Great use for a shipping container

[chopperpete]

[Conor Wright]

Nice, would make a great little yard office, did you make it? 

Any more detailed photos of around the windows?

[Stere]

Looks good but im not sure what advantage  having the container inside  does once the cabin is done apart from maybe the space between logs and container could be insulated?

 

 

 

 

Having external insulation should stop any condensation inside.

 

Saw a similar thing  cladding  caravans with larch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 27, 2023 by Stere

[peds]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

Looks good but im not sure what advantage  having the container inside  does once the cabin is done apart from maybe the space between logs and container could be insulated?

 

One advantage is that it no longer looks like a shipping container.  I have 2x20ft containers with a gap between them, they were hugely useful when we were building our house, and my wife says we can only keep them if they get clad to a decent standard. 

[chopperpete]

2 hours ago, Conor Wright said:

Nice, would make a great little yard office, did you make it? 

Any more detailed photos of around the windows?

No not my work, just found it on the internet....like finding things like this for ideas..

Edited December 27, 2023 by chopperpete

[Justme]

55 minutes ago, peds said:

One advantage is that it no longer looks like a shipping container.  I have 2x20ft containers with a gap between them, they were hugely useful when we were building our house, and my wife says we can only keep them if they get clad to a decent standard. 

But why do you even need the container if your doing this to it?

 

A bit extra work would make it un necessary to even have a container. 

[woody paul]

4 minutes ago, Justme said:

But why do you even need the container if your doing this to it?

Good set of chains and good tractor and you can move it around. 

[Justme]

1 minute ago, woody paul said:

Good set of chains and good tractor and you can move it around. 

Could do the same with a wood cabin on skids. Or wheels.

[josharb87]

Waste of time, waste of a container and waste of logs

 

 

but it looks pretty! 

[peds]

54 minutes ago, Justme said:

But why do you even need the container if your doing this to it?

 

A bit extra work would make it un necessary to even have a container. 

We needed it because we were building a house and needed somewhere for deliveries, tools, storing furniture mid-move etc., and didn't have the time to build anything else. 4 screws in the ground one afternoon, containers delivered the next day, finished. Usable secure and dry storage space.

Now that they are there, it's a lot quicker and easier to just clad them and roof them than it would be to get rid and start again from scratch.

 

I don't see the reason for the negativity towards them. There's certainly enough containers kicking around for people to do whatever they want with them.