I shouldn’t have complained about the wet ground last spring, when it complicated the hole-digging for the Container 2 piers. The digging then was easy — for Mr. Sammy, his… Read More »PREPARING FOR CONTAINER #3 (October 2023)
(October 2023: This post is WAY overdue, in part because of some back-end WordPress issues and in part because I’ve been lazy.) July.Southwest Mississippi.Steel box.Sounds like fun!(Management decreed after about… Read More »CONTAINER #2 SET IN PLACE
It’s early-March 2023 now, and my next trip back to Mississippi is in July. A few weeks ago, the five piers for Container #2 went into the ground. Next steps… Read More »READY FOR CONTAINER #2
It’s been raining in southwest Mississippi, and rain can get in the way of A) digging holes in the ground, B) sticking cardboard tubes into them, and C) pouring concrete.… Read More »CONTAINER 2: CONCRETE PIERS & A DESIGN CHANGE
With framing and electrical work in Container 1 completed (as of summer 2022), there are several options for next steps. Insulation is a possibility. We’ll be using spray foam, and… Read More »MORE PIERS
I do not know how resistant a four-and-a-half-ton (plus the weight of framing, insulation, drywall and furnishings) steel box would be to the winds of a hurricane or tornado, both… Read More »ATTACHING THE CONTAINERS TO THE PIERS
I said in the last post that when the first container was set down on its concrete piers, I was glad to see that “everything was exactly where it needed… Read More »A GOOF
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)
Something I had to decide before pouring concrete was how to connect the containers to the piers. A 40-foot high-cube container weighs a bit under 9,000 pounds empty—lots more with… Read More »PIER CONSTRUCTION (PART 2)
I read that it isn’t wise to set concrete piers in the ground with nothing beneath them because over time they can sink. And I would prefer not to live… Read More »PIER CONSTRUCTION (PART 1)