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Discussion on Shipping Containers as Homes

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Further exploring the idea of shipping container homes, he shares perspectives from his architect and a friend who built one. He explains that while the containers themselves are relatively inexpensive, the true challenge lies in modifying them. Cutting openings for windows and doors compromises their structural integrity, necessitating additional framing. Furthermore, interior finishing requires building false walls for insulation, plumbing, and electrical, which significantly reduces the internal living space and adds to the construction cost. He highlights that despite their initial appeal, shipping container homes can paradoxically become small and expensive.

Goal: He shares insights and challenges from his architect and friends regarding shipping containers as homes, noting the hidden costs and space constraints.

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of the cabinet you build you're going to have probably a hard time getting supplies there and even like in our situation the beam was 64 ft long the roads are very narrow so it was a pain in the butt trying to get them up here the road that accesses the property right here uh it's on a slant that's a slant sorry I'm keep pointing here you guys can't see it um which makes it hard with for Cliff's uh Delivery drop off so you have to go down into the cool the sack and drive them up here um those are a few things that you need to consider so if you buy a piece of land and you're like wow it's cheap and it's got a killer view consider where the view uh what access is going to look like to it and what snowy conditions are going to do to to you uh after that have you ever thought about building a house out of a shipping container yes I have I actually was considering before this A-frame on this property to do said shipping container um my friend Ben UA from uh homemade modern Ben's been a good friend of mine for many years now he did a series on a shipping container and if you guys haven't seen it you should see it and when I talked to him about it he said the problem with shipping containers and my architect said the same thing when he was designing the safe frame is shipping containers are essentially just a box and you're essentially cutting everything out for it and when you cut everything out like Windows and Doors that's cool but then you have to build out the inside of it so that means the shipping container which let's let's just pick up a random number I don't know what shipping container size is coming but let's say shipping container is like 12T wide you don't have 12 ft width of space to work with you have to build out a cleated wall in order to put insulation behind the metal uh then run all your plumbing and all that stuff through it so when it's all said and done you're living in a very tiny home so that's the one downfall about shipping containers now what I would like to do with a shipping container idea if if I was to do it and when I cross that bridge and if I cross that bridge is I'd like to do one of those [Music]

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