We started pulling up the floors on the containers. Crane day was a lot of fun but now it's time to turn these steel boxes into a house. If I was designing this again, I would now know that it's possible to get it, not exactly where you want it, but within about half an inch. It took a few attempts and three guys pushing on the corners to get it in the right location. The second 40 foot container had the farthest distance to travel and it's like watching an inch worm move its way across the desert. We put some blue painter's tape on the corners of the concrete foundation just to give us a mark to aim for. So what they did is we just picked it up, swung the arm around to get it closer, and then repositioned the crane and do the whole thing again.
Next up was a 40 foot container, which is too heavy to drive with. We had the lineup the containers so that it wouldn't break one of the drain pipes that was sticking through the concrete. This container is lightweight enough that the crane could actually drive while the box was suspended in the air. Next, we started moving the other 20 foot container which is going to be the guest bedroom and bathroom. This is a specialty type of container that opens up, not just on the short sides, but on the broad side as well. We started by moving one, the extra 20 foot containers that I bought to store tools and materials on site. To pick up the containers they use these fabric straps, which are super strong, and each one of them has a hook which can hook into the boxes at the corner of the containers. This is the single biggest piece of equipment that we rented for this project. After letting the concrete cure for three days, we began stripping the mold and getting ready for the day I was most excited about, which is crane day. We'll show you how we move the containers, cut them open and started the structural reinforcement. We documented everything that we did and now we're so excited to share with you what we learned. Now I've been interested in shipping container architecture for quite some time, but I had a really hard time finding good information about how to get building permits or how much would it cost.
Hi, I'm Ben and this is The House I Built out of Shipping Containers.
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