Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Container Foundations 2Nov 09, 2018 1:48 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Container Foundations 4Nov 09, 2018 2:47 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Container Foundations 5Nov 09, 2018 4:03 pm Drop in here for a peep at a range of loading/info stuff on containers. They twist/distort/rack more easily than thought yet can accept heavy loadings. Condenation/container support leg info in the text useful. https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/tra ... y_2014.pdf HEDD Engineering (Aussie) have concrete footings+lock off the shelf. Their catalogues container many items of interest to the container. home builder. https://twistlocks.com.au/WP/wp-content ... 2-2017.pdf Seen a range of these homes overseas where the supports have ranged from none and on the ground, through bricks, concrete blocks, sleepers and up. All sort of work! Re: Container Foundations 6Nov 11, 2018 5:30 pm bashworth I think it does answer your question as what I am suggesting is 3 strips of concrete about 2.5m long and about 600mm wide for a 40foot container. For a 20 foot you can probably get away with just the ends. Thank you very much for your advice. It is much appreciated. our situation was a bit of a guinea pig in that structural work by the previous builder was defective and the house was almost completed, and our structural engineer… 1 4965 1 10481 |