/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Why not just buy a doublewide trailer? Have you ever been in a container? There isnt much room width wise to move around.

>>577598
I amnot planning on inhabiting this project....I also plan to tear through the walls on the containers to open up the area more

>>577592
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrq-ISM7bs

>>577592

Okay, look, we are not the yellow pages. We are not google. We have no clue where you live or what shit costs there. That is your job to find out prices of stuff. How are we gonna know what a 2x4 costs in NotStated, SomePlaceOnEarth? On to the real issue.

It would cost more to use containers than it would to do standard wood framing. The problem is you want it finished on the inside. That basically makes the shipping containers useless. You'll need to line them with furring strips to have something to attach the drywall to. Plus you'll want insulation in there because shipping containers have basically no R value at all. So you'll save basically nothing on the labor and spend $4,500 on the structure. Thats about what a standard timber frame would cost before you insulate and drywall it. Two guys could to a 20x60 rectangular frame (which is about the footprint of 3 shipping containers) in a afternoon. Plus you don't have to use a plasma cutter to cut holes in it to run plumbing, etc.

Shipping containers are good in basically 3 circumstances: you get them for next to nothing, you don't care what the inside is like or you need the structure built and ready ASAP.

>>577611
well to be honest, the shipping containers will pretty much be purely for aesthetic value if that accounts for anything..

>>577615

Oh, your a hipster! Well, that explains it. Do whatever you like. Like I said though, we don't know what shit costs in your neck of the woods so we can't help you on the prices. If you have any other questions feel free to ask.

>>577619
no, not a hipster...the building will be an armory/firearm business, and I think the shipping container look will be pretty unique for what it is used for.

>>577611
this, plus when did you last price out containers, be hard to find decent ones for that price unless you know somebody.

>>577621

So, basically you want to copy Starbucks?

>>577621
Shipping containers aren't very hard to cut into, any thief can cut open a door-sized hole in less than 5 mins with a handheld cutter and diamond blade. Might want to reconsider using them for your purpose.

>>577647

Wow? Yeah, I should build my shop out of wood and drywall instead, since its so much more durable.

>>577592
It will REALISTICALLY cost much much more than you expect it will, and it will be a shitty place to have to live in when you get done compared to anything else.

Everyone needs to get over this bullshit "shipping container home" idea.

>>577592
>1500 for a container.

You'd spend less for cinderblocks and you'd make a more stable, better insulated structure.

seriously enough with the faux environmentalism/scrapwork house BS.

from what i recall shipping containers cost 10k each or more used. you also need the food grade containers that arn't covered in heavy toxic pesticides/hardcore fumigation. so why not just build a proper wall with modern insulation. its cheap as fuck. build a wooden frame, use mylar type sheeting to insulate it, or whatever is fashionable, clad the outside.

shipping containers are shit for construction because they're heavy, made of a thermally conductive material. why not just build an igloo if you're so up with the naturefagging?

>>577592
My apologies for these other posters OP I'll give you a firm answer:

$100-$200/sq foot.

which is about how much an upscale custom home costs. So if it was small apartment sized maybe $100k-$200k.

As you replied to another poster the containers are entirely aesthetic so the cost you quoted is entirely irrelevant and you could have saved time by just asking how much does a custom home cost.

>>577634
hahahaah

>>577737
Da fuq? Containers cost like $3000. You retarded.

I actually have two 40' High Cubes as a shop and one 20' standard as storage.
You only need to support the ends of ISOs as they are designed to be supported by their corner fittings.
My two sit on steel I-beams and are welded to the beams and each other.
DO NOT use standard height containers. You will thank me later.
Fuck drywall, use a better material like insulating panels or more durable like greenboard. Check commercial ISO container sites for ideas.
Small ISOs cost so close to large ones that you should ignore the standard 20's and go with at least 40' High Cubes. Get 53-footers if available in your area. 20's as homes or shops are bullshit.
Use industrial roof coating over the recommended primer system. DO NOT use chain store shit coating of any kind!
Steelmaster and other vendors make galvalume-coated steelbuilding kits which work with ISOs and that's what I recommend as a cost-effective and spacious way to use them. I have a Steelmaster building too. Galvalume lasts longer than Corten and may be left unpainted.
ISOs are far more storm resistant than conventional homes. They are nice if you weld and fabricate and do all your work yourself. They are great shop structure and if another hurricane comes through I'll be in my ISO when it hits.
http://www.steelmasterusa.com/industrial/products/container-covers

I'd live in an ISO-based home but I already own all the gear and am used to working with them. If you join them and cut major sections out of the walls you need to frame the cuts with something like square tubing. Not expensive though.
Termites don't bother them and if you coat the roof white or have a roof above them temps aren't bad. tincancabin.com is a nice job but he had it done and used new ISOs so he spent more than I would. It's the best practical ISO home I've seen. If you like the techno look visit the Sea Box site for industrial and military ISO porn.

If in OPs boat I might do two 53' High Cubes painted camo (I camoed mine and they vanish behind my trees) since he wants to do the "armory" thing. He could add more as needed and run one or two containers "crossing the T" of the 53s as a front office.
If he wants someone else to build them, just contact Sea Box and they'll ship them to you. New containers with new guts.
You will not like the price but they do great work.

>>577647
A similar sized structure of brick and mortar or wood construction would be just as noisy, and take probably less time to cut into, he'll need security systems if he isnt there overnight, obviously..

How fucking cheap people here think that "normal" houses are.

>>577895
so what do you think OP pic would cost to build into a business?

>>577972
>>577972

>dat name..my bad

I really hope everyone is saging these threads.

To the posters who gave OP serious responses, why do you waste your breath? What makes you think OP is competant enough to build a home if he can't do a google search for materials prices?

I'll stop saging these threads once 1 poster comes back and shows us a completed micro-home or shipping container house.

$75,000 minimum.

>>577984
Pro tip: no one cares

It would cost as much as any custom home, assuming it will be used for anything other than storage. You could save money if you did the labor yourself. You'll spend thousands to get stamped plans from an architect or structural engineer, which you'll probably need since you're doing something so unconventional. The containers will be cheap compared to everything else.

>>577605
Wow, it even transforms into a bomb shelter.
Amazing!