Container Homes – Structural Integrity
As Shipping Container Homes are becoming more popular, more people are starting to turn toward living in one.
However, when it comes to the structural and ecological integrity, there are some questions that need to be addressed.
For starters, shipping container homes are the most environmentally stable and sound form of home development on the market today. Using only a tiny percentage of the typical materials to build most standard homes, costs and labor to actually create one of these is astounding compared to constant price increases of your average house today. The overall structural strength of a shipping container allows the builder to develop multi-story dwellings, offering a larger living space without expanding its footprint. The heavy corrugated steel framing allows the unit to withstand 65,000 lbs of stacked weight. It has been estimated that 86% of the materials used to build a shipping container home have been recycled.
Also, the main foundation design is not as expensive and uses a fraction of material which is much quicker to assemble. If you are concerned about the transportation infrastructure of these containers, no need to worry because it already exists, so the container homes can be easily moved by train, ship or truck, thus reducing major transport time. Everything needed to complete the final product is delivered in one trip. An investment is already made by not having to pay extra money for several deliveries and separate construction materials.
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We have completed our book on shipping container home construction.
The book is “what we did”, not “how to do it”.
It is filled with lots of photos and designs.
Here is a general outline:
1. A brief History of shipping containers
2. How to buy a shipping container
3. Inspection
4. Unloading
5. Foundation
6. Internal Designs
7. Prep and paint
8. Cut Outs
9. Framing Cut outs
10. Frame out
11. Sealing
12. Windows
13. Steel bars/Shutters
14. Doors
15. Locks/Security
16. Electricity
17. Water
18. Wallboard/Insulation
19. Floor
20. Deck Construction
21. Bathroom
22. Kitchen
23. Maintenance
24. Merging and/or stacking two containers
The price on the book including all taxes and shipping is: $37.
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Great information! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now. Thanks!