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Posted by Wallace Hunter on October 05, 2011

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Electrical line fixed, returned, and ready for the electrician

What is a container home?

I wanted to take a few minutes today to explain to those out there who might not understand what type of home we are going to be building. I also want to give credit to a few sites that I have been watching like a hawk for the last year. These sites have helped to give me the confidence that I can do what they have done. I just want to put my own little spin on my version though. I am sure that coupled with the architect Candid Rogers' design, we should create quite the amazing abode in Dale, TX. First we have to explain the type of home we plan on building. We are going to use very non-traditional building materials. The plan is to create a home based off the 40' ISBU shipping containers. Here is the wikipedia link. = = > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_container At this time we are in the plans of determining how many of the containers we are going to need. It could be as few as 2, but possibly 3 or 4. We have a friend who built their house from 9. They are very mu...

Topic discussion - INSULATION

Yesterday was a great day. We visited Alan's container in Austin. Man, what an awesome experience. First Alan was a stupendous guy, and opened up his creation for us to visit and ask questions. He so awesomely took the time that we needed to review key points and go over mistakes or things he might do different in the future. Thanks Alan, it really helped. I am going to breakdown what we learned into a few key groups and discuss one point per day until we get these issues brainstormed. This way we can focus on what we discussed & learned. Those keypoints are: Insulation Foundation Air Conditioning Wall strength Windows Materials Welding Tools & Equipment INSULATION : We learned quite a lot about the way Alan did insulation. Alan stated that he used spray SOY foam insulation and had a person come out and do the work for him. As you can see in the pictures, the foam was sprayed into the wooden frameout. It wa...

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