Shipping container house construction - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Shipping container house construction.




Previously:

Crane lifts shipping container stuck to trailer - GIF
Domesticated Turf shipping container art - photo
Tuktuk driver nearly flattened by shipping container - GIF

[rgsparber]

Using surplus shipping containers sounds like a great idea until you get into the details. The lumber they show in the video is needed to frame out the inside to hold plumbing, electrical, and insulation. Insulation is also needed on the floor & ceiling. Then you need drywall to cover. All of this reduces the usable space.

So all the shipping container gives you is an outer skin which will need paint to prevent rust. I don’t believe anyone has been able to make this approach cost effective. I can only hope someone figures this out some day.

[lonestarr007]

Go to Andrew Camerata site and be astonished...

[rgsparber]

Camerata is certainly creative and motivated but I wouldn’t live in his creation - no insulation or heat.

[lonestarr007]

Hi rick If you go through some of his older posts you will he had insulation, quartz counter tops, oak cabinets... very popular on utube... For some odd reason cold does not bother him... Plans to built a new castle out of steel and concrete...