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 of the most frustrating times I have worked on the place because not one, but two angle grinders went bad on me. I was in a time crunch because the epoxy needs at least 18 hours of drying time before rain moved in on late Sunday.

I meant to get a picture of the entire wall after I had ground down all rust spots, but I was in such a time crunch that I forgot until we were already half way through applying the epoxy.

Here is a picture half way through:

This is a picture after we finished applying the epoxy to the entire side.

While I was over there, I also picked up cinder blocks to use for supporting the drainage and sewage pipes. These blocks will be placed every 1 foot down the side. We will then fill in that part with a base of gravel.

Here is a picture of the sewage and drainage pipes. The blue pipe is the sewage and the perforated pipes are the drainage. They will be run through the cinder blocks at the base of the containers. Since there will not be any black water, drainage can be run out into the ground.