Shipping Container Ideas and Articles
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Rushing into any type of project isn’t advised for any project, especially one using shipping containers. With a little planning, and consulting with someone experienced in the field, can save you a lot of time and money. There are a few points that are easily overlooked by when people start planning to use shipping containers for storage, modular housing, or any other use – we know be ...
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Over the last couple of years the trend of shipping container housing has grown in both size and popularity. The original concept of a container home was little more than a steel box converted into a functional modular house, usually completely leaving the idea of curb appeal. Flash forward a few short years and toss a few creating minds into the process and things have changed dramatically. So mu ...
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One of the biggest question marks when it comes to shipping container housing is the permitting process and local codes, and unfortunately there is no clear cut system for building a container home in the United States. However, there are some things to consider before you dive head first into building a container home.
First off, for those new to building any type of home, a building code is a se ...
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It was only a matter of time before someone put the two together: refugees and shipping containers. It started in Hamburg Germany, and now the idea is taking hold in Helsinki Finland. Finland has taken over 7,000 refugees in October (3,600 less than the previous month), and just last week 2,000 more arrived. In all, they expect to welcome some 30,000 - 35,000 in total. A short months ago tents we ...
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First off, we're big fans of shipping container homes on every level of the concept. First and foremost, the design is limitless and a lot of what we see is highly creative and environmentally aware. However, a lot of people like the idea of building their own container home but don't think things through before they jump into it. The entire lifecycle containers a lot of components that can shut d ...
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Affordable Shipping Container Homes
Shipping container housing continues to gather support as it's adopted by many builders and communities around the country, but from what's getting attention in the news are container homes are either expensive, colossal structures that barely resemble a container, to highly functional cabins. It's less common to see a comfortable, reasonable priced house made f ...
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The spring and summer building season is gearing up across much of the United States, and if you will be in the process of building a container home between June and September we've got a great opportunity for you. Big Fish Casting and HGTV are filming a new series focused on shipping container homes, and if you've got your permit in hand and design in place there is a chance that you could be on ...
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More and more people are designing, building, and buying shipping container homes these days. Aside from being environmentally considerate, they can be hip and highly functional.
At its core, container housing isn't a totally new idea. People have been building modular homes and kit homes for years, with a container home the only thing being introduced is using a shipping container as the cent ...
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It seems like every day there’s a new article about shipping containers being converted into a modular home, prepper shelter, or some type of trendy restaurant; but what we sometimes miss are the regional projects that are making a great impact on the local community. Future Point, LLC in Colorado Springs is a great example of such a project and Stark Container Structures recently purchased ...
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Quick and easy deployment, in a sturdy carrying case - that's the easiest way to describe a portable office built inside of a shipping container. Container offices have been used for several years, and made more popular during the shale oil boom. However, there are several things to think about before you rush out and buy one, or have one built for you.
The first thing you'll need to ask yourself ...
