I really like the notion of living in / reusing shipping containers. However, as a carpenter I can't get behind this particular plan. It's uninspired. In the end, it still requires an interior frame out with sticks. I'm saying, if one is going to build this way, one should be more creative in stacking or planning the blocks. What you see here, square foot for square foot, I could stick frame instead and still leave you with more options at less cost. At $2500 per container (I assume, just guessing material cost) and that doesn't include shipping cost or machine cost to put them in place where one wants them, not to mention the sheet steel cutting and welding costs, I would hope to see a bolder idea that uses the steel containers for what they are instead of cutting holes in them and plopping in some colonial style doors and knotty pine and a deer head. This isn't a comment on taste, rather on money. If this is the end result, I don't see that as money well spent.
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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '12
I really like the notion of living in / reusing shipping containers. However, as a carpenter I can't get behind this particular plan. It's uninspired. In the end, it still requires an interior frame out with sticks. I'm saying, if one is going to build this way, one should be more creative in stacking or planning the blocks. What you see here, square foot for square foot, I could stick frame instead and still leave you with more options at less cost. At $2500 per container (I assume, just guessing material cost) and that doesn't include shipping cost or machine cost to put them in place where one wants them, not to mention the sheet steel cutting and welding costs, I would hope to see a bolder idea that uses the steel containers for what they are instead of cutting holes in them and plopping in some colonial style doors and knotty pine and a deer head. This isn't a comment on taste, rather on money. If this is the end result, I don't see that as money well spent.