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Top 7 Common Mistakes To Avoid Before Building A Shipping Container House

October 21, 2017 by OpenSource TinyHouse 30 Comments


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Comments

  1. Alex A says

    September 5, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    Watch this video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9P4Y…

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  2. TEN OVER TEN says

    September 6, 2017 at 7:05 am

    Hey great video. can you make some more videos on containers?

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  3. david davies says

    September 6, 2017 at 7:58 am

    There was a few good pointers there.

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  4. jim young says

    September 6, 2017 at 3:28 pm

    I hate computer generated voice narration, annoying enough that I didn’t watch a good video to the end.

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  5. Deborah Jones says

    September 7, 2017 at 4:56 am

    I wasn’t able to watch any of the videos you posted. I got a pop up that says they don’t exist. Would love to watch them.

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  6. freakyflow says

    September 8, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    Your first Problem is Make sure the land you want it on is legal to have it as a home and the requirments for plumping and electrics …no sence of buying land that you cant have containers on

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  7. CoolKid Zz says

    September 9, 2017 at 1:09 pm

    10th comment

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  8. Tamla Hamilton says

    September 14, 2017 at 11:07 pm

    Thank you. I will connect with you on Facebook. Have a question. Great information.

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  9. Ridzwan Anuar says

    September 17, 2017 at 4:32 am

    I heard this voice somewhere…..oh i remember, Cafe racer TV………

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  10. oidodger gray says

    September 18, 2017 at 2:38 am

    The computer voice is a major pain in the ass

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  11. Alex Vidu says

    September 21, 2017 at 4:15 pm

    Hey everyone, the greatest results that I have had was with the Magic Container Plans (just google it) definately the best info that I have ever tried.

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  12. SeanGavinOHara says

    September 23, 2017 at 2:58 am

    The voice is terrible

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  13. Michael Rhoads says

    September 24, 2017 at 2:50 am

    The Robo narration sux.

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  14. mick anick says

    September 26, 2017 at 11:44 am

    Gotta be the government up to these computer generated voice videos. Personally I don’t like

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  15. Morgan Grant says

    September 28, 2017 at 12:45 am

    If only there were still real human voices… oh wait. THERE ARE. What’s your excuse robot video?

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  16. Samantha Q says

    September 28, 2017 at 4:47 am

    Top mistake in making a video. Using annoying computer voice. Thumbs down and no more watching of your videos.

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  17. David Gough says

    September 29, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    Cannot handle the computer generated drone. Bye!!

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  18. billy jennings says

    October 1, 2017 at 12:24 am

    It sounds like the video is made by “Anonymous”. Good video though

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  19. Charles Gregson says

    October 3, 2017 at 3:19 pm

    get a human being to read the script so annoying couldn’t watch the video.

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  20. the best says

    October 4, 2017 at 8:27 am

    Building a Shipping Container House is nice

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  21. free thinker says

    October 5, 2017 at 3:59 am

    Same annoying voice as used in the Annonymous videos.

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  22. pbkayakyer says

    October 7, 2017 at 1:48 pm

    I managed to sit through 55 seconds of the annoying computer voice. I’m not about to sit through the remaining 9 minutes and 4 seconds…

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  23. Falcon Malik says

    October 7, 2017 at 7:14 pm

    Why don’t u use your own voice ?

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  24. A&F Pro says

    October 9, 2017 at 4:03 am

    I would love to buld a house from this.. i was talking to a faw people about bulding a home from it and they thought i was crazy

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  25. vachevyguy says

    October 9, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    Computer voice made me nauseous

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  26. Garden Fever says

    October 10, 2017 at 12:26 am

    Lol great video . The robot voices are irrelevant the information was great to all the people that can’t listen to a computer talk their loss on the information I always get a kick out of the criticism that comes from YouTube videos when they’re not put to gather professionally. (This one was done very professionally.)If everyone was professional on their channel it wouldn’t be called YouTube it would be called Hollywood. Great video don’t let them discourage you thank you for the information

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  27. SC EM says

    October 10, 2017 at 1:02 am

    Loved the computer voice……Made we want to ram my head into a shipping container over, and over, and over, and over, and over……..

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  28. al bugnfront says

    October 12, 2017 at 2:32 pm

    the mono-tone reminds me of my wife!

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  29. Yeti8it says

    October 16, 2017 at 8:48 pm

    So I’m guessing from this one should shield the roof and walls a bit to keep heat off of them yet make sure everything is well insulated against cold , and make sure to have good ventilation into a raised (pitched) roof to keep moisture from building up . I would think 2 20×40 containers with about 8 or 10 feet added between them to join them put a 4-12 pitch on a roof above it and panel the inner walls with 2×2 either metal or wood studs with extra insulation and something like Tyvek sheeting on the inner walls then panel it with something appropriate . A few narrow tall windows and sky lights here and there in key areas .

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  30. Khamomil says

    October 20, 2017 at 3:28 pm

    If you want to keep costs down then you need to keep the metal walls on the outside with only a fresh paint job. Keep the original doors too.
    If heavy mods are planned, wouldn’t it be a good bet to buy one or two extra contnrs just for the steel structure that can be used somewhere else and cut it out before shipping to save on transport costs.
    Ultimately if there is an environmental concern in the decision to recycle a contnr, refraining from overcomsumption would reduce at the root the influx of contnrs.

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