capitalinspector Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Have any of you mid-western guys (or anybody)out there ever seen one of these? http://www.piranhagraphix.com/Lustron/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emalernee Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Yes. Ezra Malernee Canton, Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a46geo Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Nope, George SE Michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Corrigan Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 We've got lots of them in upstate NY Tom Corrigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 They are not just a Midwestern product. I have seen a couple here in the mid-Atlantic including some near NYC and some in VA. I believe the ones I have inspected were demo models. They are constructed with a welded steel skeleton on a concrete slab with screwed-on panel walls of porcelain enameled steel. Same with the roof and interior walls. One other unique feature is the heat distribution. An oil fired furnace circulates warm air through a closed duct system to radiant panels. They were typically built between 1947 and 1950. I think some were commissioned by the Gov't, as I have recognized some near military bases. They were manufactured in Columbus, OH and shipped on one truck to the job site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Lustron homes were a post WWII development that played on the ridiculously low price of steel in the post war environment. They are all over the country, but there were a couple major developments in Chicago. I've inspected a couple of them. For what they are, they were nice little homes. The eventual rise in the cost of steel, the boom in Pacific NW logging (cheap lumber), & the generally better performance characteristics of non-steel houses led to the demise of the Lustron home. It was raining on one of my Lustron inspections; it was kind of loud, but soothing in a strange way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 There are several around Lansing Mi and quite a few around Midland Mi thanks to Dow Chemical. I even had a buyer have me run a Gauss meter around one - she was into Pyramids and "forces". I did, she bought! I didn't know what I was doing, but she did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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