"Out Buildings"

[Carey]

County has regs on that.....no clue what they are, but a lot of industrial sites have them on two concrete rails that allow the "wheels" ie. trailers to slide under....would make for a quick getaway if needed. (esp if the center area was raised to the same height for wind & all! Also good to have an outdoor bathroom, as the waste plumbing would be toast if the container moved)

[David M]

A good quality container sure does offer possibilities - especially when bought at a great price. We paid just under $2k for a 20 footer and used it to ship tractor and other stuff. It now sits on a concrete foundation, under a standalone roof approx 28'X30'. The roof supports my PV arrays. The inside wall of the container is home to my solar system electronics and my water filtration system.

According to one building inspector if you have a container on property it has to be on a chassis system or permitted. This came up when he failed final inspection of a friend's house with 2 containers. They passed on reinspection - containers gone. Same inspector gave me the same story when he did my framing inspection. I had to get the container permitted or moved. Drawings, etc, etc, back thru the process. I have the permit, but not had it inspected yet.

Trip via memory lane. I tend to think of a container as smallish, a 40 footer being around 320 sf, but then I recall that for a number of years as a child, my family lived in a 40X8 Pontiac trailer - Living room, kitchen, full bath, 2 bedrooms. 2 parents, 8 kids. The living sofa converted to a bed, my 3 sisters had the 2 bunk beds in the middle room, 3 of my brothers and I had 4 bunks in the rear bedroom, baby brother still in crib. Cozy Then again, I was shorter and weighed considerably less

David

Ninole Resident

[nanasohana]

So do you think the County has requirements lined out if you have containers on your property? Do you have to submit building plans showing the support system and maybe a site plan? I wonder if they have this all figured out as what they require?

[nanasohana]

And David my 7 kids could relate to your story...we never seemed to have a house big enough for them....always "cozy" LOL

[marlin]

RE: ContainerLiving
Years ago I bought a section of 'jetway' from the hilo airport and turned it into a kitchen and storage shed with a wall in between. Just like a container with out the ends. That was framed in with a door. The whole thing worked great.

marlin

[David D]

David M: What type of drawings did you have to submit? Architect stamp?

David D

[David M]

David D

Yep, basically a full package. Site plan, elevations, etc. Situation.

My original house permit drawing included the tractor/shed. My draftsman did not include the container portion - saying it was not required. Once my original permit was issued I started work - moved the 20 foot container onto its pad and concrete foundation blocks, built the roof over structure, pored some additional. When I had my foundation inspection, the inspector commented that I should have had the support pipes inspected also before pouring the concrete - too late, pipes were already encased in concrete 12' (min) diameter, 5 ft deep. Inspector made a comment to inspection report that they were installed without prior inspection. Apparently, not a show stopper as I had complied with the architectural plan. It was not until framing inspection, that issue was made of the container. Potential problem as the container is in place, under the roof, surrounded by concrete. I went back to draftsman for corrective active. I had to get this permitted as it was built, anything else could be a nightmare. So draftsman did a complete set of drawings - actually the original drawings with details of the container added in. Same architect also. Naturally, there was an additional charge. Back into County process (including Health even though no additional cesspool). A couple moths later, the county issued (for fee) another separate permit.
Once my solar installation is complete and I can clean the area up some, I intend to call for inspection. Not sure what to ask for, but it would appear that a single inspection should get me legal. Could be interesting.

David

Ninole Resident

[David D]

Thanks Dave! I'm planning on bring a 20' container. I wanted to incorporate the container in a Work Shop structure, if only to park the tractor.


Edited by - David D on 09/03/2007 03:22:34

[HADave]

container housing is getting pretty involved I thought this setup could easily resemble Hawaii http://earthsci.org/education/fieldsk/co...ainer.html

[nanasohana]

Thanks, David for the link...that would work perfectly here. Carey, look...our idea has been done!