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Home Sweet Shipping Container: Detroit Housing Project
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| November 23, 2012
| Karin Halperin
Posted on 11/23/2012 4:14:58 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Bryanw92
I know a guy up north that has 3 put together that he originally planned as a hunting cabin but now lives in.
He’s got them up on a foundation with a 4 foot deep crawl space with a concrete floor under it. He built a small pole barn around it, sided it and made himself a nice little house. I think its 20x24.
He says he’d like to try an A frame with 4 containers. 3 on the bottom and 1 on the top.
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posted on
11/23/2012 4:45:32 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
multi-family condo built of used shipping containers is slated to break ground in Detroit
DO NOT secure these containers permanently. Once filled, load them all on a ship to Liberia.
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posted on
11/23/2012 4:56:26 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: cripplecreek
Been there done that... Around here anyway, even a worn out one costs 1500 bucks. Conventionally building a comparable space (2x4/6 with roof and say t-111 siding) is way cheaper. And that’s all you are getting is a floor, 4 walls, and a roof, and that is assuming the container is still water-tight (a BIG assumption)
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posted on
11/23/2012 4:57:43 PM PST
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am in the RE business. I think this idea of new housing using containers is a great idea.
What kind of snob demands a traditional structure because anything else is unacceptable to society.
Shipping containers are strong and durable and cheap. And they are all-American in that they are like pre-made log cabins.
I admire men and women who don't give a d@mn what "society" says and live and act in ways that best (and creatively) conform to their VALUES.
Check them out...
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posted on
11/23/2012 4:58:01 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: RoosterRedux
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:04:54 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: RightWingConspirator
Not bullet-proof, but gives more protection than sheetrock alone. Easy to weld on external plate, LOL.
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:04:59 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: roamer_1
I’m curious as to what “wears out”.
Not a lot of moving parts, and this isn’t like auto sheet metal.
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:07:58 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: nascarnation
Im curious as to what wears out. Not a lot of moving parts, and this isnt like auto sheet metal.Primarily when the doors become unusable or the lock-down and sealing capacity fails. But they see a hard life. welds fail and the roof becomes leaky... One that I actually owned was 3/8" out of square which caused the doors to fail to close at all. I clipped the doors off, built a frame wall inside the back edge and used it for storage.
Don't think they are bullet-proof awesome, because they are not. Unless of course, you want to buy a 'new' one... Then they are pretty good - But be prepared to spend $3k-4.5k to get a nice one.
YMMV
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:17:54 PM PST
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
To: cripplecreek
That's nice, but I like a return to basics (i.e. telling society to f*ck off).
I am thinking of getting into this businesses...and starting by developing my own cargo container house.
Here are a few more I like...
BTW, I used to live in NYC and was fond of living in undeveloped lofts. They were cheap, large, and you could use your imagination is terms of amenities.
Now lofts have gone mainstream and yuppies pay top dollar to live in them. Steel cargo containers will be the next big housing fad...for the same reasons. Cheap and you can use your imagination.
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:19:39 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: cripplecreek
BTW CC...that dwelling (external appearance-wise) is what RE developers, agents, and appraisers would call "dog-eared dull."
That architecture is long past its sell date!
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:24:05 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: RoosterRedux
Speaking of snobs.
sheesh
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:27:41 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: roamer_1
So those “incredibly skilled” union longshoremen tend to bugger them up, LOL.
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:28:31 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: cripplecreek
LOL...using your imagination doesn't make you a snob.
But turning a cargo container into a traditional home is just kinda dull.
Use your imagination for God's sake!
For example, I am fond of log cabins and rustic structures. I would like a container structure that has that rustic kind of look...and on a piece of land that looks sort of frontier like.
You have you favorite look too...and it is uniquely YOURS.
Having something you like doesn't make you a snob...it doesn't make me a snob.
BTW, I always wanted a treehouse to live in...does that make me a snob?
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:39:03 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: roamer_1
and that is assuming the container is still water-tight (a BIG assumption)Your local hardware store sells roofing tar...that'll make any steel roof leak proof. And there some new silicon products that can be painted over...and are still cheap.
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:46:09 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
11/23/2012 5:57:16 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is third world nation stuff!!!
Good God.
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posted on
11/23/2012 6:00:04 PM PST
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: autumnraine
This is about survivalist stuff.
This country has hit an existential wall. Smart folks will go survivalist until the storm passes.
Conventional people who lack creativity will continue to seek the past (but the past is dead now...killed by Obama and his supporters).
Move on and live!
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posted on
11/23/2012 6:03:36 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
So without insulation, how is this ‘green?’
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posted on
11/23/2012 6:04:26 PM PST
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: autumnraine
Cheeze...insulate it! Plywood or drywall with insulation behind it.
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posted on
11/23/2012 6:08:54 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
To: autumnraine
And it isn’t about green...it’s about getting by in a world in recession/depression.
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posted on
11/23/2012 6:10:07 PM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats)
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