r/Carpentry Jun 14 '25

Strange Steel Framed house … Anybody see anything like this before?

I have been working on renovating this steel framed house. Kind of like an erector set. Very strange pre fab kind of thing. I have never seen anything like it. Clearly not your conventional steel studs either. I found a tag on it too. Pretty cool. If anybody has any idea what this might be or any more info feel free to drop a comment!

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u/Wheel-of-Fortuna Jun 14 '25

the whole house is a panic room ! and a fire trap , still pretty awesome .

i renovated the DOJ in a major usa city and they had a lot of very cool bells and whistles i hadnt ever seen before . nor after , not ever .

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u/Tokinruski Jun 14 '25

Why you say fire trap? Because there’s a bunch of channels? Genuinely askin

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u/Wheel-of-Fortuna Jun 14 '25

just if there were a fire in the home the firemen couldnt break through the walls to get to the people like they do , it seems like they went out of their way to make breaking through sheetrock impossible .

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u/Tokinruski Jun 14 '25

Oh shit, that’s a good point