A silo is round use those strengths to your benefit and not try to make round walls flat. If you chop a silo into compartments or rooms your space will disappear quickly.
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Rather than windows consider solar tunnel lights in the roof if you have an an open plan. Silo walls get thinner as it goes up so not all rings are not the same thickness. You put on two rings then add on the roof then with each with new ring the silo is pushed up and a new ring is added to the bottom. They are surely a proven structure that will last a lifetime as is. Silo engineering has been refined for over a hundred years so it is a defined science. Unless you are working with a structural engineer and have a lot of money you should keep modifications to a minimum. One thing I often see people try to do is get creative or make it into a normal house layout with windows, walls, and patio doors. The masks that monsters wear is often that of people that really care. The Sukups are basically the Trumps of Iowa. Knowingly endorsing unethical, immoral people at the expense of the greater good and the rightful owner is not a desirable character trait in my book. The Sukups sit on a LARGE pile of ill-gained cash (just type in litigation after their name)- my plan was to constantly roll over the financial gains into new affordable housing developments. He felt its benefit to society was more important than my intellectual property. The only interaction I had with Mr Geiger was to tell him that the Sukups had stolen all of my work for the Safe T Home he was endorsing. The whole idea of using bins as I do is to KISS – I build and am put off from the layers of building needed for traditional construction and how susceptible they are to failure. I try to keep holes to a minimum in bins because they are thermal leaks – fenestration should be carefully designed and balanced.
You can find out more about these homes or buy the plans at Categories Building Styles, Design, Ecological Living, Economics, Foundations, Insulation, Roofs, Structural aspectsĬliff – I am aware of the implications of modifying bins and love structural theory. Standard cabinets can be used with a curved countertop. Window and door cut outs can be used for seriously functional shutters. There is an option for using a rocket, traditional or cooking stove to heat a mass couch in front of a bay window in some plans. The deck off the first floor is designed to be waterproof so it acts as a carport or a place to entertain or display outdoors even when raining. The “garage” on the lower level can be used for many different things – live/work, family room, party spot, large kitchen, storage, workshop/office, a place to get away and have some quiet time or a combination of these. One plan shows a bedroom on one side and office/entertainment room on the other that can be turned into a guest room quickly and easily. With a floor or two above the main floor there is the opportunity for extended family, rental income or live in healthcare. These are designed to last hundreds of years. Or start as minimal and finish them as funds and time becomes available inside and out along with upgrades and additions. You can dress these homes up or leave them minimal. The electric and plumbing on the exterior walls are accessible without demolition after they are built. They are built on the same principle as high-performance coolers. These are not a compromise but an upgrade. They outperform traditional construction in every respect (cost, speed of construction, strength, no maintenance, thermal performance, resistance to disasters and typical building failures) by a healthy margin. They are monolithic/continuous, field-formed, self-supporting SIPs (no framing in the walls or roof). There is no concrete foundation wall – the home’s wall construction is the same from the footing to the roof. According to Mark, the basic construction of these homes is fast and DIY friendly.
Mark Clipsham has come up with some new plans for affordable grain bin houses.
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