Container Home: Putting the House Underground - 24 April 2016

This was a very big weekend for me. We got the containers underground!!! Yes, they are now mostly underground. We left the two ends exposed until the gabion baskets arrive either this week or next. While passing by Straight Line Fencing in Clarksville, TN, I noticed they have...

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Container Home: Second Coat of Epoxy and Drainage Piping - 17 April 2016

The first thing my wife and I did was to apply a second coat of the coal tar epoxy to the side walls. I don't want to have to dig those out again due to any rust. After that, we got the sewage piping installed around the containers. It took quite a while but we finally finished...

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Container Home: Installing Final Structural Ceiling I-Beam - 10 April 2016

This weekend, I finished up installing the last of the i-beams down the center of the containers. These give it the structural reinforcements it needs since the center walls were cut out. Here is the final picture of it after it was welded in place. The next thing...

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Container Home: Installing Structural Wall Supports - 04 April 2016

This weekend, I hauled my final two loads of steel. I know my Jeep is glad of that with hauling 890 pounds on the roof. It included the last two 6" i-beams for reinforcing the ceiling and the final six 4" i-beams for reinforcing the walls. I got the final six i-beams welded...

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