story steel structure in a cube shape will be designed and built, which will be stable enough to not fall over. It will have no walls and no concrete floor on the first floor. How much would this cost? The price needs to be as low as possible.
I want to be able to freely express my creativity with this steel structure. At first, it will just be wrapped with a tarp to protect against cold, wind, and rust. Later on, stone walls, wooden boards, or glass panels for floors and walls will be gradually attached. There should be no fixed construction schedule, but building will take place step by step, depending on available funds and luck on eBay.
So, the question is purely about the cost of the steel beams alone. And what do the steel beams look like? How thick do they need to be?
I am currently considering building a 200 sqm (2,150 sq ft) house or hall in a completely different way. First, only the land will be purchased, then a two-story steel structure in a cube shape will be designed and built, which will be stable enough to not fall over. It will have no walls and no concrete floor on the first floor. How much would this cost? The price needs to be as low as possible.
I want to be able to freely express my creativity with this steel structure. At first, it will just be wrapped with a tarp to protect against cold, wind, and rust. Later on, stone walls, wooden boards, or glass panels for floors and walls will be gradually attached. There should be no fixed construction schedule, but building will take place step by step, depending on available funds and luck on eBay.
So, the question is purely about the cost of the steel beams alone. And what do the steel beams look like? How thick do they need to be?
It should be an imaginative, artistic building detached from reality. I don't need architects or structural engineers for that. It doesn't even have to have multiple floors. I can't imagine a single-story house collapsing if I build everything from iron and steel. So why would I need a structural engineer?
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Doc.Schnaggls18 Dec 2013 08:26forgoden schrieb:
I can’t imagine a one-story house collapsing if I build everything out of iron and steel. So why would I even need a structural engineer?For example, to calculate whether the ceiling above the single-story building will still hold if a significant amount of wet snow accumulates on it.
Roofs have actually collapsed under heavy snow loads before...
forgoden schrieb:
But it should be an impractical, artistic building.Won a trip to Mars? Then a tarp won’t be enough. It has to be airtight. Also, heating with hydrogen-oxygen gas won’t be sufficient given the temperature differences. Whether there are already building regulations on Mars still needs to be researched. 🙄
I believe there are building regulations in Bulgaria as well... since Bulgaria is an EU member, and there are rules for constructing buildings throughout the EU. Just buy an island somewhere in the South Pacific and declare your own constitution.. 😀. Then you might be able to build however you want.
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