Shipping Container Garage

[HOTFR8]

i did something like that made 2 car car port. here is the start of the project l

That is what I wish I had done.

 

[fatconnors]

my garage is/was 20x20, which filled up quick. so i had a 40 footer dropped right next to it and blew out 15 feet of the wall in the container and 15 feet in the garage wall and now i have a 29x20 garage with another 8x20 section off the back. it's been about a year now and i like it so much i'm heading back to the container place any day now to grab a 20 footer to lay across the back of the garage to make it 29 feet deep. the only issue i've encountered is that my first can was aluminum not steel, and so the roof bows quite a bit when the snow piles up on top. i put some reinforcements inside and i go up there and shovel it off if it gets deeper than 6 or so inches. it looks redneck at first, but with T111 on it you can't really tell what it is.

 

[Flathead Johnny]

i think this is a great idea, anyone since the last pot in 2009 build some?

 

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Hello Everyone,
I am entertaining the idea of using 2 20ft shipping containers for a garage/shop. I have seen several pictures of garages built this way. does anyone have the truss calculations and or dimensions for the trusses used. I would like to span both containers to the outside edges. Thanks in advance to anyone who responds.

 

[Regnar]

Tron seemed to have it figured out

Link to some info http://toolmonger.com/2012/06/26/build-flynns-container-home-from-tron-legacy-kinda/

 

[ADSR]

This is the one i want to build. Dual 53 footers.

http://pavilionstructures.com/building-models/shop-in-a-box

 

[bgarrett]

Am I the only one wondering why you would do this? I see a lot of people saying "great idea", but what makes it so great? Wouldn't it look hideous?

Are the people who are saying it's great, saying so because this is some kind of "green" building because it recycles used materials?

Maybe I just don't see it, but having a series of ugly metal boxes on my yard just doesn't seem appealing. Why not build something nice?

Here, shipping containers cost $3500 and you would have to have a minimum of two but for $7000 of materials you could have a Real building and bigger

 

[denis4x4]

Here, shipping containers cost $3500 and you would have to have a minimum of two but for $7000 of materials you could have a Real building and bigger

Since the county considers shipping containers as temporary and movable, there is no additional property tax on the structure in my avatar. I have 520 sq ft at $19 a sq ft and very secure storage and no property tax liability. It took a less than a week from the time the containers were delivered and the trusses installed and the roofing put on and it was ready to use.