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Auggie

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12. Yeah ...

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 05:13 PM

Feb 2020

it's a great design. Gives one a lot to think about.

One thing that I'd never consider was the need for structural reinforcement, especially after adding doors and windows. Load bearing and even non-load bearing walls.

Grand Designs is a killer show. I'm addicted. There's one house built along the Thames that can float during a flood. People have converted all sorts of structures into houses -- cinemas, public buildings, castles. One guy even dug a cave! Think there are episodes on YouTube. I watch via Netflix.

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Anyone else interested in building with shipping containers? [View all] stopwastingmymoney Feb 2020 OP

I've always been intrigued by it, Drum Feb 2020 #1

Building a dry storage building now. safeinOhio Feb 2020 #2

what did you pay for your containers? Kali Feb 2020 #4

$2.500 each. safeinOhio Feb 2020 #6

way cheaper than a gorilla shed! Kali Feb 2020 #8

I have some friends that have. Kali Feb 2020 #3

Keep them off the ground as that seems to leach up. safeinOhio Feb 2020 #7

I think it was mainly from using a ventless gas heater Kali Feb 2020 #9

Check out Grand Designs, Series 14 (4 of 10 shows): The Shipping Containers House Auggie Feb 2020 #5

Really cool, thank you stopwastingmymoney Feb 2020 #10

I love how setting the modules in a cross like that stopwastingmymoney Feb 2020 #11

Yeah ... Auggie Feb 2020 #12

Thanks for this! Drum Feb 2020 #15

I don't get the attraction. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2020 #13

Actually it is cheaper. You get your entire external structure stopwastingmymoney Feb 2020 #14