Farang1 wrote:I stared constrction of our house last week. I didn't care much for the concrete and brick style of building they do in Thailand so, I opted for light gauge steel framing and smart board cladding inside and out. The framing will be delivered in February and will take about a week to assemble. Snaps and screws together like a big erector set.
Perhaps you could post a few pictures of the work in progress and the completed structure.
It reminds me of a steel and wood building for sheltering horses that I helped construct long, long ago. As it was only meant to shelter a few horses during bad weather and to provide storage of feed and hay, it was open on one side and had no flooring, just dirt. There was a second-level loft above to store bales of hay. Small concrete bases, perhaps a foot square and 3 three feet deep, were poured with 2 or 4 embeded bolts each to secure the steel vertical posts. A template with holes was likely used to perfectly position the bolts in the each concrete base. I believe in this case all the top and side horizontal members, perlins, were welded to the posts, not bolted or screwed. The sheet metal roof, slanted without a peak, was attached with sheet metal screws to topside perlins. 8' x 4' sheets of exterior wood siding were attached using long sheet metal screws. Went up without a problem and was very sturdy IMO.
