Saturday, January 3, 2015

A Container is a Marvelous Thing!




Containers are great structures... I know they look like big ugly
boxes, but if you are inside, does it really matter?
They are wind, water, fire and bug proof. Unless you start the fire
from the inside!
There are many things you can do with a container, all you need is a
bit of imagination, and time (or lot's of money!) and the possibilities
are endless.
Containers can be converted into a all sorts of structures: tiny homes,
saunas, kitchens/restaurants, bathroom units, workshops, schools etc.



MY container is now delivered and in place.
The delivery man took a lot of time to make sure it was level.
I have been to the hardware store and bought studs and screws
and other supplies…
Now all I need is my brothers circular saw. I have tried to use a jigsaw
and a hand saw to cut a couple of the boards to length, but it is
neither efficient nor accurate!

I have taped a map of where everything will go so I can get a better
idea of how things will look spatially. I see many tiny houses that
are so full of furniture (or builtins) that there is little room to move
around. I like to fit everything in and still have it feel spacious
(one never knows when an impromptu dance party will break out!).
So we'll see how it all turns out!

My first job will be to drill the holes for electrical wiring in the studs
and then cut them to length to fit into the steel corrugations of the
walls. I am using 2x3's in most of the container, and 2x2's where no
electrical wires will be behind the walls, as in the bathroom and at
the closed end of the container.


1 comment:

  1. You'll have to scan and post your mapped ideas of what you're gonna do with the space!

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