ᐅ Steel frame construction with insulated panels! Has anyone implemented something like this before?
Created on: 5 May 2013 12:02
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SchröderGood morning,
after reading a lot in this forum over the past few months, I would now like to actively contribute.
After discussing many different conventional house-building options with my partner, we have set our sights on a loft-style hall as our ideal living space. Since I work in the metal industry, constructing a steel frame hall, possibly using lightweight construction methods, seems very achievable. I am very interested to know if anyone here has experience with such a project or has even completed one themselves.
Despite all the advantages of this type of hall structure, there are also fundamental disadvantages to consider. These include thermal insulation, soundproofing, breathability of the exterior/interior envelope, and so on.
Constructive criticism is very welcome.
I have deliberately kept the thread title quite general.
Thank you,
Schröder
after reading a lot in this forum over the past few months, I would now like to actively contribute.
After discussing many different conventional house-building options with my partner, we have set our sights on a loft-style hall as our ideal living space. Since I work in the metal industry, constructing a steel frame hall, possibly using lightweight construction methods, seems very achievable. I am very interested to know if anyone here has experience with such a project or has even completed one themselves.
Despite all the advantages of this type of hall structure, there are also fundamental disadvantages to consider. These include thermal insulation, soundproofing, breathability of the exterior/interior envelope, and so on.
Constructive criticism is very welcome.
I have deliberately kept the thread title quite general.
Thank you,
Schröder
Hello Schröder,
I come from the industrial building sector and at the beginning of the planning phase, I also considered this option. However, I quickly gave up on it because my wife didn’t like this type of construction.
The advantages are clearly the open design and the fast production/assembly compared to the quite long waiting times currently experienced with prefabricated houses. Large spans allow for open interior layouts, and since there are no load-bearing walls required, you can easily remodel later on.
However, I wouldn’t use sandwich or insulated panels for this. While they offer low costs and high thermal insulation, they come with several disadvantages. Besides sound insulation issues, replacing windows, doors, etc., is quite complicated and it’s difficult to achieve proper airtightness. You still need interior cladding, and loud noises in summer, especially from the roof, are hard to avoid.
I would have used a steel frame, walls made of aerated concrete panels (+ external thermal insulation composite system), precast concrete floors, a flat roof made of aerated concrete, or alternatively trapezoidal metal sheets with cladding.
Best regards,
Sebastian
I come from the industrial building sector and at the beginning of the planning phase, I also considered this option. However, I quickly gave up on it because my wife didn’t like this type of construction.
The advantages are clearly the open design and the fast production/assembly compared to the quite long waiting times currently experienced with prefabricated houses. Large spans allow for open interior layouts, and since there are no load-bearing walls required, you can easily remodel later on.
However, I wouldn’t use sandwich or insulated panels for this. While they offer low costs and high thermal insulation, they come with several disadvantages. Besides sound insulation issues, replacing windows, doors, etc., is quite complicated and it’s difficult to achieve proper airtightness. You still need interior cladding, and loud noises in summer, especially from the roof, are hard to avoid.
I would have used a steel frame, walls made of aerated concrete panels (+ external thermal insulation composite system), precast concrete floors, a flat roof made of aerated concrete, or alternatively trapezoidal metal sheets with cladding.
Best regards,
Sebastian
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