SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES
 

 

Low Structural Cost - High Strength.

Shipping containers offers a huge structural strength for a fraction of the cost of traditional house constructions. Because all the strength is contained in the structural elements themselves, the foundation design is simpler and less expensive, most likely all you need are concrete post under the container corners.

Containers are an extremely flexible method of construction, being both modular in shape, extremely strong structurally and readily available for a low cost.

We have giant stacks of unwanted shipping containers in North America and other Western countries. Why? Because there’s a huge trade imbalance, and most manufacturing is now done in Asia.
Full containers are heading all over the world, but there’s nothing to put in them for the return trip. And the cost of shipping them back is higher than just making a new container. So they just leave them here.
Shipping containers are readily available for sale, pricing depends where you look for these metal boxes but I’ve seen them for as low as $900 for a 20 footer, make sure you calculate the transportation into the purchase of containers.

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