Using steel shipping containers to build a house saves money

[jeffrey]

A container-based home offers a fast, green, and sustainable approach to building. These inter-modal steel building units (ISBUs) are manufactured in a factory-controlled environment so they are standardized and reliable. They can be used to build an average-sized home with almost no wood.

In North Charleston, South Carolina, Tampa Armature Works (TAW) and local contractors quickly and easily constructed a container house, blending it perfectly into the surrounding neighborhood. They used four 40 x 8 x 8 foot ISBUs laid side-by-side to create a three bedroom, 1,280 square-foot home without a hint of its original corrugated-steel exterior...


Building a Container House

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Little termite threat either.

[Simpatico]

Wow, excellent post. Definitely have to remember this for my next home.

[red92s]

One additional perk of this construction technique is that you can go with higher-end interior finishes