The Container Home Tutorials – Session 1 of 15
| By admin | Category: TutorialsFirst of 15 Shipping Container Home Tutorials brought to you by ContainerHome.info.
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https://s3.amazonaws.com/ContainerHomeInfo/Tutorial-1.mp4
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Tutorial 1 Supporting Resources
Download Tutorial 1 as a Podcast – download it to your IPOD or MP3 player.
PDF’s and links to information mentioned in Tutorial 1.
Clark Patent Filing for a Shipping Container Home
Phillip C. Clark filed for a US patent on 23rd November 1987. It was described as a “method for converting one or more steel shipping containers into a habitable building at a building site and the product thereof”
Patent was granted on the 8th Aug 1989
Earthquake, Hurricane Resistant Interlocking Soil Blocks
These are the low cost stabilized soil block mentioned in the video, there are several alternative interlocking block designs on the market, as with all alternative building solutions there are advantages and disadvantageous when using stablished soil interlocking blocks this resource is provide purely for research purposes.
An ebook that discusses where you can still build in the USA with NO or very few building codes
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This is the feedback I received from and Architect Lecturer in one of the more prestegious universities in South Africa which has put a damper on all my planning:
it is not just shipping containers but many alternative and innovative building systems that are approved and tested (check the agrement board) they are simply not socially acceptable people have certain perceptions of what a house is i am sure there would be much outrage if poor people were suddenly told that they would get shipping container homes the construction industry is also very conservative habraken says construction traditions are difficult to change as they are socially rooted another architect says that poor people do not want to be seen as living in a “weird experimental box”
i went with a shoshanguve community member to the innovation site (ABSA NHBRC competition) she kept on saying “what is wrong with brick and mortar?”
(for that matter one well respected architect who used to teach here keeps saying the same thing)
what i am saying does not imply at all that innovation should be abandoned in seeking a solution for housing dewar says that participation is not about asking people what they want “as people’s expectations are experientially determine”
the built environment in SA has been distorted (fragmented, non-functioning cities) and conservative (little of interest with regards to housing design) thus the problem of housing the poor needs to be seen within this bigger context and addressed accordingly…..
Hello. I really appreciate this video. I am exploring the uses of containers for a business model I have incorporating housing and retail space for economic empowerment. When are more videos coming out?
Thanks!
Ullyses
Thanks for the feedback Ullyses,
Our readers have told us they love what we do but asked not to over whelm them with content as its a lot to take in – fair enough – so we have settled on releasing a new 30 minute video each week.
Hope you will keep an eye out for the next video.
New Ideas always comes with “Pros and Contras” were i live in PR low class middle people of the cities use to live what we call Public Residentials. They are Modules 3 stories high or 4 and thats what we know as low Income housing. But 10 to 15 years ago we begin to see. The same concept of building constructed for the middle class income and they had been contructing $300,000.00 apts in the same way they constructed the low income. So with this said about the concept of people, that wont live in container house it just matter of time. Finance, well one of the thing of the concept if your going to finance a container house, fot what many companies are ask they are just selling another house, go out to a bank and get a good deal in a repo house the banks are full of it you’ll get a better deal. What really bring to me the attention of the concept of container housing is that I dont need a bank. You can buy your first module work on it then live in that one. Buy the other, work on that one stack it, unitil you have the house you desire. The best of all fully paid. Can take you time but what you prefered have a 30 40 years mortgage than maybe in 3 to 5 years have a house with out mortgage. In the resale well there you will have a problem maybe in the future no dout about it but for sure for the time it will be resolve and with real state disaster actually you wont have to worry about it you will always get your money and some extra in a sale.
very good job and finally a clear tutorial that covers the subject in depth
I look forward to the tutorials to come as many people here I plan to build container-based
I found my ground but I am reluctant to throw all the ideas that I found regarding insulation, reinforcements to make me seem complicated
So I take this opportunity to ask my questions:
1: how to define the place where you have to add support posts and what thickness of steel used
2: What insulation to use (for the moment I think of cork boards outside 20cm)
3: I read that the floor is treated with toxic (arsenic. ..), is there a way to treat the floor for him there is no risk to health or does it change it completely?
I have lots more questions but I keep them for next time not to discourage any people who would help me:)
to thank you in advance for your answers
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Fakihi,
Thanks for your feedback.
Your questions are most welcome, can you please send any and all questions you have to admin@containerhome.info so that we can make sure we get them answered.
I am sure that if your wondering about something others will be as well and your questions are a great help in making sure we cover everything.
Regards
When answering questions, would it be possible to place all of the answers in an FAQ that everyone can read and have access to?
Thanks — Don
Thanks for the suggestion Don
The idea of a “questions asked” summary page or FAQ is a great idea, we will put that in place this week.
If any one has any questions they would like added please feel free to send them to admin@containerhome.info or use the comments area here.
Hello,
I’m interested in the free software…so I filled out the form and was sent the link to the tutorials, but I can’t seem to find the software download anywhere? Sorry if I’m just being dim…
Thanks for your help…
Todd
No problem Todd.
After 100′s of people telling us there was too much information to digest and that it felt overwhelming we have moved to a model that we provide the resources appropriate to the the individual tutorial. eg the information about insulation is available with the insulation tutorial, the deign software with the tutorials on design etc etc.
thanks for the information and the great resource in your tutorials.
I would like to see if you have a trial of the software,before purchase. please advise
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