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BUILDING YOUR SHIPPING CONTAINER HOME.

Conceive It . Focus It . Action It.

Action It.Building a house is no small feet. Even a small one. There are thous ands of materials, pieces, and tasks invo lved. Unless you

are a builder or experienced it's intimidating. But, what containers as perfect modules allow you to do, is sim plify the entire

process . Think of a typical 1,000 square foot hous e. Try and work through in your head the total length of timber for the framing,

square foo tage of sheathing, number of floo r jois ts required, and ceiling rafters. Can't do it. Not too many can. Now think about

that 1,00 0 s quare foo t house made o ut of shipping containers. It's 3 forty foot containers. By reducing the house into 3 base

compo nent pieces (mo dules), it's much easier to understand, design, and build.

I. Permitting, Bidding, and Pre-order

Finish construction docum ents for your shipping co ntainer home and subm it to building authority for permitting.

Submit construction documents to factory for pricing and engineering of container modules.

Clarifications to building authority and factory as required .

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Get re quired permit s from building autho rity.

Submittal of construction documents to general and sub co ntractors.

Execute purchase order o f container modules from factory.

II. The Build

Site Work

Begin grading work including any required excavation f or f oundation, utilit ies, sto rm water management , and

septic.

Bring required utilit ies to site .

i. CONCEIVE IT.

ii. FOCUS IT.

iii. ACTION IT.

Shipping Container Architecture

Shipping Container

Homes ProjectDevelopment

Worksheets

a. Model Shipping Container

Home - Component Square

Footage Worksheet

Reference:

1. Shipping Container Structural

Components and Terminology

2. Shipping Container Cad

Drawings and Models

3. Container Compressive

Load Bearing Capacity

4. CorTen - Shipping Co ntainer

Weathering Steel

5. ISO Shipping Co ntainers

Inherent Strength and Building

Code Requirements

6. Guide to Co ntainer

Inspection

7. Jo int Comm ittee on Tactical

Shelters (JOCOTAS) Catalog

8. Insulation

9. R-Value Table

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Install septic system and any storm water management system if required.

Foundation

The foundation sho wn below is a typical slab on grade application for a 100 0s f (three 40' containers) shipping cont ainer

home design. There is a 24' x 40' perimeter foundation wall made from precast concrete panels, but could easil y be cmu block

or po ured concrete. The perimeter was excavated and trench filled with gravel (for drainage). The precast panels were dro pped in

via a crane and tied together. The panels included insulation and exterior water proofing m embranes added at the factory. Utilities

(water, electircal, and gas supply lines ) are run to the base o f the foundation and then to there respective locations in plan.

Foundation walls were then back-filled, so il com pacted, gravel added, rebar laid out, and then slab po ured.

The Shipping Cont ainer House Foundations link in the Reference section has informatio n on o ther foundation o ptions and

design.

10. Passive Solar Design

Issues

11. Shipping Container Ho use

Foundations

12. Container Home Green

Roo f and Framing

13. Shipping Container Ho me

Floor Plans

14. Shipping Container Ho mes

Plan and Section Details

Resources:

Selected Boo ks

FAQs

Glossary

External Links:

Worth a Look

Shipping Container Homes

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Shipping Container Homes

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Container Modifications

Shipping containers have monocoque bodies . The corrugation panels (roof, sides , and back), floo r, purlins, front doors, frame,

and rails form an integrated structural skin. They are strong and made to carry floo r loads far in excess o f what is required for

typical home co nstruction. But, when you m odify them, cutting holes or penetrating members, they are weakened. Regardless

of what level o f m odif ication your shipping container home design calls fo r, it is recommended t o review with a

structural engineer or architect .

As we said abo ve, when cutting a shipping container or removing any of the paneling, it's structural integrity is

compro mised. As an extreme example, consider the removal of all a container's corrugated paneling along the length of one side

(see the images belo w). Without reinforcement, the container deforms and then fails structurally. As a general rule, whenever you

remove po rtions o f the panelized co rrugation, steel framing will be required to frame out the opening. In addition, column and

roo f support will be necessary depending on the siz e of the opening(s) and roof/wind loads.

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Steel cutting, framing, and welding is a large part of shipping container hom e design and co nstruction. Typically, steel construction

is not used much in single family or smaller home des ign because of expense. Cos t of steel vs. wood/light guage framing is

substantial and the labor cost for s teel vs.carpentry is also higher. To co mbat this, it is best to have as much o f the welding and

reinforcing done off-site before setting the containers o n site and starting the interior fit-o ut. Most (if not all) container re-sellers

have the facilities to m ake these mo difications . If you do n't have experience in metal wo rk, or are not hiring a general contractor,

you sho uld plan on doing mo st of the container modification work off-site prior to delivery. More information on Co r-Ten steel

(the weathering steel shipping co ntainers are made from) is available at the CorTen - Shipping Cont ainer Weathering St eel

link in the RSCP Reference section.

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The Shipping Cont ainer Structural Component s and Terminology link has mo re detailed informatio n on the structural

compo nents of a shipping container. The Shipping Cont ainer Plan and Sectio n Details link has more information o n

container to container connection details and framing on o pening in the corrugation.

Set and Secure Containers to Foundation and Each Other

When the shipping containers arrive on s ite, they are crane-lifted one by one o nto the foundation, hoo ked into place, and welded

down to marry them co mpletely to the foundation. These heavy-gauge steel containers are so strongeach is designed to carry

57,000 pounds that they need only be fastened at the corners to hold fast, much as they would be o n a ship. In the example

above, the shipping container bottom corner blo cks are welded to steel plates imbedded in the concrete slab to secure the house

to the foundation. All corner blocks are welded to each o ther to s ecure the containers to themselves in the image below.

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Install windows, exterior doors, flashing, and any sky lights . Windows are set into openingsthat were measured and cut prior to delivery of the shipping containers or roughed o ut on site. All o penings for windows and

doo rs sho uld be framed with a steel section. Hollo w rectangle sections wo rk the best, but an L section will work as well. Images

below sho w openings for sliding do or systems in the end and sidewall panels o f a container. The Shipping Container Plan

and Sectio n Details link has construction details for window/door framing, flashing, thermal breaks, and glazing.

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Install interior framing, insulation, heating and cooling systems, plumbing,

electrical, and rough out all fixtures. Supertherm insulative coating, is sprayed on bo th sides o f theremaining container walls. Supertherm is a high- performance, four-part ceramic coating that carries an R value o f R-19 and

adheres to the steel surface of the shipping containers. A - inch plywoo d floor o ver the existing - inch plywoo d sub-floo r is

installed. Metal hat channels for wiring are run alo ng the walls and vertical support beams are secured. Metal studs and drywall

are used for interior partition walls. Once ins ulated, the existing container walls are faced in drywall for finishing.

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Install fixtures.

Finish grading and landscaping.

III.Inspection and Sign-off

Staged inspections through the build with contractor and building o fficial - foundation, plumbing and electrical, architectural, and

fire.

Put together final check/punch lis t for contractor

Review punch list with co ntractor

Final inspection with building official for certificate of o ccupancy

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