Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Shipping container home 10Apr 11, 2019 11:42 am Next came the demolition of the brick shed. As we are trying to keep costs down we decided to knock the shed down by hand. This was a lot of work but cost us nothing. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We are also trying to reduce waste and the cost of removing it so we hired a mobile concrete crusher for about $1100 and over 2 days crushed 9000 odd bricks and roof tiles into useable gravel that we spread over our driveway. This will eventually be concreted after all trucks and cranes have finished on site. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Shipping container home 11Jul 05, 2019 2:44 pm Thanks for sharing, this is fascinating and inspiring! Keep up the good work. Re: Shipping container home 13Mar 06, 2021 10:27 am JonathanHodges There are some awesome ideas on this thread! You never realize how big these shipping containers are until you see one in person. In my opinion, houses like these would not be hard and expensive to build. The more I look into this the more I want to buy a few of these and start building a small house for myself. It would really make sense having something like this beside the house you already live in. I was looking online a bit and there are companies that can make you custom containers. The one that looked the most promising was https://www.tigercontainers.com/contact-us/shipping-containers-sydney/. It looked like they have a lot of experience, and they could be trusted. Hmmmmm... this sounds like a bit of masquerading self promotion. Particularly given the website dedicates all of one sentence to talking about modifying shipping containers to suit your needs. And no pictures etc to demonstrate they've ever done it. 1 10479 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16252 From what I know about water tanks (I've been working with a client on them for a few years now) is this - The concrete can last a lifetime if they don't crack for some… 2 10620 |