To build a home today is not difficult. There are a lot of special materials for this, which are quite practical in application and operation and endowed with certain technical and quality characteristics. Despite this, now you can often find a house from a sea container . This structure is distinguished by its originality and extraordinary functionality.
Characteristics of shipping containers
As a rule, these structures are used to transport any cargo on ships. Now you can build houses from sea containers. Photos of them are quite diverse, as well as design.
So, such designs are based on a metal frame from profile pipes with parameters:
The frame itself is mounted on metal channels or I-pipes. For this reason, containers have a high rate of strength and reliability. As a coating, metal sheets are used. As a rule, they are corrugated. Their thickness can be 2 or 3 mm. In some cases, this parameter of metal sheets is also found in 4 or 5 mm.
Note. Due to the fact that the structure is made of durable and reliable material, a house from a sea container will have similar characteristics.
Parameters and shapes of shipping containers
At the moment, there are two forms of such structures:
Their sizes are diverse. Square constructions have a length of:
The width is 2 or 3 m. Rectangular containers 12 m long, and the width is similar.
Due to its size, building a house out of shipping containers is quick and easy. For this, his project is initially being developed.
Varieties of houses based on such structures
At the moment, a house from a sea container can be:
single storey;
two-storyed.
Important. Experts do not recommend constructing buildings with a higher number of storeys due to expensive reinforcement work during the construction process.
It is also worth considering that the houses of their shipping containers can have not only straightforward and standard shapes. You can create unique in your style architectural creations of our time.
There are also modular houses made of shipping containers. What it is? The container itself is a separate module. Accordingly, modular houses are buildings made of several containers that are securely fastened together and are finished.
Construction cost
At the moment, not every person who owns a suburban area can build a house on it from modern materials. This is due only to their value, which many of us cannot afford.
Why are home container houses so popular? All this because of the cost of funds for their construction. Firstly, the price of a container varies between 5-7 thousand US dollars. And for a functional full-fledged house, you may need up to 2 pieces of such structures. Secondly, container delivery is quick and easy. Its cost reaches 80 thousand rubles. Buying them is also not difficult.
Decorating the house in the future will also not be expensive, since there are a lot of modern tools that can be used on a metal surface.
Stages of building a house from containers
Initially, you need to determine the amount of required living space. Sometimes one design of this type may be sufficient, and in some cases several can be used.
Important. First you need to do anti-corrosion treatment of containers.
Special means are used for this, which are applied to the surface of a metal structure. All this helps to protect the future home from various influences.
Building a house from sea containers involves the implementation of certain stages of work:
All this will require a minimum of effort and time.
Designing a building
Projects of houses from containers of sea can be any. You can draw up a building plan yourself or you can turn to professional architects for help. Although the difficulty is in doing everything yourself, no. The most important thing is to consider functional rooms:
living room;
bedroom;
kitchen area;
sanitary rooms;
utility rooms.
Moreover, their dimensions directly depend only on the number of containers used in the construction. The bedrooms can be two or three. Their number is based on the number of people living in the house.
Foundation under the house
It is worth noting that the house from the sea container has a fairly large mass, and here you can not do without the construction of a fairly solid and reliable foundation. As a rule, in most cases a monolithic foundation is made.
To do this, you will need:
sand;
cement grade 400;
water.
Tip. To increase the curing time of the base, special hardeners or other appropriate additives can be used.
Previously, a wooden formwork is being constructed around the perimeter of the future building, which will be needed for pouring concrete mortar. Reinforcing mesh is also made and laid in the formwork. The solution is mixed in a concrete mixer until a homogeneous mass is formed.
Note. It is not worth immediately pouring all the components of a concrete solution into a mixing tank. Everything needs to be done in the process of kneading gradually.
Container bonding
In such works, special metal corners or simple pipes are used. They are mounted both inside and on the exterior surface of the structure. Previously, the walls are removed in containers that are not needed in the layout of the space.
It is also worth considering that it is necessary to strengthen the entire structure if it contains more than one floor. For this, channels or profiled pipes of a large size and a wall thickness of at least 2 mm are used, which are fixed to the bearing walls.
Tip. Such work is also carried out inside and outside the future building.
At the same time, windows and doors cut through. This can be done using a grinder. All edges of the slices are processed with special tools.
Building insulation
As a rule, any structure requires special insulation and insulation. This only positively affects the indoor microclimate. In some cases, such work is optional. If a residential building is constructed from sea containers, then insulation and insulation works are recommended for implementation.
All this is due to the fact that metal is an excellent conductor of sounds. That is, if you do not isolate the walls of the building from such an impact, then during the rain it will not be possible to be in it. In addition, metal is considered to be cold material, and even with an optimally selected home heating system, the rooms will still be cool. Moreover, the metal heats up perfectly under the influence of sunlight.
Tip. In addition to internal and external insulation, experts recommend that you first think through the ventilation system of the entire structure.
Used to warm the entire structure:
mineral wool;
Styrofoam;
polyurethane foam.
The first tool may lose its technical characteristics over time. As a rule, its service life is not more than 10 years. Another thing is foam or polyurethane foam. These are sheet materials that are quite simply mounted due to the density of their structure. Also, their service life is at least 20 years. In addition, they are used not only for insulation, but also for insulation of the structure, unlike mineral wool.
Fasten any of these products to special glue or plastic pins. They are pre-screwed into the walls of the container. A plastic film is laid on top of the materials.
Exterior and interior decoration
Preliminarily, a number of preparatory work is necessary on the surface. In addition to insulation, they also build a crate of wood or metal. Sheets of plywood or OSB will be mounted on it for further decoration.
In the work on the external design applies:
Sometimes striking with their originality of the house from sea containers. Photos of some of them can be seen in the article.
Each of the above materials has excellent quality characteristics. Mounting them is quick and easy. Only in this case certain technologies are used.
Natural and decorative stone is mounted on a primed surface using concrete mortar or special adhesive. The plaster is applied with spatulas of different sizes on a flat surface. As a rule, it has an original structure after drying, and it is not necessary to process it with sandpaper.
The block house, siding and plastic are mounted on a wooden crate, which is varnished to protect the structure of the wood. They use special self-tapping screws, guides and other auxiliary means in their work.
In the interior decoration work is performed similarly to the external. Initially, a flat surface is created and only then finishing agents are mounted on it. Only instead of plywood and OSB, you can use drywall, which is perfectly exposed to wallpaper, plaster, paint and so on. It is worth considering that the ceiling height in the house of sea containers will be no more than 2.4 m. Therefore, it is not necessary to use multilevel ceiling structures in surface finishing. It is better to opt for simple installation of gypsum board sheets or make stretch ceilings, which will be much cheaper in terms of gypsum board and easier to install. Moreover, there are various options for surface design with their help.