High-energy modular house made from shipping containers

  • Erstellt am 2014-04-04 22:03:14

werschtl

2014-04-04 22:03:14
  • #1
Greetings, dear group of builders,
I had a little browse through your very interesting forum and realized that you can learn a lot, so I immediately registered as well.
After searching in vain for a suitable condominium for 2 years, we gave up and now want to venture into the adventure of building a house. Apart from the hunt for the plot of land, we are looking for the right house concept. Solid house, prefabricated ...
A newspaper article made us aware of a young local company that offers houses made from ocean containers. The (partly rusty) containers are placed on a slab foundation, stacked or placed side by side. Beams are attached inside and outside, covered outside with a kind of chipboard and inside with drywall. The gaps are stuffed with thick wool.
One container is 13 x 2.50 m. We intend to place 4 side by side, essentially as a bungalow with about 120 sqm of living space. The interior walls will be removed and the containers permanently welded together, with necessary supports installed. The container is practically the shell or framework. Underfloor heating with a heat pump, an interior ventilation system, as well as a photovoltaic system, are supposed to complete the whole as an energy-saving wonder.
The provider claims the metal would be the best vapor barrier???. It really sounds very interesting, but I still have major concerns. The exterior facade (chipboard) would be painted with a special boat varnish – what about durability??? What happens if the roof leaks? You hardly notice as long as the metal is not rusted through, lots of questions. There’s no long-term experience with such constructions. Price-wise, everything should be at least slightly cheaper than a solid house, whereby the house itself is cheaper, but the most modern building technology almost cancels out the price difference again.
What do you say? Has anyone perhaps already heard of this concept?
The last image is a visualization of the finished project.

Best regards, Frank




 

oleda222

2014-04-05 08:32:34
  • #2
The outside height of the container is 250 cms, inside max 230 cms, and then there is also underfloor heating and screed. At least dwarfs don't get claustrophobic with the ceiling height...

If 40'HC-Ctr are used, about 25 cm are added, still not a problem.
 

werschtl

2014-04-05 09:57:58
  • #3
They told me 2.40 internal height, I didn’t have a bad feeling about it.
Best regards Frank
 

Mycraft

2014-04-05 16:29:29
  • #4
So the height would really bother me... and probably also the noise transmission... which such a metal object naturally brings with it... unless you have huge amounts of insulation everywhere...

Then there is also the fact that in summer the parts probably heat up very quickly... and in winter they cool down quickly and you are basically heating the outside... it's the same in a car... as soon as the engine is off it gets cold quite fast...
 

DerBjoern

2014-04-07 09:08:42
  • #5
I do not know the prices, but I suspect that with all the effort a conventional house is not more expensive...
 

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