08-30-2007, 04:26 PM
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
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
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