Which Type of Foundation is Best for Container Houses?

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• RO

  @roberta4989 · 4 years ago

  I have had many conversations and deep discussions with Architects during my career.  I am now fortunately retired.  It was refreshing to hear your presentation without your need to impress us with your expanded Architect vocabulary or use terminology in foundation engineering that we would have to Google.  Much respect, thanks for the well delivered information.

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• CA

  @CarlosFlores-cx6lk · 3 years ago

  Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge.<br>Best regards from Baja, Mexico.

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• TO

  @tomcatmeow69 · 3 years ago

  This and your type of shipping container videos are exactly what I&apos;m looking for as I design my shipping container mushroom farm. &nbsp;I&apos;m beginning the process now in southern Ontario Canada and information of this type is scant at best. &nbsp;I&apos;m intending to build the first one for myself and then build more for others who want to start a farm up in their area and become self employed growing food locally. &nbsp;Thank you so much for your knowledgeable videos.

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• MA

  @maverickmacgyver · 5 years ago

  I’ve built a few container projects. My &nbsp;favorite foundation is a hybrid approach using concrete. The door opening end is a modified stem wall (just a peer that goes between the end corners) that is an integrated front step. The rear corners are sono tube style to correct grade issues. I can’t wait to build more container items.

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• DC

  @dcawkwell · 4 years ago

  Generally from what I have seen on foundations they are all grossly over engineered. Architects been cautious and applying what they know from house construction. I know there are areas in the world with extreme weather but I have a shipping container on my property I have used for storage just on a few bricks at the corners. The shipping container hasn&apos;t blown away, washed away and hasn&apos;t moved an inch and has been there for nearly 20 years without issue. If you want only one floor there is very little need for any foundation the average 40ft container is about 4 tonnes and with contents you can probably double that it will quite happily sit with very little foundation needed.

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• JV

  @jvt201 · 5 years ago

  Thanks a lot for teaching people how to do foundation of 🏠 correctly .

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• CA

  @candicanejane1146 · 5 years ago

  Very detailed. Thank you!

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• CH

  @charlesj.heiligiii5680 · 1 year ago

  Very good info, thank you!

• DA

  @danechristmas6570 · 3 years ago

  Thanks for the information, it helps!

• BI

  @BigGuy8059 · 4 years ago

  The first two foundation drawings show unsupported corners! &nbsp;Insane: &nbsp;Like you said, all the container weight is on those corners. &nbsp;That expensive stem wall just keeps vermin out, but you could do the same thing with mobile home skirting for 1/100th the cost. &nbsp;Piers are the way to go. &nbsp;I love sonotubes. &nbsp;Dug the holes in one day with a rented Home Depot tracked mini-excavator. &nbsp;Set those sonotubes in place with some gravel to keep them there, and the concrete truck came the next day to fill them for my solar panel array. Rated for 140 MPH wind! &nbsp; Totally feasible for DIY. &nbsp; The building inspector loved it.

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• SH

  @sharonwaranius1759 · 4 years ago

  Great help, thanks.

• GM

  @gmwwc · 4 years ago

  Hopefully someone has vids for foundations that have to support and elevate, in heavy clay, in the south where it gets HOT.

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