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Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 8/20/2009, 12:49 am
In Response To: Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container *Pic* (Etienne Muller)

: It is possible to get second hand refrigerated containers. If they are too
: damaged for shipping you can get them cheap. You can also get the backs
: off retired refrigerated trucks. These would be scrap items and cheap. But
: fine for a work space.

: The advantage is that they are very well insulated, and usually white inside,
: good for light.

: I use containers for kayak storage. If I was to use one for construction I
: would cut a window or two into it, or them, high up for light and
: ventilation.

: I have a friend who has a 40 ft container buried in the hillside behind his
: house. It is completely hidden and insulated by the surrounding earth.

: Containers are narrow. The best option would be to get two and use one for
: the build and one for storage, tools off boat work etc.

: half containers are are more manageable, but are only 20 ft long, so would
: not accommodate a double.

: Pictured is a 20 ft container

: Et

Hi ET, wow, thanks, now my 2 car garage feels spacious :)

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Shop: Building in a shipping container
Palle Dam -- 8/17/2009, 6:36 pm
Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 8/19/2009, 6:30 am
Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container
Glenn -- 8/20/2009, 12:38 pm
Re: Pity those of us going cold turkey------WebKit *Pic*
Etienne Muller------WebKitFormBoundary0RM+fJAO6BWF -- 8/20/2009, 3:16 pm
Re: Pity those of us going cold turkey------WebKit
Bill Hamm -- 8/21/2009, 12:45 am
Re: Pity those of us going cold turkey *Pic*
Etienne Muller -- 8/20/2009, 3:21 pm
Re: Pity those of us going cold turkey
Bill Hamm -- 8/21/2009, 12:49 am
Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container
Bill Hamm -- 8/20/2009, 12:49 am
Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container
Glenn -- 8/19/2009, 3:06 pm
Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container
Mike Savage -- 8/20/2009, 5:36 am
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Glenn -- 8/20/2009, 12:28 pm
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Mike Savage -- 8/20/2009, 4:04 pm
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Deano -- 8/18/2009, 2:55 pm
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Mike Scarborough -- 8/17/2009, 8:24 pm
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Kudzu -- 8/17/2009, 7:38 pm
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Mike Savage -- 8/17/2009, 7:14 pm
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Palle Dam -- 8/19/2009, 6:25 am
Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container
Mike Savage -- 8/19/2009, 7:04 am
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Terry Haines -- 8/18/2009, 12:45 pm
Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container
Bill Hamm -- 8/19/2009, 1:02 am
Re: Shop: Building in a shipping container
Mike Savage -- 8/18/2009, 1:54 pm