Shipping Container Tiny Home Solo Build--Start to Finish

Timestamps ⏰:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Level
0:19 Welding
6:19 Frame
7:30 Door
8:29 Insulation
8:45 Paint
9:34 Windows
9:48 Flooring
10:10 Interior Siding
10:53 Finish It

[@richardtucker5686]

Glad to see someone constructing with containers in a logical way (instead of welding 3 together, or cutting out full side for the most expensive bay window)

[@GiggsTheWanderer]

Id keep those metal pieces you cut out and use them as window security shutters you can close when you're not using it and put a lock on the metal door you can't use bolt cutters on so you don't come back after a few months to a ransacked cabin. Also putting your mattress on a hinged board on that frame would give you extra space for storage. Drawers would also be nice but more complicated and they need room to pull out.

[@TheREALOC1972]

I'm getting ready to build one of these for my niece, she's going to a senior in High School back home in Missouri this year and she's coming down here to Texas go to Sam Houston State for college. The only diffrence is her walls are going to be wood floor overlaying, mainly because I got a really good deal on it, a buddy and his wife bought a pallet of it for a home project and only used a little over half the pallet so I just bought the rest from them on the cheap, and we'll just paint it.

[@ElberGalarga22]

Cool story bro

[@Praise___YaH]

Guys, Salvation is Simple HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE Semitic of Moshe (Moses) Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 - I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 - I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 - I am YaH, and there is none else.

[@pamartin]

You have an excellent sense of humor! 😅

[@brianpeck697]

11:28 - wouldn't you want the PVC to stick out below the subfloor there so you don't get your subfloor soaked with piss!?

[@bonjovi2757]

A sand blaster is what you need for those stubborn stickers. Great video. Thanks.

[@chiefenumclaw7960]

This is pretty cool... and also pretty dang (pardon my French) hilarious in parts.

[@panzershadow]

Your production values are awesome! 🤠

[@josegoodwin8812]

you caught my attencion with your work ethic best wishes and subscribed

[@heartdawg]

Beautiful work!

[@davesanders9203]

46 mistakes to learn from about building your own "container home"! Other than that - - - a fun video!

[@PhoenixEvolution]

Id try goo gone for the stickers you can't peel next time. Can also do a compost toilet esp if it's just for hunting. So far love the build 🎉

[@oldphart-zc3jz]

Unless codebeating requires a 20-footer the 40' High Cubes have MUCH more usable interior height and space. For example I'm 6'2" and can walk beneath my shelves (which hang from the interior roof tiedown loops designed to take thousands of lbs). I have four HCs (two joined as machine/welding shop space and two separate with doors on both ends. All have power and light. For those who don't have extra space on their home service adding a power pole with an outdoor service panel and outdoor 240v and 120v outlets before you build gets all the site power you'll need so I did. Either way the best grade to use is a "one trip" (effectively new) grade container rather than the storage grade (means condemned for maritime freight use) containers which frequently have annoying damage and corrosion (Corten does corrode). I found out the rubber roof coating popular for mobile homes forms a water-retaining "scab" over the roof promoting corrosion and had absolutely NO fun grinding it off with a cupped knotted wheel wire brush on my 9" angle grinder. I then used industrial roof coating (nothing from chain stores) to recoat. Had I used one-trip containers (this was on two 40-footers welded together side-by-side) I would have suffered much less. Anyone wanting to recoat can rent a mobile air compressor and sand blaster if they don't have similar.

[@driverguy7]

Nice video, Thank you for sharing, I had to look up those quotes from the movie "Tin Cup"....have a good week !

[@texasprepperprojects]

I like your style!

[@charlesknight3204]

Sweet build, my friend!!! Can’t wait to see the finished product!!! Until your next video and beyond, God bless and best wishes. Chuck Knight from Atascocita, Texas. ✝️🎣👨‍🌾🦌🙏

[@mxcollin95]

Super cool idea man. 👍

[@northrupjr5]

Good vid. Nice and clean.

[@patrickvernon4766]

This is badass. Gives me great vibes

[@NathanBake]

You're collecting water after it runs through the pressure treated wood?

[@InfernosReaper]

Using rusty roofing metal of course.... Yeah, there are a few headscratchers with this project to put it nicely

[@MM-qq8eu]

Yeah..nah.. won't be drinking that water mate.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@MM-qq8eu Then what's he collecting it for? There's no flushing toilet or sink in it

[@jailbaitandtackleoutdoors]

Cool video, thanks for sharing!

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

Thanks for sharing

[@efcso100]

very good job , nice work

[@koningbolo4700]

A dry toilet would have been nice too... You know, you get the added bonus of going number two also...

[@user-ye9gv5ey6i]

Интересный проект. За место площадки можно построить 2 этаж.

[@misterycryptowhoknows8017]

Love the extra metal door, i geuss its made fore security purpose. Or maybe in summer to leave your main door open with out people being able to run in.

[@deadpatriot8047]

Great job on the video man really cool shit

[@slaugh77ify]

Your video is hilarious, but good info!

[@debbralehrman5957]

Cool👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@richardstokes5560]

@4:54 ive helped with about 50 of these, started with a quickie saw, then discovered this thing called a plasma torch

[@davidinghram2494]

Looks fine to me.

[@brianvannorman1465]

Nifty.

[@kmonnier]

Dumb question, but could you put a diagonal brace from the top far point of the staircase to the lower corner of the container?

[@zaxon09]

niiice

[@Buck_Jones1909]

Are you including a rain catchment system, my dog distracted me so I may have missed that part about it & the awning? Thanks for this video& some great ideas!!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Nice build. What was done about the gaps between the ribs and the steel window frame?

[@JohnAdams-xc5yk]

Not cheap or efficient, the Philippines has solved the container home issue,they buy the frame, bolt it together on site, they put new wood floor, than 4 inch foam filled aluminium panels screwed top and bottom in a channel these are sold complete erected on your site for $2500

[@Ulbre]

hard to compare value because labour is so cheap in the P.I., but I like the idea of buying just the structural frame :)

[@rtarrant1]

Any videos of this

[@Praise___YaH]

Guys, Salvation is Simple HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE Semitic of Moshe (Moses) Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 - I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. Isaiah 43:11 - I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me. Isaiah 45:5 - I am YaH, and there is none else.

[@ChildishDyce]

That not the idea this video is showcasing, though. This is a guy building a container home because he likes to and is using it for his own use. He’s definitely not suggesting this is the cheapest or most efficient build.

[@Ebola419]

@@Praise___YaHprot nonsense. Turn to the one true church, Catholicism.

[@corywadedavis]

2:21 that's an acute angle broseph

[@user-vv4lu9jb1j]

I was expecting thicker metal, it's really thin!

[@kntwing23]

containers get hot over summer time?

[@kntwing23]

how is this better than a normal home?

[@rang123yea5]

Did you put down any sort of sub-floor before installing the red oak?

[@habibifather7681]

What type of welder are you using? And specs on it, please.

[@ericjohnson9929]

Why no thermal break under the flooring? It looks like you went right over the bottom of container.

[@munchkin5674]

What will the water be used for? I don’t think that rain water collected from roofs is not potable water.

[@randomCHELdad]

In this modern day and age we have sanitizers and filtration

[@munchkin5674]

@@randomCHELdad If you get enough rain…

[@oldphart-zc3jz]

@@randomCHELdad Which does not necessarily get all the chemicals...

[@randomCHELdad]

@oldphart-zc3jz So distill it?

[@PatriciaLucious-ll2vm]

No vent on the roof ?

[@honeybadgerbob9427]

Personally, I would just buy a good used single wide trailer. Shipping containers are NOT constructed to be houses, they do not meet code, they sweat, require massive shoring up etc.

[@MattOlshove-fk7us]

I would have put the 😮wiring behind the wall

[@Captain_Zero_]

Centerline symbol? Now all you need is some draft marks.

[@jmf1976jmf]

Great job but every time i watch one of these shipping containers videos i know an RV is a better choice

[@canadianguy2612]

Which one is gonna last a lifetime?

[@SonoraSlinger]

Man, save space and hygiene by putting an outhouse up outside somewhere.

[@carolechenowith900]

Or just go anywhere

[@stateofnatchez]

It doesn’t matter if this thing was lightly used or literally never used. You will never ever remove all of the toxic chemicals out of the wood or the paint that was originally designed to keep these things in shape over long extended periods of infestation of bugs, rodents, or just general Saltwater or chemical exposure. If you don’t believe me, look it up into exactly how these things are painted and how the floors are treated.

[@kntwing23]

steal so rusty & have holes in them?

[@elmehdidziri7801]

the arabic tag in the container United Arab Shipping Company

[@tomickes409]

Sure and all....... BUTTTTT>>> Isn't it just eaisier, cheeper and more insulative to make it the old fashion way.... You know ... with wood ?

[@jrhenry830]

Those stairs don't look ADA compliant.

[@minkwandering3561]

Self taught I presume?

[@maryhanger4519]

Cute not ok in MN

[@schreckpmc]

Ok. So this guy knows what he’s doing. Glad he does. I don’t.

[@elelegidosf9707]

I'm not a fan of painting the inside or outside of houses battleship / penitentiary grey. It makes everything so dark and gloomy inside. The landlord of my house did this to the inside and it was awful!

[@petnzme304]

well thar was a fucking waste of time.

[@dennispearson]

My bathroom is better than that