CATEGORIES: Welding, Piers, General, Design, Framing, Doors & Windows, Insulation, Electrical
SEPTEMBER 2024
Installed bathroom window
Finished framing Container #3.
Continued electrical work in Containers 2 & 3.
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JULY 2024
Continued framing Container #3.
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APRIL 2024
Marked window locations.
Installed bedroom window.
Began framing Container #3.
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FEBRUARY 2024
Lifted Container #3 onto its piers.
Cut out openings between Containers 2 & 3.
Installed subfloor in Container #3.
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NOVEMBER 2023
Framed (most of) Container #2.
Began running electrical in Container #2.
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OCTOBER 2023
Placed concrete piers for Container #3.
Sealed and covered gaps between containers @ cutouts.
Finished insulation on Container 1.
Marked location of cutouts between Containers 2 & 3.
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JULY 2023
Container #2 lifted onto piers.
Pass-throughs between Container 1 and Container 2 cut out.
Roof seam sealed.
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FEBRUARY 2023
Redesign (now 3 40′ containers instead of 2 40′ ones and a 20′ one)
Container #2: Pour all five piers. (Read about it here.)
TAGS: Design, General, Piers, Welding
DECEMBER 2022
Container #1: Apply spray foam insulation (approx. 80% of container) (Read about it here and here.)
TAGS: Electrical, Framing, Insulation
JULY 2022
Container #1: Complete framing
Container #1: Mount interior electrical panel (Read about it here.)
Container #1: Run electric, install receptacles (Read about it here.)
TAGS: Electrical, Framing
MARCH 2022
Electrician installs mast, external panel
Electric utility installs meter, runs power to container #1 exterior
Container #1: Install bedroom window, front door (Read about it here.)
Container #1: Begin framing (Read about it here.)
TAGS: Framing, Electrical, Doors & Windows, Welding, Mistakes
FEBRUARY 2022
Container #1: Subfloor installed (foam sheets & OSB) (Read about it here.)
TAGS: Flooring
NOVEMBER 2021
Container #1 lifted onto its piers, welded to steel plates (Read about it here and here.)
Grind rust spots, apply rust inhibitor (Read about it here.)
TAGS: General, Piers, Welding, Rust & Paint
SEPTEMBER 2021
Container #1 delivered (Read about it here.)
TAGS: General
MARCH 2021
1. Learn welding
2. Make our own extension cord for welding machine
3. Weld steel plates to rebar in piers (Read about it here.)
TAGS: Welding, Mistakes
NOVEMBER 2020
Container #1: Pour remaining four concrete piers (Read about it here and here and here.)
TAGS: General, Piers, Welding, Mistakes
SEPTEMBER 2020
Container #1: Pour first three concrete piers (Read about it here.)
TAGS: General, Piers