Shipping Container House

[SALIV8]

Wow restless you guys have skills!!!

Impressive so far

 

[Pluribus]

Following along & enjoying seeing how you modify the container. Hope you're saving the panels from the window and door cutouts, as I've see people do some really cool stuff with them. If you want to make a lean-to roof for a deck, the big cutouts work great for that.

 

[restless_redhead]

Following along & enjoying seeing how you modify the container. Hope you're saving the panels from the window and door cutouts, as I've see people do some really cool stuff with them. If you want to make a lean-to roof for a deck, the big cutouts work great for that.

Yes we saved the 2 largest cutouts! I’ve seen some cool awnings and shutters made out of the remnants. The biggest cutout (from the double door opening) is so heavy we had to use the tractor to move it

 

[WarmFZI]

Might contact The Container Guy LLC on FB for tips/tricks.

 

[fitter30]

This is one that was built in Saint Louis Missouri
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw0PeFuXSyUFtm2aUywEC0L5

 

[drivesitfar]

RR: I'll follow along and check out the videos when I have a little more time to.

when I saw the title of your thread it reminded me of a picture I used to send my clients if they wanted the most rooms (square footage) for the money.

good luck with your build and hope down the road when the Air B&B pays off your mortgage you can live in the big house and rent out the container.

cheers

 

[restless_redhead]

We are finally wrapping up the insulation on this project. It was time consuming but we are very happy with the end product. We can run a little space heater in there right now and it cooks us out. It’s California... and we are sissy’s... But we have been comfortable down there the last week of 25 degree mornings (about as cold as it gets here). We decided not to use spray foam for several reasons:

1) We wanted to minimize thermal bridging
2) we didn’t want to have to run all of our wires/plumbing prior to spraying
3) Cost
4) We actually ended up with a higher R value with the way we did it

We ended up doing a combination of sheet foams, as well as the InSoFast system on the long walls. You can check out the full install in the video below:

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A few notes on the InSoFast. It wasn’t cheap, but it ended up being cheaper than spray foam. The integrated studs are AWESOME and so are the wire channels for routing electrical (video to come shortly). It felt really wrong just gluing your studs to the walls but once it set up those things weren’t going anywhere. We did both walls in only a few hours. However, doing a double door container was a bit annoying. The spacing is slightly different and we had to trim each panel slightly, eliminating the end tongue and groove. It still worked, and I would absolutely use it again. But I would not purchase a double door container if I could avoid it.

 

[nadogail]

Wow!!

 

[restless_redhead]

Another video is up:

Thank you for following along!

 

[slackdaddy1]

I'll be 100% honest,, it would be cheaper and easier to build a small conventional framed dwelling. I have been a residential contractor for 28 years, It pains me to see people spend twice the time/effort trying to make "something" work as a small house. You are going to run into issues with the "building science" end of it, unless you really know what you are doing and add the proper systems to deal with condensation and air exchange. I cant express how much simpler and BETTER it would be to build a conventionally framed little house.

 

[nadogail]

I'll be 100% honest,, it would be cheaper and easier to build a small conventional framed dwelling. I have been a residential contractor for 28 years, It pains me to see people spend twice the time/effort trying to make "something" work as a small house. You are going to run into issues with the "building science" end of it, unless you really know what you are doing and add the proper systems to deal with condensation and air exchange. I cant express how much simpler and BETTER it would be to build a conventionally framed little house.

Well Sir, that is your opinion and your are entitled to it. I reserve comment as to the validity of your opinion until I have studied all possible alternatives.

In the city I live in there are only two kinda of houses; those that have Termites and those that are going to get them. To the best of my limited knowledge and experience, we are not yet bothered by Steel Eating Termites.

 

[thewatusi]

If you google shipping container house -- Yardley PA you will see one done about 9 years ago . think they used 10-11 containers. I built a small modern steel and glass about 10 mile north of it on the river .....

The width is an issue to work through as is the insulation factor in the heat ....

I've driven by that place. It's fugly as hell.

 

[Bill26]

I'd be interested in seeing the process. I've seen a few people try to do it, but only got the "before" and "after" - no in-between.

 

[dcg9381]

There is a couple down here in Texas that have documented pretty well the whole process of building a container house. It’s called life uncontained. I considered it for a while after seeing some homes in Houston being built out of shipping containers several years ago. It was a no go for me with the ceiling height.

Ceiling height? Can't it be over 9' in the "High Q" (or whatever) containers?
There's a house going up near me, I count 16 containers, with the residence part stacked 3 containers high and "stairway" containers going 4 high to a deck, I believe....

Some indications that this isn't quite as cost efficient as building a steel building, but I'm not sure I buy it knowing what concrete costs these days... The container setup is on concrete piers instead of foundation. Containers arrived pre-cut for windows....

 

[restless_redhead]

Our next video is up covering some of the interior finish work. The house is pretty much done at this point and we are working on getting our digital content out. Here are a few shots of the kitchen for now. Thanks for watching! If you like what you see please subscribe to the YouTube channel!

 

[SALIV8]

Wow!,

Amazing job. Stunning.