Dirtyhip Posted February 18, 2021 Share #1 Posted February 18, 2021 Still talking about that ugly shiping container. Yuck I emailed the builder for a quote to build this shed/barn looking thing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 18, 2021 Did you see my two container barn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted February 18, 2021 Share #3 Posted February 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: Still talking about that ugly shiping container. Yuck I emailed the builder for a quote to build this shed/barn looking thing. Yeah... I mentioned in another thread when we built our home we were bleeding money for 13 months. WoBG's and my decisions were; "Lets do this right once." We spend way more than our original plan... but we are now done. I'd suggest you build the shed/barn and find a way to pay. It would be so much nicer than a shipping container. Jsharr's 2 container barn was an idea. But... with a roof that big, the lumbar for the roof may cost more than the shed. Good luck... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #4 Posted February 18, 2021 8 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: Still talking about that ugly shiping container. Yuck I emailed the builder for a quote to build this shed/barn looking thing. Will it have a Carrier C02 refrigeration system? I designed the safety valves for it? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #5 Posted February 18, 2021 I'd like to have a shipping container for the secret lab. A very short covered walkway to the house would be ok. That way the paint shop would not be any part of the main house. Of course in this part of the country that would involve insulation and heat/cooling of it's own. Ugly is in the eye of the beholder.................and probably his neighbors. Not going to happen at this point in life however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted February 18, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 18, 2021 I've been thinking hard about this. The main upside to a container storage unit on site is it's capability to contain almost any vent fan. This kind of flexibility is unbelievably rare. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted February 18, 2021 THis is what I want, but BIGGER https://www.houzz.com.au/photos/shed-garden-and-farm-kits-14-x-20-one-bay-garage-traditional-granny-flat-or-shed-boise-phvw-vp~38303811 10 hours ago, jsharr said: Did you see my two container barn? Can I see it again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #8 Posted February 18, 2021 10 hours ago, jsharr said: two container barn Something simple like this: 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 18, 2021 ...or fancy like this: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted February 18, 2021 Share #10 Posted February 18, 2021 This.... (mountains are extra) https://www.sandcreekpostandbeam.com/products/predesigned-barn-kits 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Something simple like this: Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 18, 2021 Share #12 Posted February 18, 2021 Yuk is right... I spent plenty of time in shipping containers as our softball & baseball teams used them for equipment storage. Not only are they not insulated, they are like ovens in the summer. We once stored leftover canned sodas after a tournament for snack bar sale. They got so hot in the container the cans exploded. Even with the doors open they are uncomfortably hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 18, 2021 25 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: This.... (mountains are extra) https://www.sandcreekpostandbeam.com/products/predesigned-barn-kits I think that might get shipped to you in a container(s), but that definitely ain't no container barn! Damn, that's a nice barn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post donkpow Posted February 18, 2021 Popular Post Share #14 Posted February 18, 2021 17 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Yuk is right... I spent plenty of time in shipping containers as our softball & baseball teams used them for equipment storage. Not only are they not insulated, they are like ovens in the summer. We once stored leftover canned sodas after a tournament for snack bar sale. They got so hot in the container the cans exploded. Even with the doors open they are uncomfortably hot. Probably just needed a good vent fan. You can't go wrong with a good vent fan. 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted February 18, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 18, 2021 After all these dizzying big storage units, my plans feel tiny. I'm going to build a small shed, 9' x 10', either later in the Summer or early Fall if I get settled in my house fast enough, or next Spring - my BiL is now retired and I'll have some skilled help in erecting it. It shouldn't be a problem, but if we have trouble shingling the roof, my 20 year-old nephew Ryan works four 10-hour days/week, so I'll get his help. One year, in the 1980's I think, a neighbor had a cement driveway poured and there was leftover cement in the mixer truck. So the neighbor and my father laid out an 11' x 12' grid in the corner of my father's yard and poured a 4" or so thick slab there. The slab is still there, perfectly intact. With that now being my being-rebuilt home, I'm going to build a shed there, leaving a 2' space along the two fences and build a 9' x 10' shed there. I'm going to adjust the measurements for this 8' x 8' shed and use a screwed-into-the-cement, rectangle of pressure-treated 4"x4" lumber instead of pressure-treated skids to build it on. It has complete step-by-step instructions and a materials list which I cut and pasted to a Word file but is still listed here: http://mystorageshed.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share #16 Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, jsharr said: Yes So ugly. Can it be any uglier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Razors Edge said: ...or fancy like this: I like this better, but some of these are too big. 10x 20 with a decent carport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted February 18, 2021 Share #18 Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Dirtyhip said: So ugly. Can it be any uglier? I bet @smudge can take her she shed blueprints & expand them for a bad ass schralp shed! She can bring the Hei Hei out & get some rides in too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc2000 Posted February 19, 2021 Share #19 Posted February 19, 2021 https://www.tuffshed.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 19, 2021 Share #20 Posted February 19, 2021 You could do this with a container on one side and just pole barn wall on the other, or the container in the center and the trusses overhanging on each side to provide shade on either side of the container. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 19, 2021 Share #21 Posted February 19, 2021 Add a cantilever roof like this. Add a window or two and a door? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 19, 2021 Share #22 Posted February 19, 2021 My buddy Rich in Austin took a shipping container, added two garage style doors with glass and a big deck and awning on his property overlooking Lake Travis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted February 19, 2021 Share #23 Posted February 19, 2021 3 hours ago, jsharr said: You could do this with a container on one side and just pole barn wall on the other, or the container in the center and the trusses overhanging on each side to provide shade on either side of the container. Or with a proper front porch and deck, put you house upstairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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