MilkyWhy wrote:
I realize that now, due to high steel costs, is not the time to build
metal
buildings. But my question is this: have they ever made all metal/steel
houses?


We all have seen spacious metal buildings, generally rectangular in shape.
But, could a man make a house-shaped metal building, with say the interior
floors and supports for interior stairs out of steel? The floor for the
upstairs portion could have steel trusses and then plywood layed out on
that, then flooring boards. I have never seen this done, but when I win
the
Powerball I might just do it --to satisfy my own curiosity.

Sure. The White Castle people (think little square hamburgers with
holes in them and lots of onions on them) made some back in the late 40's or
50's. ( http://www.whitecastle.com/ ) They designed a building system for
their restaurants using a modular porcelain steel panel system. They built
about a dozen homes with the same materials on James Rd in Columbus Ohio.
They featured a number of very modern ideas for their day. Several of the
homes are still in existence and in use. They were not received well as
people just did not like the idea of metal homes even though they were very
maintenance free.

The company also made other porcelain steel products like Scotts Lawn
spreaders. It appears that today the powered coatings are taking over that
market.

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Joseph E. Meehan

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