Container Home: Subflooring and Coal Tar Epoxy Application - 31 May 2016

I have not updated this for the last month because it has taken a very long time to complete the roof. I finally finished applying the coal tar epoxy last weekend after grinding all of the rust spots using SSPC-SP3 surface preparation standard. Next was applying the coal...

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Container Home: Installing the ceiling 4x4s - 01 May 2016

This weekend, my wife and I got the 4x4s installed across the ceiling of both containers. This gives the containers the structural support that holds them up against the forces of the earth. They also give a place at the ceiling to attach the 2x4s to when we begin building out the interior framing. The third thing it gives is structural support for...

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