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For the shipping containers, anyone ever add windows? I don't think I could sleep in an enclosed metal box, let alone convince my wife too. Seems uncomfortable on many Leventhal, but don't know if I'm just being paranoid.
Quote from: 2MANY on January 02, 2024, 12:57:39 PMThis thread is a great advertisement for building permits and codes.Unfortunatly.Not quite sure what you mean, do you mind clarifying? I intend to permit anything legally requiring a permit, if that's what you're getting at.
This thread is a great advertisement for building permits and codes.Unfortunatly.
Look up Tin Can Cabin. The guy detailed his three shipping container cabin build. Here is two major considerations with Shipping Containers. The biggest is the floor HAS TO BE encapsulated. The floors are impregnated with some seriously nasty chemicals that continue to off gas forever. Serious health hazard if you are sleeping in one or spending any time inside. Number two, unless you spray foam insulate the walls, you WILL BE dealing with mold very soon. Even if you were to put in wall studs and insulate, even the tiniest space between the insulation and the steel container wall will sweat, condense and mold will develop.I lived in an 16x24 foot Old Hickory Shed for 4 and a half years. No electricity or running water for most of that time. Spray foam insulate, cost a bit more, but you will never regret it. Insulate the floor. I can share a story sometime about NOT insulating the floor and having to deal with mold on everything that was a couple of inches off the floor. Cold air from the floor rising up and meeting the warm air in the cabin, causes condensation on the underside of the dressers, etc,, and walla mold issue. Propane heat puts extra moisture in the air, which equals....you guessed it, mold. Check out 509 Wood stoves (Flame Innovation) in Post Falls, ID. Best thing since sliced bread for heating your cabin. Easy to regulate the heat and last all night. Uses compressed logs. Buy it by the pallet and it's 65 cents a log. Wood stove puts out dry heat, much better for the cabin space than propane.
Quote from: Machias on January 16, 2024, 12:45:57 PMLook up Tin Can Cabin. The guy detailed his three shipping container cabin build. Here is two major considerations with Shipping Containers. The biggest is the floor HAS TO BE encapsulated. The floors are impregnated with some seriously nasty chemicals that continue to off gas forever. Serious health hazard if you are sleeping in one or spending any time inside. Number two, unless you spray foam insulate the walls, you WILL BE dealing with mold very soon. Even if you were to put in wall studs and insulate, even the tiniest space between the insulation and the steel container wall will sweat, condense and mold will develop.I lived in an 16x24 foot Old Hickory Shed for 4 and a half years. No electricity or running water for most of that time. Spray foam insulate, cost a bit more, but you will never regret it. Insulate the floor. I can share a story sometime about NOT insulating the floor and having to deal with mold on everything that was a couple of inches off the floor. Cold air from the floor rising up and meeting the warm air in the cabin, causes condensation on the underside of the dressers, etc,, and walla mold issue. Propane heat puts extra moisture in the air, which equals....you guessed it, mold. Check out 509 Wood stoves (Flame Innovation) in Post Falls, ID. Best thing since sliced bread for heating your cabin. Easy to regulate the heat and last all night. Uses compressed logs. Buy it by the pallet and it's 65 cents a log. Wood stove puts out dry heat, much better for the cabin space than propane.Could you frame out the floor with 2x4s, spat foam it then sheet with plywood for encapsulating it?
Quote from: PsoasHunter on January 02, 2024, 08:19:58 PMQuote from: 2MANY on January 02, 2024, 12:57:39 PMThis thread is a great advertisement for building permits and codes.Unfortunatly.Not quite sure what you mean, do you mind clarifying? I intend to permit anything legally requiring a permit, if that's what you're getting at. Probably the other direction than what was being hinted at, but I know from limited experience that you're not going to get very far in any county in washington state once you plan to spend the night in it. This isn't really a free country. (It's free as long as you do everything the way they want, don't do anything they haven't thought of yet, and pay their fees.)
Quote from: rainshadow1 on January 03, 2024, 07:58:56 AMQuote from: PsoasHunter on January 02, 2024, 08:19:58 PMQuote from: 2MANY on January 02, 2024, 12:57:39 PMThis thread is a great advertisement for building permits and codes.Unfortunatly.Not quite sure what you mean, do you mind clarifying? I intend to permit anything legally requiring a permit, if that's what you're getting at. Probably the other direction than what was being hinted at, but I know from limited experience that you're not going to get very far in any county in washington state once you plan to spend the night in it. This isn't really a free country. (It's free as long as you do everything the way they want, don't do anything they haven't thought of yet, and pay their fees.)Unfortunately this is the truth! This is a 12x16 I built and put a wood stove in. Even though it's on a tiny island in pierce county, I've been turned in to the county twice now for staying in it overnight and heating it. They're technically only supposed to be used for storage only and unheated. I can haul all the junk I want and let it rot on my property but this is against the rules After multiple calls and emails to the county, the only way I can legally use it as a cabin is if I have running water and sanitation.