Latest Update

This year, I have come a long way with the house. It is now close to being finished that we can go and live in it over the weekends to enjoy LBL. I have not been back since the second week of September due to so many things going on in my life. I am now running for city council...

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Kitchenette, Bathroom, Water, and Windows

I finally purchased the Renogy 2000 watt inverter. It has worked out great. With the five 100 watt panels, I have been able to run my electrical tools completely off the solar power without any need of the generator for the past four weeks. I installed four AC outlets throughout...

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Container Home: Long Overdue Update - 16 January 2017

It has been a few months since I have published an update. My wife and I have been very busy at completing the home. Each time we have been there, we have been so tired afterwards that we just wanted to come on home, so we haven't taken pics in quite a while. Here is a video...

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Container Home: Spray Foam Application - 18 September 2016

This was the first application of the spray foam. Since then, I applied one more tank full to the house. I am going to be applying a third application to coat all of the steel beams. ...

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Container Home: Installing the Main Door and Electricity - 31 July 2016

It has been quite a while since I last updated the blog. There has been a lot done on the house. The first thing we did was to finish installing the sliding glass door. After I got the vertical beams installed, I needed to get the horizontal ones. In order to do this, I had...

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Container Home: Installing Second Window and Door - 12 June 2016

This weekend, we finished installing the last of the Styrofoam panels on the roof. It made an enormous difference in temperature inside since the sun is now blocked from shining down directly on the steel roof. We also got the second window installed. It was hot and no fun...

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Container Home: Ceiling Reinforcements and Subflooring - 04 June 2016

This weekend, my wife and I came over and actually got everything we could get done on Saturday. There were heavy thunderstorms to which I could not use the plasma cutter or welder. The first thing we did was to install the 2x6 pieces down the length of the container ceiling and the remaining part at the floor. These provide a place to attach the...

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