“Experimentally, when no extra heat is applied, the lowest recorded interior temperature was 62 degrees Fahrenheit in midwinter.” “Even when indulging myself with warm morning floors, my heating bills have been a fraction of what it would cost to heat an 1,800-square-foot house in this harsh Utah environment at 7,100 feet,” he says. For added comfort, Stein installed electric radiant heat in the floors. A computer controls draperies to retain the heat at night.
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The windows allow winter sun to warm the rubber-covered concrete floor. Stein’s structure utilizes passive solar heat that’s assisted with computer technology. Montesilo is easily one of the strongest and tightest buildings in the county.”
To insulate, we sprayed 2 inches of low- VOC foam against the metal and followed that with blown-in fiberglass insulation. After ‘talling’ (raising) the silos, we cut our way in and framed the interior with 2-by-6s on 1-foot centers. We encourage readers to explore unique uses for metal grain bins - especially used bins - and we talked with several people who live in these structures to learn more about why they like their grain bin houses.Įarl Stein, of Summit County, Utah, says, “My grain bin home, ‘Montesilo’ (inspired by Monticello), is designed to be energy efficient. There are all sorts of interesting ways to use individual bins or group them together to make an attractive, comfortable home. After the bin is in place, it requires virtually no maintenance. Architects and builders have started to use these durable, inexpensive structures to construct grain bin homes, storage buildings, offices and barns. On thousands of farms across the continent, round metal grain bins (called “grain silos” in some regions) are standing empty or being torn down and sold for scrap because they’re no longer in use.
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