Shipping Container makes All-Season Suite
Tara discovered this article in the Winnipeg Free Press and noted that a city spokesperson claims it could probably be a legal residence within city limits. She says, we appear to not have the same minimum-size restrictions that afflict so many places!
“There is some interest out there,” said Vern Hiebert, a Winkler area man who is selling a refurbished, made-to-live-in container on the Kijiji website. “We have had interest from people wanting to build homes out of the containers with multiple units.”
Hiebert is selling one cube, 14.6 by 2.6 metres which provides about 37 square metres of living space. Split into three rooms — bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen/den — the recycled container has all the modern necessities of a typical dwelling. Continue Reading »
Jimmy’s Container Home Update
Jimmy from Costa Rica contacted me about a new home he has developed for his business ContainerHome.net which we covered in a post back in July. There seems to be lots of container homes being developed lately, it’s good to see these used containers being recycled.
A 20ft standard ISO shipping container converted into a small apartment.
A shipping container with a giant unfolding door. The size of the opening of the unit can be done with several options depending on the client’s budget.
We will be installing the motor next month, so for now we are using a long cable and my truck to open the sidewall. A 12V wench should lift the 1000lb sidewall. This is the total weight of the cutout, the reinforced steel and the wooden deck. With this particular project, we are going with a pulley system most commonly used for small bridges and very large doors. Continue Reading »
Recycled homes, one box at a time
Magoline Hazelton is used to people driving by her home just to take a look. She’s also known as the “house lady” by her fellow residents in North Charleston, South Carolina.
From the outside, Hazelton’s home doesn’t seem much different from the rest of the neighborhood. But there’s one big difference. Her house is made from cargo shipping containers.
Using containers to build homes has increasingly become a trend in the past several years because it can be cheaper and faster than using traditional construction methods. There are also plenty of containers at most major ports. Read full article »
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