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I plan on building my own house someday, mostly out of salvaged building materials. I've been collecting ideas for a while, and I want more.

Post similar if you have any.

but please no shipping containers, theyre all over this board already

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i like the ceiling in this pic.

the chick looks pretty hot too

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>shipping containers

>> No.129207

Where do you want to live, OP?

That kinda dictates design.

>> No.129217

Japanese pagoda-style shipping container arrangement.

>> No.129221

>>129199
nice a shipping container full of dubs

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>>129181
Why build one? Just convert a plane. A 747 provides ample space, is very well insulated, and if you live somewhere where there are eathquakes, just leave the landing gear intact and it's quakeproof.

The only difficult thing is getting gas, electric and water into the damn thing, but those problems have all been solved before.

747 too expensive? Buy a smal little thing, like an Airbus 318. Still enough space. I heard Tu-154 is selling pretty cheap for scrap, well the older versions are.

Be creative and make the wings into a terrace, put a pool or a jacuzzi in the cargohold, the cockpit your bedroom, or maybe you can buy a used cargoplane and leave the ramp open, so you can park your car inside. Leave the generator in and make it so you can use it in case of a power outage.

Now you just have to get that damn thing to where you want it.

http://www.airplanehomes.com/

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>>129221
>dubs

/b/tard detected

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>>129181
Might you enjoy living a little more modestly, OP?
Did you enjoy the Lord of the Rings books or films?

If you answered yes to both, this might be for you.

http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm

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>>129207
doesnt matter, if it looks cool i'll make it work

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>>129241
seen those before, and they are cool.

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>>129182
genius.

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>>129189
At first I was just looking at the roof and thinking those were oddly shaped windows but then I realized what it was
It's so beautiful

>> No.129466

>>129429

Mirrored everything. Kind of boring and overly modern to say nothing of the huge dust and fingerprint problems you would have.

>> No.129470

>>129420

Honey, I'm just heading out to mow the roof~!

>> No.129474

My uncle did this. Got ahold of some really nice land in the city of Starnberg (town near Munich where the big CEOs and execs live, the german Berverly Hills). Built a house from materials he lifted from random sites. He's finishing it now, it's actually quite stunning, clever and modern. Features include a curved wooden roof, heated floors, a padio that has a pneumatic thing that lifts it up so he can drive into the fucking basement with a boat (he yachts on the local lake, and he is a senior member of the yachting club there, which gives him leverage over bitchy neighbors)

real cool dude. it can be done if you have the know how and dedication

>> No.129479

>>129466
its fake, no architect is that retarded

>> No.129485

>>129241
>Leave the generator in and make it so you can use it in case of a power outage

APUs are fcking loud my fellow /diy/osaur

Not to mention, aluminum corrodes to shit if not kept up with...that's why aircraft have what are known as phase inspections....to keep corrosion at bay, and to fix the myriads of other stuff that can go wrong with an airframe.

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>>129466
>>129479
either way, i like the openness of it

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>>129485
Aluminum only corrodes a little on the surface. its of no worry if your living inside of it.

>> No.129527

>>129485
In case of power outage, not all freaking day.

They inspect the plane for fatigue of materials, aluminum dont corrode like that.

>> No.129545

>>129485
>aluminum corrodes to shit if not kept up with

...what?

It forms a a hard oxide layer instantly on contact with air and resists further attack from air or moisture unless you're doing something that continuously abuses the material.

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>> No.129725

http://earthship.com/
^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^

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>> No.129898

out of curiosity, am I the only one who has ever considered buying a 747 or similarly large airline, burying it, and building a house above it? While I do appreciate the design of a plane, certain asthetic properties are undesirable.

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>>129898
i was watching a show about bunkers, and some guy welded a shit ton of school busses together, and then buried them on his property as a fallout shelter. Then he, like, said something about it being a community bunker in case of attack or something like that to the county, and they shut his ass down cause its not safe to live in buried, surplus school busses.

A 747 is a bit different though, seeing as how they are designed with pressures taken into account.

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>>129839
this thread might also be interesting to you OP

>> No.129940

>>129911
It was built somewhere in Canada. Penn & Teller's bullshit had a scene with that guy.

>> No.129952

>>129940
>Penn & Teller

What a couple of fucking paid losers. lol

>> No.129973

>>129898
747 as a basement you mean?
That might work. But would it be sturdy enough to support the weight of the house?
It is a pressure cabin, so it is supposed to withstand pressure from the inside, not outside. Right?

>>129952
I thought they made a few nice programs, but when they started shit like "Is the female orgasm real?", that's when they crossed a line. They are magicians, not Dr. Phils.

>> No.129986

>>129973
They are also getting paid to promote shit propaganda.

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>>129241
Never in my 4chan career have I read such a FUCKING AWESOME idea.

Thank you, and I mean it sincerely.

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>>129995
you must not be very old then. this is not new.

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>> No.130572

cut windows in a corrugated steel shipping container
-you can move anywhere in the world, and bring it with you
-it's relatively small, but enough room to live in
if you have an inter-modal container truck, you can take it camping

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>>130572
I dont really care about environmentally friendly houses - i want to build a racetrack on my property, and i dont want a simplistic dumpster container house.

I want a regular to large sized, house made of salvaged materials and has unique features.

I can go to any other thread on this board and get pics of someones attempt at a "cool" container house. I want something better than cargo bins.

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>>130617
Is there photo of this cabin in a different angle?
Is it really as scary as it looks?

>> No.130734

>>130617
that seems to be a cell antenna, I wonder what its doing there.

>> No.130736

>>130732
It is called the Solvay Hut.

>> No.130750

>>130736
Thank you good sir.

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>>130612
I need to make me that table. I really do.

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I don't have a fireplace, but a table with grammophone player, tube radio and a humidor.
My chairs are pink fabric with gold painted wood.

It's a work in progress though.

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>>130780
How would you go about it? I have no idea what's under this nice finish.

>> No.131341

>>129188
Isnt that a Tumbleweed?

>> No.131344

>>129452
Some rich guy built a million dollar cabin right next to my friend's lake cabin, and it had a window wall like that...only instead of folding it stayed straight and rotated on a point, so it turned into a glass patio roof on the deck straight out from the livingroom. It was pretty beautiful.

Also it had a shower that was completely outside the house on the second floor and glass...which was weird because you were basically showering outside where people on the lake could see you

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>>129181
hey OP i want to hook you up..or fucking have you join my crew. you can do what me and my dad used to do and build hundreds of houses out of conventional non eco friendly materials. Check out this technology..These are open source machines you can build yourself. It is everything you need to start a mini civilization, let alone a house from found material. http://opensourceecology.org/
these guys live 3 hours from me outside kansas city i'm planning on visiting them

this pic i have is known as the hobbit house of wales, was built by three people add a computer and bam you got a sweet place. Are you going for the eco friendly slant? Also if you want to salvage there are Earth Ships made from old tires packed with dirt. Insulated instantly without chemicals or fiberglass. Then there is ferro cement an amazing and underused material here is an example
http://www.ferrocement.com/products/wickerChair.01.en.html
this will make water proof and storm proof walls super cheaply it was invented in 1850 and the boats they made out of it still exist and float!

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5/5

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>>129181
Have you considered an earth ship? Building into a hill can save you on a lot of materials. The biggest issue is drainage.

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do this with fiber optics and send light through it

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">>" nice work bro!11

>> No.134241

ITT: things op will never have/be able to do.

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>>134224
>"le" everywhere
Is it neccesary?

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>> No.134253

>>134245
No, it's not necessary. It is a art.

>> No.134261

>>129189
All I think about when I see this and the other long glass shit below it is, oh man, you would have to pay someone to squeegee that glass like every fucking day, now being rich enough to afford this, it might not be a big deal, but fuck, they would need ladders and stuff, setting them up every day.
>>129427
>>129182
these are restaurants.
>>129438
Acoustics would be shit .
>>129429
see above, also, ahve you actully lived in a house with couchs like that? it turns out you really don't want to lay out every time you sit down, and otherwise this function like a stool, not relaxing. Also lofts/Multi-height stuff is wayless cool when you are actually in the room, not just practically, but ascetically as well, looks cool photographed thou.
If it's your persnol project, don't fall in that trap of making something cool that you never want to live in, save that for the people that get paid.

>>129450
roof and or floor gardens are way underdone and are so fucking cool>>129420
>>129181
bugs, bugs and spiders and flies and snakes in your house everywhere

>> No.134289

There is a website that is all about tiny houses and living spaces, it's really interesting and more targeted at the diy-er.
http://relaxshacks.blogspot.com/
I really want to build a small shack once, I just don't have the time and space for it.

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>>134261
thanks for contributing absolutely nothing

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>>134633
How does one cut glass bottles at that angle? lol

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>>134650

Presumably a table saw with either an angled blade or by clamping the bottles down and using a skill saw

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>>134650
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXngPx3w3M&feature=fvwrel

>> No.134718

>>134681
man that guy is annoying. But ya this is the best way that I have found. A few different places suggest this method.

>> No.134963

>>129487
>>132665
Would either of these be affordable to someone who's not filthy rich?
Would they be difficult to maintain?

It seems like the window idea would be more affordable/practical, but I really have no idea the exact costs/maintenance of either.

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>>134963
Glass windows that size that will stop that amount of water will be costly.
Just a pool in your house seems a lot more doable to me, you just have to look into a way to cover it up. There might be small kids coming over, parties at your house where a drunk will fall in and drown(I mention this because they arrested my ass for someone nearly dying in mine due to liquor and dopesmoking), that sort of thing.
Or you can just make sure nobody drunk or little or any pets have to go past the water.

Whichever of the two you choose(or you may even combine them!) be sure to take into account the normal things you have when you have a pool. Waterfilters, pumps, cost of water, chlorine etc.