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Thread: Fancy building a house out of shipping containers?

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    Administrator swanbourne's Avatar
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    Fancy building a house out of shipping containers?

    Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".

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    That was a Grand Designs Episode

    https://youtu.be/taShJ0jxaSU

    Turned out well

    Think its a different one actually, but same idea

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    Looks impressive - however in the long term I would have thought that rust would be a problem especially as the external surfaces are clad in wood

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    There's a shopping area in Downtown Las Vegas called Container Park and all the shops are built from shipping containers. We visitied it last year while we were there

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    Think I would line the interior, the bare steel looks cold..........

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    These have been at Trinity Buoy for quite some time now..http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/work-space

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    my brother in law bought some land in Brisbane, well 300 acres but he can only build a temporary structure on it so he has put a huge slab of decking down and is now making a house from shipping containers. if ever they say move it he can. havent a clue what he will do with the other 299 acres but it was cheap and he thought it sounded impressive when he called his dad to say what he'd bought.

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    Thatīs pretty cool what heīs done with the 3 containers to convert into a cabin.

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    The one that was on grand designs is only a few miles away from my parents house.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enda View Post
    The one that was on grand designs is only a few miles away from my parents house.

    I saw that episode too.
    Always find Grand Designs bizarrely engrossing

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    one of my fave ones i've seen when looking into a woodland project, would love something fitted out to this spec



    like the drop side ideas also for the deck

    Last edited by Seamaster77; 6th October 2015 at 17:17.

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