Lakefront Shipping Container Tiny Home Build (with costs)

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----Matt
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[@ancientanomalies]

Has to be one of the most humble, educational and honest videos on KZbin and a real inspirational piece of work using recycled materials. Well done and glad to see you gave credit to your dad....🎉

[@lomalinke5042]

Love shipping, love containers. So, this is the perfect project. Nice to see someone who does NOT know everything beforehand. I watch a lot of this stuff and started to question my existence.

[@ShindlersFiist]

It's a lot harder than it looks!

[@chowman007]

...once you start, you'll see whether you know what you're doing or not. I, like you will be embarking on an adventure with containers

[@Starlacefield]

Most efficient and concise container build video I’ve seen yet. Thank you a million!!

[@Juhani139]

It's really weird to me that in most of these vids, people don't put an elevated angled roof on top. That's what I would do. 1. To cool it, 2. For rain catch. 3. Avoid leaks in future. 4. Protect roof of container/prolong life

[@airbrushken5339]

Here in Sydney an artist friend of mine wanted a new studio to use from home ... a lot of his work is oil based paints, smelly to some folks. He asked me to help him (I'm 74 years old?) Anyway we built some container offices in the 1970's working for DOD. These units were to be movable from site to site as we were closing down Nike Missile's sites around the state. The first thing I had the engineers do was make a slanted single side roof with insulation. The we built 2 X 2 wood frames and glued them to the inside walls, insulated them and then dry-walled the interior. At the back door we installed a new wall about 6 inches inside with a door and window out of wood. I had them install a center channel to hold 12 volt, 24 volt and 110 Volt power lines. My thinking was if we had a problem we could get to the wires with little effort. We would load these onto a shipping container trailer, Park and level the trailer at the site along with a large Army generator... I left DOD in 1979 to teach in Australia, so I have no idea how long they used them....I used to take a heat gun to remove stickers and then we sand blasted the container ... prime and then coat with DuPont "Imron" polyurethane enamel on the sides and door.

[@xoxo-vp7ww]

I will be buying a very small piece of land to start a micro flower farm. On the land, I’ll be converting a shipping container to use as a flower studio. I will likely have to sleep there some nights so I’ll need it to be fully functional. I’m super excited about this so thank you so much for sharing!!!

[@markoneill9064]

One thing I know about containers, especially here in Australia, is that condensation builds up inside. Usually running down the inside of the walls. We usually put in an arched ceiling so that condensation can run off , then down the walls, which can then drain out via pre drilled holes in the floor. Here, we also use a product called Crimsafe, it’s a really tough metal screen that is placed over the window on the outside. It will stop a .22 round from 100 metres so rocks are not a problem.

[@rebekkad.2092]

You explain everything so clearly and concisely. This was enjoyable to watch.

[@falconconcepts]

Awesome build! Love the honesty and how you included some of the pitfalls along with showcasing what a can-do attitude can achieve. Thank you for sharing.

[@ajpetrone8653]

Thank yall so much! You are the first person I've seen do this reclaimed and with the cost. Beautiful home 🏡

[@angus6032]

You did a great job explaining the details - pros and cons. This is so helpful to us prior to a build - we are able to learn from your decisions. Wow! And it came out great!! Good for you and congrats!

[@sarahtyster7342]

I love the reclaimed wood interior. the genuine quality it has.

[@fabilosa]

Thank you for openly sharing your mistakes and learnings. Saves all of us repeating them. Can't wait to see more!! 🤙

[@brentheavener7677]

You are the best guy so far I've seen doing this on youtube. Thanks for being real and not fancy and just a normal guy!

[@thudang3039]

This is great! I also like the look of the interior - the reclaimed wood makes it almost look like it's an old wood shed - especially from the inside! Good work! Thanks for sharing. =)

[@joshwells4020]

Nice job! The only suggestion I would offer is that you should have first wrapped the entire interior with that mylar bubble sheets. Then you could have framed over that. Then, when you spray foamed and foam insulation boarded the structure, you would have created a thermal barrier inbeteewn the structure and your insulation, blocking heat from coming in and or leaving the structure.

[@homesteadingusa]

Excellent video. Your description of your processes are wonderful. The wife and I are building a container home here in Texas and you answered a lot of questions in our preparation. Thanks for sharing. PEACE

[@adventurereadyoffgrid]

New Subscriber....... Very cool build, great narration and just enough details...... cost of build is very helpful and what everybody else seems to always leave out on youtube Those salvage materials would be amazing to find these days, with the big box store prices being through the roof! I started buying and selling shipping containers 6 months back and i can't believe what i pay for them and even crazier what they go for once you tow them inland away from any port! We will be building out our 40 acre off-grid property with shipping containers, shipping containers and more shipping containers......

[@danthompson2182]

Great information. I’ve seen many of these and this is the only one that mentions coating the roof with an elastomer coating. 👍👍

[@BlackSheepThings]

I love this video, very honest video. I got my container delivered from Wuwi Shipping Container got it cheap for a 40ft Cargo Worthy and paid it upon delivery. Great prices offer very affordable and legit.

[@TempleGuitars]

Some excellent tips in this video, and you and your Dad both look like a couple of top blokes as we'd say here in Australia. Thanks for sharing your process.

[@elmono3939]

Nice work ! Few details, if I may.... Next time use 7" worm drive carpenter's Skill saw with metal blade to cut through the wall of the container. It cuts as easy as cutting through wood. Faster and you end up with straight cut. Also, steel-clad pre-hung double door at HD run about $600.00 (by Masonite). You save your self so much time and energy installing them. Even if you have to pay $1K for the door as you mentioned - still, absolutely worth it. As far as wall insulation, I would use spray foam insulation for such a narrow wall. Close Cell foam insulation gives you about R-6 per inch of Thermal Protection. So with the perforations in the walls, you could get R-9 to R-13 of Thermal value out of it. Lastly, have you consider metal studs for framing? You can get them in 2 1/2" and they are very sturdy, as well as they will give you more space for insulation. Keep it up !

[@thecoyotelab]

Thank you! Awesome comment. I just tried a metal skilsaw blade without much luck but let me go back to it…it’s funny, I was just working on a vid saying I’ve about had it with salvage doors. Too much work. And I think I’m in the spray foam game from here on out.

[@citytrees1752]

The interior wood looks gorgeous.

[@parrishburch]

Great Job! I finished my large basement, really hit home on the finish work how it can be a rabbit hole but looks amazing. I used Beatle Kill Pine, was throw away wood in 2013 but is now premium stuff today (alot of character). You were correct on 2X3s, should be able to create pocket for insulation and conduit for electrical/plumbing. Thank you for sharing. One idea, you can add traditional structure to 'Shipping Container' to allow for additional functionality -- it is a palette so paint it whatever you like.

[@hapaboy65m87]

honestly one of the best diy video for a container build, thanks

[@thecoyotelab]

Wow, thank you so much!!

[@toddlandry1766]

I used a rubber wheel decal remover on my drill to remove a logo off my utility trailer. Worked great.

[@millyhuertas7476]

Thanks for youre honesty and sharing the process!

That is beautiful. Whenever I'm wondering how to proceed with our container tiny house, if we're doing it right, I look for videos of how others are doing it and this video is just cool. Beautifully. It gives me the strength to keep going and not worry about whether everything is perfect. You are awesome. Thank you.

[@thecoyotelab]

Thank you!! Take care!

[@kelseymariebell99]

Wow! Awesome they are showing and you are doing!

[@flawdanative3223]

So, Nice... Love the natural wood color and the long window. You've got good taste and great ideas! Subscribed. 🦋

[@jeffjeff4477]

Very nice job That was one of the best 17 minutes I have had on KZbin, enjoyed it👍

[@Bonagracia-777]

Kudos to your wife for keeping the wood natural. New subscriber.

[@thecoyotelab]

Uh oh you won’t like an upcoming video haha

[@jimmygraham5693]

First time watching your channel. Love the reclaimed wood and all the different colors.

[@thecoyotelab]

Welcome, and thank you so much for your supportive comment! Take care!

[@Montanho09]

Great project! Im a landscape contractor in San Francisco California and we're always demoing and throwing away so much good material, it makes me feel so guilty. I've been thinking for a while to recycle all that and use it, sell it or even give it away to people doing these kind of creative projects. I will be reaching out to people like you soon to talk more and invite you over to see what we can build together. Hitting the subscribe button now. Thanks for sharing, this is inspiring!

[@VT-yc4br]

Pls share ur contact would like material I'm doing a project like this

[@JamieGAdaire]

Def link up with me too!

[@keithjackson3480]

Yes

[@tatecentral1221]

I’ll take one lol

[@marciamarcia7449]

did you follow through?

[@GAYLEPFEIFFER-rv2bi]

Great job! I love repurposed things, escepically wood. Excellent breakdown of costs and video was so well done!

[@tamiweber7118]

Fantastic build 💯 and great location on the lake. The sofa on the boat 😂 brought back memories of me moving things 😂 Great video, thank you for sharing 💯💜🌟💜💯

[@thecoyotelab]

Thanks tami! I only have one bad memory out at the lake, and it’s of moving that sofa 🤣

[@rosswmccallister4866]

you have a great personality ... enjoyed watching your project !

[@rosalynsookoo362]

First time viewer,just loved how so real you were totally enjoyed it I too is in the process of doing my build an also looking for salvage materials needed to see all you ups and downs thanks for sharing 👏

[@thecoyotelab]

Fantastic! Let me know how your build goes!

[@scottm6986]

That reclaimed timber looks great

[@chrisbrug7924]

I remember when i was a 19 years old and i was in Firefighters school. We took a container like that. Throw punch a trash in it. We set it on fire so we can practice how to take fire out. Your container "build" reminds me exactly that container we set on fire. Throw punch a old wood and rubbish in. Set it on fire.

[@Proudchristian1975]

OMG, I LOVE IT !! I'M HOPING TO DO THE SAME THING SOON.

[@benreber2277]

Love it man. Looks great and so much salvage is awesome. I have a dream goal of getting my 40’ build down to 10-20k. I’m still pricing stuff out but I am close to making my goal. Another aspect is keeping yearly expenses down to under 1k including water and electric and septic. I’m pretty happy with my design so far. I have the same difficulty with wall thickness. I’m framing out 6” for my blow in insulation to keep costs down and insulate a lot.

[@noseedleftbehind]

I've been enjoying this build. I can't wait to start our build.

[@thecoyotelab]

Thank you and good luck!

[@rosswmccallister4866]

Such a beautiful location...looks great .. .

[@BillGreenAZ]

I used an electric sander, like you show in the video, to strip the paint from my school bus. For the heavier paint areas like the stickers you show, I just used a heavier grit sandpaper.

[@realpeopleoftheinternet]

Bro this video you created is inspiring... Good job

[@miaeade3148]

Beautiful and functional I love it.

[@CHEKnows]

I absolutely love your commentary 🤣🤣🤣. Great work👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@HM-sy3lt]

This was great! I just need all those tools and I can do it by myself!

[@raymondnicolajr.7323]

not my first choice of the materials, but a very nice job. Shows that you take a lot of thought in this project. Excellent job.

[@thecoyotelab]

LOL, ya I think the inside may be redone someday

[@petertowneya]

Awesome info! Thanks ❤

[@rosswmccallister4866]

This is awesome ! thank you for sharing this and the ideas

[@michaelwalling8281]

excellent narration! Really enjoyed listening.

[@pashminagal]

I've thought a lot about insulation for a shipping container. I know part of the reason to build in a container is the obvious aesthetic of the container itself. I'd like to retire to Mexico and insulation would be key not to cook inside it once it is done. If you were to put some framing on the outside of the container using the full 4 or 6 inch depth, you could use a spray foam to insulate it from the outside. This would allow you to use the small framing on the inside to keep as much inside space as possible. Then the space in the inside framing could be used for all the electrical and piping. Another option is to find a 10' wide container. Just a thought! Thanks for sharing your experience!

[@johndesousa7379]

I was an autobody man for many years. The best way to remove those stickers is with a razor blade. Peel the letters off and then use Varsol to remove the glue if you want to save the finish underneath. If you don't care about the finish underneath use Lacquer Thinner. If the container if very rusty you are better off to buy or rent a sand blaster. Sand blasted metal is the cleanest and primer and paint sticks really well to it. I would use an Automotive epoxy primer on the bare metal.

[@mariarosagomez4385]

Excelente, estaba esperando ver ese paso a paso de acondicionamiento, me gustan mucho los containers para vivir

[@chriscook250]

Excellent! Village Kitchen got free advertisement.

[@nicholasstowbridge1456]

Keep up the great work 🎉

[@kevinegan8956]

Excellent work!

[@DrHealthylLiving]

Great job my friend, excellent explanation

[@terrymckenna7719]

Great build 👍

[@ocwronski]

Nice work, thanks for the video. Hopefully soon I can do that same project.. great info

[@Heavydubz]

Love this kind of content. Subscribed.

[@angelapriddy6308]

Hi I'm new here. Love watching y'all do this

[@abdfa8156]

Man , you do a good job, keep adding more videos

[@ventsislavfilipov6674]

Nice job man! I love the salvage woodwork and the effort you put into this container, looks nice so far. I am considering building a two-story container home using 4x 40-foot and 2x 20-foot containers but the container prices are ridiculous right now I should wait a bit I feel. Also, I have a cool idea of stacking all those containers up with a nice foundation and x6 steel pillars (bolt-ons) where the containers will be attached to :) I am planning of building this in FL so it must be a hurricane proof :D What do you think?

[@michaeloleary9130]

thanks for putting that cost breakdown up towards the end it really motivates me to want to fullfill my container dreams lol also subscribed

[@thecoyotelab]

You bet and good luck!!

[@nancyhalley79]

Well done. You are a good man.

[@dangerclosegamingbf2366]

Very nice, dude. Looks great.

[@hellodarren]

really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing. looking forward to more container content!

[@thecoyotelab]

Thank you so much!!

[@trevorbyron9448]

Nice project. Alot of throwaway materials

[@Ebikelover]

Bidenomics makes everything so expensive and six, but such an amazing build . The finished product in incredible

[@wenrich7461]

Great voice, really good song, perfect bus

[@summittaedae2323]

Subbed from bonnie Scotland. Great little getaway your building. 👍🏼

[@pamtnman1515]

excellent video

[@guillermosalazar7885]

Felicidades por este proyecto. Congratulations for the Project Home containers...

[@brettlochrie3391]

Great vid. helps look at the stuff that's commonly assumed by video makers.

[@ilkoderez601]

Thanks for the information!

[@oceaniawill3979]

Looks good nice and peaceful

[@savedbygrace246]

Great video

[@blujay9030]

Great video i am hoping to build my first one in a few months

[@juliehenderson1672]

Great job! 👍

[@charlotteallan4371]

Love ❤️ the wood ...your wife was right

[@TheDannyTee]

The 3m decal remover is the best method i have found to remove those stickers without damaging the metal.

[@MsNevadakid]

looks great brother! i just finished my barn build ( tho 20 footers) 9500 painted and delivered ,crazy, 20 x 20 wood build in the middle w/18 ft. peak monitor barn style what a challenge and i loved the build .. always checking out other builders projects.. ...happy trails always....

[@thecoyotelab]

That’s awesome! I love those types of builds

[@Cookie-sf6fs]

Excellent use of scrap wood I’m gonna do that too !

[@marynorton5820]

i was glad you actually posted the break in 's My Rv was broken intio 11 times i n 4 months!! I work and I am disabled vet from uS air Force I get the taking the home to find peace I grew up in rual l foot hiils of Northern New Jersey...I loved the couch on boat this was so cute and funny i am so glad it made it across lake!! I hope you find peace at your home bliss or sloace is something money is better than, "to wake to the sounds of birds is so lovely." I am trying one day to retire to West Virginia..I also like Colorado. There is a calm the forest and lakes put in my soul like the beach irreplacable... nature can heal some...

[@thecoyotelab]

Umm that’s Twice a week! That’s completely insane. “To wake to the sounds…” oh yeah. I am partial to the coyotes as you might expect.

[@user-kf7fc5nh1e]

Hi Matt This is Trevor form Compass Containers in Cairns Australia we do lots of container mods i saw you had trouble with the stickers we use a big LPG heater heat the sticker until it is almost to hot to hold your hand on the metal the old sticker will become soft and you can just pull it off if it cools down it will not peal just re heat and keep going Give it a go Best of luck Cheers Trevor

[@dacs67]

I know I’m late to the party but I like the way you did your studs. One way to combat the insulation issue is to consider a product like termalcoat for the outside. Check it out

[@bobursackett6250]

Great Info

[@teresahardy5895]

Man !! Talented hands

[@lancaster5498]

Great video 👌

[@CaseyHolden-kh5nf]

That look realistic for myself and would be perfect for me as a start.

[@vickydittfield9822]

So impressive. My dream of doing what you do will Never happen. I’m so happy for those who Can & Do ❣️.

[@thecoyotelab]

I’m sorry to hear that Vicky! I certainly have those kinda dreams too.

[@everganics4363]

Pretty sure the metal walls will be all wet and condensate behind that thin insulation. There needs to be a vapor barrier. Where hot meets cold moisture forms. When it’s freezing outside and hot inside it’ll get all moldy inside the walls. That’s why spray foam is better. It forms a vapor barrier.

[@gjm456]

Like the sacrificial outside metal on your next project.

[@randombanana358]

Cool build. The fun wears off quick when you're tearing apart fence panels and sanding off decades of paint!

[@oceaniawill3979]

Would spray foam in ceiling and walls give you a better R Value ?

[@bogscornejo7895]

Wow I love washing your channel I like the way build your tiny house ,you use the salvage material, it's amazing very practical , functional , I love shipping container home , pls check shipping container homes thanks god bless

[@thecoyotelab]

Thank you!!

[@crystalwang1542]

How wonderful

[@shippingthiscontainer]

Right on! Doing one too.