My Industrial Cabin Build

[buckeyefarmer]

I’m surprised they didn’t put a temporary brace across that door opening.

 

[s219]

When my dad had a construction business in the 80s and 90s we used to slide steel channel over the forks of our forklift for long loads (being careful to only do this for light loads). We had 8' and 12' channels (cut from 20' stock). Boy they were heavy buggers to lift and slide onto the forks, but they did the trick. That particular forklift had a pretty wide front plate, so the forks could be positioned very far apart. I remember lifting foam core modular building wall panels (very similar to the modern SIPS concept, but with structural steel embedded) that were quite large and it worked well. For irregular shaped walls or walls with cutouts for doors/windows, it took some care to find the balance point, since the weight was lopsided.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

After watching a SIP tutorial video, don’t think I’d want to build one. I know they said to store them good and flat as they can bow or warp if left laying too long and they aren’t flat.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

After watching a SIP tutorial video, don’t think I’d want to build one. I know they said to store them good and flat as they can bow or warp if left laying too long and they aren’t flat.

I agree. Not really seeing the upside on these; stick built would have been dried in by now. Must be a future benefit I'm not realizing.

 

[dstig1]

The benefits are mainly 1. insulation/air sealing - they make a very tight, efficient structure 2. Strength - SIPs typically make for a stronger structure relative to conventional stick framing (I've seen picture of big trees sitting on SIPs houses with very little damage, for example) and 3. Speed of assembly.

They go up very fast - much faster than framing and sheathing, but that will only hold in an apples to apples comparison. 2 guys doing a house with SIPS aren't going to beat a crew of a dozen or more guys framing. With a reasonable size crew they go up bam bam bam. And they tend to come out quite straight, if the crew is competent at all.

Downsides are cost is a bit higher and some things are more difficult - wiring and plumbing (if you put plumbing in exterior walls - not done much up north here), and any last minute changes can be somewhere between annoying and painful, and some changes just cannot realistically be done to a given plan once you have panels on site. They do require better planning ahead as you need to order panels that will be made to fit.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I'm having difficulties being patient waiting for these panels to go up. When's it going to happen? I know be patient....

 

[WoodChuckDad]

I apologize. I am a good week behind on videos. Editing is very time consuming. This weekend we began the panels. It was my wife, my son in law and myself. We used the excavator to lift panels into place. The learning curve is steep. We got 10 panels up in 2 days. I am off today but it is raining and I have to see a dentist about a tooth with an old root canal that isn’t doing well.
Here is the small wall we put up.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

 

[pmsmechanic]

Hey You have enough going on that you don't need to worry about keeping me happy. Take your time, do a good job and worry about the editing later.

Thanks for the pictures though!

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Hey You have enough going on that you don't need to worry about keeping me happy. Take your time, do a good job and worry about the editing later.

Thanks for the pictures though!

We got one more edited together this morning. The process of sealing the sill plate to the foot plate.

SIPs house build. Sealing the footplate to sill plate. SIPs house build. Sealing the footplate to sill plate. - YouTube