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brkdncr t1_j08z99k wrote

Reply to comment by hotassnuts in Feds file lawsuit against Arizona over border wall made of shipping containers by AudibleNod

For the same price you can build a better home.

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hotassnuts t1_j0907ia wrote

Please show me how.

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brkdncr t1_j0977w7 wrote

Lots of info out there. Shipping containers as homes are basically a pre-fab exterior frame and nothing more. They also are harder to work with since home building isn’t designed around starting with a metal container with uneven walls.

Framing a home isn’t hard or expensive.

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sotpmoke t1_j0babyh wrote

Framing isnt hard or expensive. Information wont build a home. You need skilled labor. If Ron Swanson wants a dovetail on some 18th century crown moulding google isnt gonna cut it.

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wonkagloop t1_j0bb3xf wrote

You just compared an artisan detail feature with common labor. Framing isn’t particularly “skilled”…whereas finished and custom carpentry work kinda is. So no, framing a house ISN’T hard nor expensive. Timber is also vastly more sustainable than shipping containers.

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DarkLink1065 t1_j0adlbx wrote

It's quite a bit cheaper to build the equivalent sized rooms with traditional stud walls. In fact, to actually convert a shipping container into a home, you pretty much need to frame out the floors, roof, and walls anyways, and the only function the container provides is an outer shell, especially if you want to add any doors or windows. There's a long list of complications with using a shipping container as a house that make it... not as efficient as one might expect.

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jwm3 t1_j0aacmd wrote

Prefab houses. Containers are not great structures and replace one of the cheapest parts of the house with something incompatible with most housing standards.

Unless you can get the container for free or it is already taking up space on your land, might as well buy a proper prefab.

Though, if you were diy inclined and in the neighborhood and don't mind the possible legal consequences of snagging one of those containers, go for it.

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wonkagloop t1_j0bay05 wrote

Architect here, and more than happy to rip this concept apart because there’s a whole lot more to it than you’d assume in terms of permitting and construction.

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hotassnuts t1_j0bumed wrote

Please preach to the developers and Architects littering Southern California with multimillion dollar container homes. I've seen multiple 2-3 million pop up all over the place in the last 3 years and it's not stopping.

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