Container Home: Applying Coal Tar Epoxy - 27 March 2016

This last weekend, I took Friday off to get the exterior wall that will be underground prepped. I had to first sand any rust spots. Next, the coal tar epoxy was applied. My wife came over and helped with applying the epoxy with really decreased the time. This was probably one...

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Container Home: Installing First Structural I-Beam - 13 March 2016

I finished up installing all of the re-enforcement beams for the bedroom and bathroom. These beams will be used to re-enforce the walls when we bury the two sides in the ground. Here is a picture of the beams in place. I have six more beams to weld and the 40 foot wall will...

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Container Home: Installing First Ceiling Structural I-Beam - 06 March 2016

This was a one day work weekend due to a speech contest I was in on Saturday. I feel like though that I got a critical part well on the way, along with solving other parts of the house. The first thing I did was to bring over the 6 inch i-beam to put in place for supporting...

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