That particular one doesn't really work for me either, but hey. Is there a reason these containers can't be painted or sided with something?Įye of the beholder, I guess. Quote from: bayview on January 12, 2010, 09:31:08 AMĪnother eyesore. Whenever you have time to fit it in is fine with me Paul. Quote from: paul wheaton on January 09, 2010, 06:32:01 PM I'm about to push up a tour of six cob homes, and another about a rocket mass heater for a greenhouse. I have about 20 different videos to push up this winter and lots of folks chomping at the bit for all of them. mike's videos (336 views in 12 days and 1201 views in 75 days).

Take a look at the view count of the shipping container video (817 views in 4 days) vs. Glenn: I know you want me to upload the footage of oehler's ridgetop house. Snow load: not really an issue in puget sound. mother-in-law! But if it looks a bit rough outside, it keeps the mother-in-laws away! Genius! If you made the place look too nice, then you might call it a 'mother-in-law' house because it comes complete with a. It's great to get lots of credit for other people doing the work of building something cool!Įyesore: I think that was the point - if it's ugly enough, nobody will think to look and say 'hey, that isn't up to code!' And then when you get into your 'real' house, the shipping container makes for great intern habitat ('this is way better than staying in a tent!').

Sorry for the delay in responding - I was pushing another video up to youtube. The ones intended for ocean shipping are much more rust resistant than the over-land ones.įiguring out how to turn one, two, or more twenty-foot shipping containers into a home for two people (the village doesn't have equipment to handle larger containers) is definitely a challenge! Another thing to consider is that all shipping containers are not created equal.

One thing I discovered was that a lot of shipping containers have held toxic chemicals at some point in their career, with the possibility of spills having soaked into the floor, so they need to be pressure-washed, and then the floor sealed and covered with some impervious flooring. Aesthetics isn't much of a consideration in that particular location, at least not nearly as much of a consideration as practicality. All building materials would have to be shipped in, and after considering that for a while, it occurred to me that it made sense to use the containers rather than just shipping stuff in them and discarding them. The reason is that I hope to eventually move to a small village in Alaska which is accessed only by air or by shipping stuff in in barges. I've been doing quite a bit of research on using shipping containers for housing.

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