Hi All,
I am toying around with ideas for constructing my weekend getaway "farmhouse".
One or two bedrooms, one bath, a great room, and a large covered deck. I want it to be raised on concrete posts. For the construction, I was thinking of using the corrugated metal siding that you see on a lot of warehouses in Thailand. This would be screwed to steel framing. The walls would be insulated with fiberglass and sheet rocked on the inside. I want to use old teak doors and shutters for the windows (no glass). The roof would be either those asbestos looking tiles or metal. I'm trying for sort of an agricultural / rustic look.
I want to keep the cost as low as possible. How do you think this type of construction would compare (cost and cooling wise) to the traditional brick and cement construction?
Thanks for your thoughts.