FINDING THE FIRST CONTAINER
With the support piers in place, it was time to buy Container Number One. A funny thing about that… When we first had the idea for a house from shipping… Read More »FINDING THE FIRST CONTAINER
General
WHAT’S UP WITH THE COUNTDOWN TIMER?
Many of our eager readers have asked, “What’s up with the countdown timer?” As we explained earlier, I have a government job in California and am in Mississippi for only… Read More »WHAT’S UP WITH THE COUNTDOWN TIMER?
PIER CONSTRUCTION (PART 3)
For the one and only time on this project, the height of a concrete pier wouldn’t matter; the very first one (#1 in the diagram) could be as high as… Read More »PIER CONSTRUCTION (PART 3)
THE PIERS
Before we could plant piers in the ground, we had to decide two things: how many, and where. For the first question, I researched both the load capacity of concrete… Read More »THE PIERS
THE DESIGN
After only a little research online—Google and YouTube will come up again and again in this story—we determined that the sky’s the limit when it comes to turning shipping containers… Read More »THE DESIGN
MY FIRST TRIP TO THE ROOF
Clay has provided me with a list of shipping container tasks that I need to complete before he returns in March of 2022. One such task was to check if… Read More »MY FIRST TRIP TO THE ROOF
ORIGINS
The whole thing began when Calvin asked, sometime in 2019, “How about if we build a house out of shipping containers?” And Clay said, “OK.” We have three-quarters of an… Read More »ORIGINS
WHO WE ARE
We are Clay and Calvin. Our property in rural Pike County, Mississippi, was left to Calvin long ago by a benevolent grandmother, and when the house on it became vacant… Read More »WHO WE ARE
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