PIER CONSTRUCTION (PART 1)
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)
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
FIRST STEPS
With a plan in place, it was time to get to work. Oh wait…the plan! There’s a wide range of floor-plan and blueprint software available, and of course there’s pencil… Read More »FIRST STEPS
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
“DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU”
Given our inexperience at the launch of our project, we expect to be saying this a lot. We expect to goof up, cause delays, waste money, re-do things we’ve screwed… Read More »“DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU”
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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