You may have gotten too jaded for being a professor, but you are still an educator through this channel. Thank you for all you do educating us in your audience.
I loved your shipping container video! It raised excellent points. I am exploring many ideas for alternative housing..and I want facts so I can make a educated choice.
@@jaystrickland4151 Me too! I discovered this channel through that video and was a subscriber half way through it. B. has a lot of common sense and shares good info. I also appreciate the delivery, very down to earth and friendly. I would totally love to meet her over a beer, ask questions and just listen :)
I was going to buy a few containers and build my house, but after looking into the costs, it just wasn't economical and would have actually cost MORE just to finish it out than a traditional stick build home of similar dimensions. I then went onto barndominiums, but they wouldn't give me the efficiency I was looking for and finally I discovered ICF last year, which I think is the future of building. ICF is very DIY friendly (my wife and I are self building our ICF home) and it will be the most efficient home I can think of for the costs we will end up paying per sqft to build it.
Spray Jones sent me this time. I watched your "7 reasons why shipping container homes are a SCAM" video when it first came out, you were correct on all 7 points.
....eh, not exactly correct. Not completely wrong on all points. A lot of points were spot on but some of the points in regards to container construction, and container acquisition are only partially true.
Oh hell no !! One of the best professors i had explained it this way. We are hear to educate the students and give them all the facts good, bad or otherwise and try not to colorize the information we are giving them. We dont need a bunch of clones who think just like we do or no innovation, no different way of looking at it is likely to happen. The best outcome is when someone discovers something by seeing it without our prejudices and opinions. Most of what she said was a opinion piece nothing more and provided little in the way of actually facts.
The shipping container video was my first introduction to your channel. It was refreshing to hear the reality and pit falls that I as an engineer had identified so clearly pointed out, as well as a few I missed. If people are upset that you popped their unrealistic fad dream, that's their problem, not yours. Keep giving the facts and keep up the good work
I came upon Belinda's channel because of her shipping container video - it had been something I was interested in. I have found her videos to be very informative, and Belinda herself seems to be very down to earth. I hope she has many more years of enlightening her audience.
Thanks Belinda, I’m glad you didn’t go chasing dinosaurs. Your container video was my first. It hooked me with your insight, sincerity and unwavering courage to present the evidence that you’d researched. I value your opinion, and would love to see some videos for ‘building your own home’. Thank you from Australia. 👍
Belinda please make videos you like. I subscribed because of your honest approach that showed the pros (like anyone else), but discusses the realistic cons. Loved the Q&A, because it was sincere.
It was that very container video that made me a subscriber. You project an extremely sober mixture of maturity, experience and wisdom. Your content is thorough and no nonsense. This channel is a gold mine.
Well, at least we get to learn from you! I am so happy to have stumbled on your channel. I spent four and a half years earning a degree in business. We didn't have UA-cam back then. I would skip it today and learn from people like you instead. Thank you for all of your excellent content!
@@maxscott3349, They really tried but, I would not allow them to succeed. It was not the fault of the university. I just don't do well in a classroom. I did eventually become a retail manager and learned what I could not in school. I had many excellent teachers in that environment as well.
Your thoughtful articulate way of never giving shallow answers always leaves me reflecting about so many things I never even thought about before. Thank you for the great content!
Personally, I enjoyed your shipping container video, I learned a lot from it. Also enjoyed this Q&A and I think you would make a great professor, all your videos I've watched so far have been a great source for not only information but for learning and have all been entertaining to boot!
The container home video was your first video I watched! I'm trying to work my way through all of your videos! Excellent content, you must be an absolute joy to work with!
Being able to manage your life and work so well is cheering. Belinda, you're genuinely an inspiration to all! I'd love to watch more of your videos. Keep it going and be yourself. It's great!
It's so refreshing to listen to someone with an abundance of common sense and realistic break downs of how things really work and operate, not the glossy hype you find nearly everywhere else!!
Thanks Belinda. I discovered your channel earlier this week, and i have watched a bunch of your videos and shared them with my kids. You are a teacher already - with a large and appreciative student body. You are teaching that a rational and unbiased approach to discussing pros and cons within the building industry is informative for all. I also appreciate the fact that you shared some of your philosophy on life - it is always effective for a teacher to be personable and real! You are doing a great job - thanks for the effort that you put into your productions. jt
Honestly, I'm happy I ran across your video on shipping container homes. I'd been completely sold on the idea until you explained in concise and honest terms the downfalls and struggles of that type of building method. It was a nice breath of fresh air to come across a different perspective, and it made me evaluate that form of construction from a more realistic angle. You effectively changed my mind, and for that I'm grateful.
I absolutely love this channel! You are one of the most interesting people on UA-cam. Your content is top notch and delivered in such an down to earth manner. (And I agree, Europe is light years ahead in building homes)
I guess UA-cam didn't like my first comment. I was basically just saying I appreciate your excellent content, and I'm happy to hear you don't regret the shipping container video, because it may have been the controversy that got the UA-cam algorithm to recommend it to me, which impressed me to the point where I'm now a subscriber =)
I enjoyed the Q&A. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who watched one of your videos because you're attractive and continue to watch because you are so smart. I wanted to understand what I was buying when insulating my garage, you helped a lot.
I was an early adopter and enthusiast for shipping containers until the raw basic facts became apparent. They make for dreadful housing projects ( excellent sheds though, especially if sandblasted) and your vid nailed all the relevant points in your customary clear and concise manner. Love your work, many thanks.
I'm currently converting a container, and your video didn't insult me at all! I've been a carpenter for over 40 years- from a union carpenter in Fort Worth to a cabinet maker for a Fort Worth art museum to a construction super for the Parks and Wildlife. The container is the hardest thing I've ever tackled. Very little of it is as easy as building with sticks. To do it to "code" is nearly impossible, and it took me weeks to come up with a way to properly insulate it without using expensive spray foam. (I'm trying to produce an affordable home in a controlled environment that can be delivered and lived in on the same day.) Anyway, great channel, Belinda.
I got hocked after watching your container video. It was so eye opening, and I continue learning a lot from your content. Thank you for dedicating your time to educating people around the world about the nuances in the topics that you cover.
Thank you for your content. We broke away from the bonds of home ownership a number of years ago. We live in a self built Rv based on a coach bus chassis. We are in the process of building our third. I watch all your content with great interest. One suggestion is to Premiere your videos so you can chat live with viewers during the showing. Keep up the great work, and thank you.
Discovered your channel because of your shipping container video, I subscribed after checking your other videos. Appreciate all your practical and scientific explanation in your content discussion.
Great Video. The world has become so much smaller with the change in technology. When I grew up, 60 years ago, relatives in other continents were so far away. Now we go to the computer and instantly look and talk to friends or associates. I too had wanted to be an architect. I remember talking to one when I was 10 years old. At that time I could read a drawing and knew a lot about buildings. When I met a drafting teacher in grade 10 he convinced me to become a machine designer. I still like to keep up with the changes in house design especially because we have a wooden 100 year old house. Needless maintenance is a must and that is why I love your channel. Good luck in your future.
I just recently started watching your videos. The first one was the laminate vs vinyl flooring. I was impressed with your knowledge so I started watching more as they came up on my feed and then I saw this one and I had to watch. I took drafting in high school and got hooked on architecture in the 10th grade. After I graduated (1977), my grandfather got me an interview at a civil engineering firm (it was his friend) but that's as far as it ever got for me. I have been a programmer since 1981, so I definitely took a different path. I still love architecture and I love using what I learned, way back then, when it comes to looking at houses and DIY projects and such. I cringe whenever I watch those DIY shows where the clueless homeowner doesn't even understand about load bearing walls. Anyway, I love what I've seen so far and I will continue to watch. I love your matter-of-fact style and how you present things in understandable terms. Keep up the good work.
Your container home was the first video that introduced me to your channel. I was instantly hooked to your contents. That video has saved so much money to so many people. Thanks so much.
I really enjoy how you weave your personal life journey into your professional skills and knowledge, and then share this from an open, caring and vulnerable place. It is quite captivating, and I think you should keep doing the Q&A vids if you find it enjoyable and motivating or possibly cathartic. I will watch anything you post!
Your container house video was one of the best I’ve seen for some time. Even my 15 yr old son now realises that you can find objective content delivered in a humorous and entertaining manner. Next, can I suggest a similar critique of Tiny Homes. A similar study in unnecessary over engineering (generally), as well as poor internal spatial outcomes as well as not looking at the real issue of .... access to land.
You come across as caring intelligent informed and knowledgeable after all what is there for you to gain from advising people to research their interests before they invest and then regret it. Most simply don't have money to waste. I like the way your mind works! Subbed! ✨🙋
You made such good points in your video! I'm still building a container house but it's because I can do alot of the work myself. It's not ecologically focused for me, though the whole area is gonna be as off grid as I can get it. The 53ft domestics and Ibeams I need for reinforcement are not cheap. But everything else is easy enough for me to do, including moving the containers and materials to the house site. I dont think I could ever have a contractor build a house for me because I have seen first hand what you get from contractors, subs, and builders. Over all I think the containers are right for me but are certainly not the holy grail of building.
I’ve watched the container video few days ago, watched some more of your videos quite quick after that, subscribed next day and today I’ve used that video as an argument in a discussion about tiny houses. I love your channel and your concise way of explaining things!
You shipping container video was perfect! You very clearly and convincingly listed problems with such a contraction method/technique that everybody who was at school should understand it!
You are a breath of fresh air...intelligent, knowledgeable, open, positive, logical. As someone who plans to build my own off-grid dream Passive House when I retire, I'm so glad I discovered this channel as a resource.
I love your idea about the no-contractor home. This is the type of home that I keep designing 'in my dreams' as well. Just like in your idea, the plumbing would be outside the walls. It would run elevated in the middle of a drain channel (that runs around the foundation and collects the gutter water as well) and only enter the house at the locations where if it needed. The kitchen sink would have an extra cleanout access on the outside wall, so the plumber don't ever has to enter the kitchen with their equipment that has been 'elsewhere' before. The shower would be placed so, that on the outside wall an access door can be opened, to access the pipes. Also extra outside cleanouts for the plumbers. I would also have a utility room, with good access (driveway or front of house) that would house all the utilities from hot-water, hvac to internet. It would have a drain system, for case of leakage. As far as electrical, each room would have it's own circuit (and breaker). The fridge would have it's own circuit breaker as well! AND under (almost) every light switch, there would be a receptacle. Cat6 cable running everywhere for optional installing security cameras. Oh and the most important part, but that I'm still brainstorming if it is even possible to do. A Roman style hot air floor heating system. That way no danger of leaking floor heater. I'm thinking about preparing and insulating the crawls space and heat it. Air conditioning would be similar style. The cold air would circulate inside the walls. So there would be no blowing air movement inside the house and the house would be perfectly temperature controlled. It is just a dream of course. But if I ever win the lottery, this is what I will build. Until then, these are my ideas for anyone who might like them. 😎
I'm still sold on a shipping container home but the moisture happening because of the wood touching the metal had never been brought up. I'm now looking into how to minimize that so thank you 😁. The thing that's great for me is being able to build it on family land and paying for it piece by piece. Concrete first, container, siding (thanks to you), framework, and lastly finishing touches. Then moving on to buying land and fixing that up and shipping the house over to that land. I can do $20,000 loans and paying them off asap much more than $250,000+ mortgage where if I lose my job I lose my house.
Belinda, YES! My ideal home is one where the entire central operations for the home are located in the middle of the structure in a wall accessed by a door. I can build up space around it. But maintaining operations would be easy because it is centralized. That dream is what brought me to shipping containers and their potential utility. You changed my mind about the containers.
Very nicely presented. I’ve seen many other Q&A videos that just ramble on and I usually just lose interest and bail out. You did an excellent presentation format and I look forward to another Q&A. I like your videos because you think outside the box on many subjects.
First and foremost this channel is Underrated that said I admit I was one of many who criticized your video about the home living shipping containers, but you have brought a very good and excellent arguments. Love your content and thank you for sharing. 👌🏼
I haven't even watched that infamous video yet, but it makes sense. I'm happy you learned from it, because you've been making amazing videos since then I'm happy to watch!
I really appreciate your container video. I’ve been watching and thinking the cooler side of having container home. You video was a wake up call for me…
I enjoyed this video and you always present very logical and valid points. Sometimes it is hard to have some of my preconceived ideas shattered, but we all need that from time to time. Please keep making videos and sharing your ideas.
When I went to college for electrical engineering the instructors were required to have 10 years real life experience and taught according to real world needs. Best classes I ever had, learned more about how to do it right the first time and not have crap get in the way of my thinking. My dream home is rammed earth. No ac or forced air heaters needed for it either. Shipping container homes are a bad investment. Thank goodness you put that video out for us!!!
thanks, Glad I found your channel. We in New Zealand apparently have the least affordable housing in the world so both reality checks and fresh ideas for building are so needed.
I thought your shipping container video was AWESOME. Having done a fair amount of home reno myself, I was turning over the idea of what it would take to turn shipping containers into a home in my head. It never made sense to me how they were supposed to be "cheap" considering they what I thought it would take to "finish" them. Thank you for confirming what I thought was the case.
I’d love to see you do a live, but that might not be something you would like to do. I loved this Q&A where I learned more both in home construction and you😁💕
If I recall correctly, your shipping container video showed up in my recommendations one day and that's how I found your channel. I am _sooooo_ appreciative that you made that video, because I'm now a subscriber. A funny thing about your name and that spot in the video is that for the first few videos of yours, when my son would ask me, "who are you watching?" I would respond with "Belinda Carlisle," and then say, "no, wait," and have to look back at your name to correct myself. :) I would like to see more Q&A's. I think once a month would be good, because that gives more time for you to drop some knowledge on us.
I really wanted to make a container house/cottage -- until I saw your great video. I owe you much thanks. You are an inspiration and one of my favourite channels. Please stay true to your purpose.
You were absolutely correct about shipping containers. These were all the same conclusions that I came to when investigating the practicality of building with shipping containers. You can buy a lot of framing with the $2000 plus that a shipping container will cost.
i just found your channel from that shipping container video! it must be back on the algorithm again so i hope things go well! anyways, i subbed because of it! you raised great points that simply made complete sense to me
You nailed it with that shipping container video. I have been temped at times to use a shipping container for a small cabin. However, the first thing I worried about was just WHAT the contained had been used to ship? Pesticides maybe? I also noticed that they are flimsy metal boxes with strong corners. And they are made out of METAL (hard to work for a beginner). It is very easy to get distracted by a bright idea like using containers for housing. You did a great job of bringing some common sense to this discussion.
Architecture is not he only field where academia is disconnected from the working world. I found this to be true in both my computer science degree and EE degree. My structural engineering masters was most closely aligned with reality, but that was because I did that online and most of the instructors were working engineers who were teaching the online classes as a side gig. That was actually very beneficial.
Hey i learned the Waterfall model as the only way to do software projects (in the 1990s). Specify everything even in a mathematical language Z so only experts can read it. Yeah they couldn't be fucking more wrong than that. After this lesson i see the human world with very different eyes. It's so much wrong here and conservative behaviour is so extreme to hold on to continue doing the wrong things
I agree but I don’t think it’s conservative behavior… I think it’s a global control of money. When you look at these studies like even the insulation and saying you do not need to wear mask....Well think about it... they’re doing the studies and who are they hiring to do them and how are they manipulating them to change their ruling etc. I don’t think they care about people… And if the people get cancer then of course that helps the medical industry. Everything revolves around money. Like they would hate it if we were all living off the grid but that’s even liberals… Trust me, the people with all the money want things to keep revolving around money and what puts money in their pocket so that is both liberals and conservatives. I am conservative but I am very conscious of what we are doing to our oceans with all of the plastic and how if we use solar we would not rely on electric companies etc. who are just making all this money. I also agree with Belinda about homeownership. In our country… The US… Homeownership and having a big home is such a social status. But we have so many people in debt and paying to the man. I just don’t like conservatives always being dumped on because I am conservative but I also have liberal ideas and agree with many things. But seeing the ins and outs and the truth behind politics, people are blinded by liberal leaders. They are also just wanting to suck people dry because money money money rules all.
A bit of a defense of academia... It isn't really *supposed* to be that connected with the working world. That's sort of the original point of it. Sure, when you get a bachelors degree in a field you should be familiar enough with it to be able to learn on-the-job what you need without much fuss. Higher degrees were originally envisioned for the few people who were not going to pursue practical work and instead devote themselves to trying and advance the field itself. Academics could earn a decent living, but not really strike it rich (maybe a few would get famous)... Society basically kept them comfortably housed and fed so that they could work on ideas and high-risk high-reward stuff which they gave back to society for free. The 'guild' fields like architecture and medicine are a bit different and I'm not super familiar with them. However, in the sciences, I will claim that no one should be getting a PhD to land a 'job'. A PhD is horrible training for working anyplace outside of a university or research lab (and a very very few other 'jobs'). Lots of companies have used higher degrees as a lazy way to filter for "the right sort of people", and lots of schools shifted towards making those higher degrees a bit more vocational... but they weren't setup for that originally and academia is really not the right environment for it. Of course, I'm an academic (biologist). Nothing at all wrong with more vocational / 'working world' focused education, it is just different and both are made worse by trying to shoe-horn it into academia. Anyways... That's my rant.
@@LTVoyager As I mentioned, the guild based professions like medicine, law, and architecture are a bit different... Medicine is the clearest example because med school is so clearly different from grad school (people often get both an MD and a PhD if they want to do medical research.). I'm not an architect, but I was under the impression architecture school is more along those lines... Arguably less well justified. Several branches of engineering also have a professional guild structure, but gatekeep with a test more than a higher degree/school. Law school is also pretty vocational / test prep compared to a PhD program. Anyways, yeah architecture school may be out of touch with the reality of architecture. That is a problem if the purpose of architecture school is to train architects. But architecture school isn't really "academia" then... It is a vocational school.
You provided a concise analysis of the proposition to use shipping containers for human habitation. Salesmen seldom sell an item on its merits, alone. More often, they resort to selling you your own preconceived, rose-hued image of how much better your life would be, if only you owned that thing you are so enamored with. My dad was a mechanical engineer in R&D for a large multi-national American equipment manufacturer. His pet peeve was when sales people would take liberties with the truth; many of them without so much as a basic understanding of their own product's capabilities and limitations. Misleading the customer is always bad business, so kudos to you for stripping away much of the irrational hype surrounding the shipping-containers-as-home phenomenon.
I watched your video on shipping containers, which was straightforward and informative and so was surprised to see the next one on some of the negative comments you received. Some of the feedback was pretty harsh but I'm glad you persevered. I just subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to watching your other videos.
You may have gotten too jaded for being a professor, but you are still an educator through this channel. Thank you for all you do educating us in your audience.
And educating much more people then a professor in a class room could. If the class room lessons aren't filmed and published of course.
I appreciate your intellect and honesty
Correct, I also appreciated the shorts...mmm
Dude don't be weird!! Show some respect brat.@@martymarl4602
@@randalllawkin lol, stop being a prude...the comment was very mild...you're the weirdo trying to control strangers via the internet
And let's not be shy to say SHE'S SO DAMN BEAUATIFUL aswell !
Belinda is smart, beautiful and amazing!
I loved your shipping container video! It raised excellent points. I am exploring many ideas for alternative housing..and I want facts so I can make a educated choice.
I believe the shipping container video is spot on.
@@jaystrickland4151 Me too! I discovered this channel through that video and was a subscriber half way through it. B. has a lot of common sense and shares good info. I also appreciate the delivery, very down to earth and friendly. I would totally love to meet her over a beer, ask questions and just listen :)
@@doramaar123 Virtual beer drinking session?
@@BelindaCarr I'm in :)
I was going to buy a few containers and build my house, but after looking into the costs, it just wasn't economical and would have actually cost MORE just to finish it out than a traditional stick build home of similar dimensions. I then went onto barndominiums, but they wouldn't give me the efficiency I was looking for and finally I discovered ICF last year, which I think is the future of building. ICF is very DIY friendly (my wife and I are self building our ICF home) and it will be the most efficient home I can think of for the costs we will end up paying per sqft to build it.
Spray Jones sent me this time. I watched your "7 reasons why shipping container homes are a SCAM" video when it first came out, you were correct on all 7 points.
....eh, not exactly correct. Not completely wrong on all points. A lot of points were spot on but some of the points in regards to container construction, and container acquisition are only partially true.
yikes... Spray jones huh.. She should do an episode on him and how he is full of it..
Belinda would make an EXCELLENT professor... what she presents is always so interesting.
Oh hell no !! One of the best professors i had explained it this way. We are hear to educate the students and give them all the facts good, bad or otherwise and try not to colorize the information we are giving them. We dont need a bunch of clones who think just like we do or no innovation, no different way of looking at it is likely to happen. The best outcome is when someone discovers something by seeing it without our prejudices and opinions. Most of what she said was a opinion piece nothing more and provided little in the way of actually facts.
@@magnus33john We are hear? Okay
The shipping container video was my first introduction to your channel. It was refreshing to hear the reality and pit falls that I as an engineer had identified so clearly pointed out, as well as a few I missed. If people are upset that you popped their unrealistic fad dream, that's their problem, not yours. Keep giving the facts and keep up the good work
Your intelligent, candid way of presenting information is always nice to listen to. It was a treat this time to hear a little about you personally
I came upon Belinda's channel because of her shipping container video - it had been something I was interested in. I have found her videos to be very informative, and Belinda herself seems to be very down to earth. I hope she has many more years of enlightening her audience.
Congratulations on your 60k+ subscribers. Your videos are very interesting.
I like how you keep it 100% real. In germany we say "kein Blatt vor den Mund nehmen"
Just like in dutch :) “geen blad voor de mond nemen”
This is a refreshing channel, no BS, no hype, just a normal person with a really interesting perspective on things.
Your channel is the best I discovered recently. Thank you for your inspiring and interesting videos. Greetings from the Netherlands.
Thanks!
Thanks Belinda, I’m glad you didn’t go chasing dinosaurs. Your container video was my first. It hooked me with your insight, sincerity and unwavering courage to present the evidence that you’d researched. I value your opinion, and would love to see some videos for ‘building your own home’. Thank you from Australia. 👍
And what if she was a man!?
Then it is how dare he destroying other peoples dreams!
@ Richard, well said 👏
Me too.
5:10 is exactly why the world needs people like you as teachers but also why the system doesn't want that.
Belinda please make videos you like. I subscribed because of your honest approach that showed the pros (like anyone else), but discusses the realistic cons. Loved the Q&A, because it was sincere.
It was that very container video that made me a subscriber. You project an extremely sober mixture of maturity, experience and wisdom. Your content is thorough and no nonsense. This channel is a gold mine.
"Learn something new every day".... precisely why I am here.
Pervs, we are everywhere
Well, at least we get to learn from you! I am so happy to have stumbled on your channel. I spent four and a half years earning a degree in business. We didn't have UA-cam back then. I would skip it today and learn from people like you instead. Thank you for all of your excellent content!
Did they at least teach you calculus and business math?
@@maxscott3349, They really tried but, I would not allow them to succeed. It was not the fault of the university. I just don't do well in a classroom. I did eventually become a retail manager and learned what I could not in school. I had many excellent teachers in that environment as well.
Your thoughtful articulate way of never giving shallow answers always leaves me reflecting about so many things I never even thought about before. Thank you for the great content!
Personally, I enjoyed your shipping container video, I learned a lot from it. Also enjoyed this Q&A and I think you would make a great professor, all your videos I've watched so far have been a great source for not only information but for learning and have all been entertaining to boot!
Belinda please keep your videos coming they are genuine and great!
Thank you for the Q&A. I was transfixed by your presentation. I love your genuineness. Best wishes.
The container home video was your first video I watched! I'm trying to work my way through all of your videos! Excellent content, you must be an absolute joy to work with!
Being able to manage your life and work so well is cheering. Belinda, you're genuinely an inspiration to all! I'd love to watch more of your videos. Keep it going and be yourself. It's great!
It's so refreshing to listen to someone with an abundance of common sense and realistic break downs of how things really work and operate, not the glossy hype you find nearly everywhere else!!
I really enjoy your videos and I am glad you made the shipping container video. Thats why I'm here. BTW, I agree 100% with that video.
Thanks Belinda. I discovered your channel earlier this week, and i have watched a bunch of your videos and shared them with my kids. You are a teacher already - with a large and appreciative student body. You are teaching that a rational and unbiased approach to discussing pros and cons within the building industry is informative for all. I also appreciate the fact that you shared some of your philosophy on life - it is always effective for a teacher to be personable and real! You are doing a great job - thanks for the effort that you put into your productions. jt
That shipping container video is what brought me here and what earned my subscription. Someone had to say it, keep up the great work.
You are one truly inspiring lady. Keep up the great work. Thank you.
Honestly, I'm happy I ran across your video on shipping container homes. I'd been completely sold on the idea until you explained in concise and honest terms the downfalls and struggles of that type of building method. It was a nice breath of fresh air to come across a different perspective, and it made me evaluate that form of construction from a more realistic angle. You effectively changed my mind, and for that I'm grateful.
I absolutely love this channel! You are one of the most interesting people on UA-cam. Your content is top notch and delivered in such an down to earth manner. (And I agree, Europe is light years ahead in building homes)
Thank you!!
Europe is lightyears ahead in quite a few areas. I have no idea why we do not learn..
A Canadian viewer here. I really enjoy all your videos. I always hit the like button.
I love how clinical and analytical you are on every video you do on construction practices, as well as your honesty…
I guess UA-cam didn't like my first comment. I was basically just saying I appreciate your excellent content, and I'm happy to hear you don't regret the shipping container video, because it may have been the controversy that got the UA-cam algorithm to recommend it to me, which impressed me to the point where I'm now a subscriber =)
I enjoyed the Q&A. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who watched one of your videos because you're attractive and continue to watch because you are so smart. I wanted to understand what I was buying when insulating my garage, you helped a lot.
This is my favorite channel out of all the topics I watch. Just because of your honesty.
I can't wait for the late night shows to discover you. You are a national, no scratch that, global treasure.
Lol! That's very kind of you, but I've got a long way to go!
Keep up the good work! I always find your content interesting.
I was an early adopter and enthusiast for shipping containers until the raw basic facts became apparent. They make for dreadful housing projects ( excellent sheds though, especially if sandblasted) and your vid nailed all the relevant points in your customary clear and concise manner. Love your work, many thanks.
I'm currently converting a container, and your video didn't insult me at all!
I've been a carpenter for over 40 years- from a union carpenter in Fort Worth to a cabinet maker for a Fort Worth art museum to a construction super for the Parks and Wildlife. The container is the hardest thing I've ever tackled. Very little of it is as easy as building with sticks. To do it to "code" is nearly impossible, and it took me weeks to come up with a way to properly insulate it without using expensive spray foam. (I'm trying to produce an affordable home in a controlled environment that can be delivered and lived in on the same day.)
Anyway, great channel, Belinda.
I got hocked after watching your container video. It was so eye opening, and I continue learning a lot from your content. Thank you for dedicating your time to educating people around the world about the nuances in the topics that you cover.
I enjoy your no nonsense and educated approach to the topics you present. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your content. We broke away from the bonds of home ownership a number of years ago. We live in a self built Rv based on a coach bus chassis. We are in the process of building our third.
I watch all your content with great interest. One suggestion is to Premiere your videos so you can chat live with viewers during the showing.
Keep up the great work, and thank you.
Oh wow, great idea! I didn't know I could do that.
Discovered your channel because of your shipping container video, I subscribed after checking your other videos. Appreciate all your practical and scientific explanation in your content discussion.
Great Video. The world has become so much smaller with the change in technology. When I grew up, 60 years ago, relatives in other continents were so far away. Now we go to the computer and instantly look and talk to friends or associates. I too had wanted to be an architect. I remember talking to one when I was 10 years old. At that time I could read a drawing and knew a lot about buildings. When I met a drafting teacher in grade 10 he convinced me to become a machine designer. I still like to keep up with the changes in house design especially because we have a wooden 100 year old house. Needless maintenance is a must and that is why I love your channel. Good luck in your future.
I just recently started watching your videos. The first one was the laminate vs vinyl flooring. I was impressed with your knowledge so I started watching more as they came up on my feed and then I saw this one and I had to watch.
I took drafting in high school and got hooked on architecture in the 10th grade. After I graduated (1977), my grandfather got me an interview at a civil engineering firm (it was his friend) but that's as far as it ever got for me. I have been a programmer since 1981, so I definitely took a different path. I still love architecture and I love using what I learned, way back then, when it comes to looking at houses and DIY projects and such. I cringe whenever I watch those DIY shows where the clueless homeowner doesn't even understand about load bearing walls.
Anyway, I love what I've seen so far and I will continue to watch. I love your matter-of-fact style and how you present things in understandable terms. Keep up the good work.
Your container home was the first video that introduced me to your channel. I was instantly hooked to your contents. That video has saved so much money to so many people. Thanks so much.
Great video as always. As a San Franciscan, extra bonus points for your praise of The City!
I really enjoy how you weave your personal life journey into your professional skills and knowledge, and then share this from an open, caring and vulnerable place. It is quite captivating, and I think you should keep doing the Q&A vids if you find it enjoyable and motivating or possibly cathartic. I will watch anything you post!
Thanks so much for answering my question! I'll have to look into engineered wood. It's not a topic I've spent much time on yet.
Your container house video was one of the best I’ve seen for some time. Even my 15 yr old son now realises that you can find objective content delivered in a humorous and entertaining manner.
Next, can I suggest a similar critique of Tiny Homes. A similar study in unnecessary over engineering (generally), as well as poor internal spatial outcomes as well as not looking at the real issue of .... access to land.
Your simple HONESTY...simply amazes/blows me away...thank U..thank U..thank U...it is exactly this type of honesy that propels advancement in society!
You really shot me down, as far as my own container home idea. I'm grateful.... you've taught me sooo!!! much. Thank you.
You come across as caring intelligent informed and knowledgeable after all what is there for you to gain from advising people to research their interests before they invest and then regret it. Most simply don't have money to waste. I like the way your mind works! Subbed! ✨🙋
Congratulations on 60k! 🎊
Thanks, Kacey!
You made such good points in your video! I'm still building a container house but it's because I can do alot of the work myself. It's not ecologically focused for me, though the whole area is gonna be as off grid as I can get it. The 53ft domestics and Ibeams I need for reinforcement are not cheap. But everything else is easy enough for me to do, including moving the containers and materials to the house site. I dont think I could ever have a contractor build a house for me because I have seen first hand what you get from contractors, subs, and builders. Over all I think the containers are right for me but are certainly not the holy grail of building.
You’re one of my favorite UA-camrs. How often should you do these Q&A? Maybe make it a traditional year-end video.
Love your honest and competent content. You are on the right track. No need for regrets or changes. 😎
Fantastic stuff! You are always so thorough and informative. Congratulations on 78K subscribers and I wish you continued success.
You’re such an inspiring woman and well educated I take your comments as truly independent teaching. Thanks a lot Belinda!
I’ve watched the container video few days ago, watched some more of your videos quite quick after that, subscribed next day and today I’ve used that video as an argument in a discussion about tiny houses. I love your channel and your concise way of explaining things!
You shipping container video was perfect! You very clearly and convincingly listed problems with such a contraction method/technique that everybody who was at school should understand it!
You are a breath of fresh air...intelligent, knowledgeable, open, positive, logical. As someone who plans to build my own off-grid dream Passive House when I retire, I'm so glad I discovered this channel as a resource.
I love your idea about the no-contractor home.
This is the type of home that I keep designing 'in my dreams' as well. Just like in your idea, the plumbing would be outside the walls. It would run elevated in the middle of a drain channel (that runs around the foundation and collects the gutter water as well) and only enter the house at the locations where if it needed.
The kitchen sink would have an extra cleanout access on the outside wall, so the plumber don't ever has to enter the kitchen with their equipment that has been 'elsewhere' before. The shower would be placed so, that on the outside wall an access door can be opened, to access the pipes. Also extra outside cleanouts for the plumbers.
I would also have a utility room, with good access (driveway or front of house) that would house all the utilities from hot-water, hvac to internet. It would have a drain system, for case of leakage. As far as electrical, each room would have it's own circuit (and breaker). The fridge would have it's own circuit breaker as well! AND under (almost) every light switch, there would be a receptacle. Cat6 cable running everywhere for optional installing security cameras.
Oh and the most important part, but that I'm still brainstorming if it is even possible to do. A Roman style hot air floor heating system. That way no danger of leaking floor heater. I'm thinking about preparing and insulating the crawls space and heat it. Air conditioning would be similar style. The cold air would circulate inside the walls. So there would be no blowing air movement inside the house and the house would be perfectly temperature controlled. It is just a dream of course. But if I ever win the lottery, this is what I will build.
Until then, these are my ideas for anyone who might like them. 😎
I'm still sold on a shipping container home but the moisture happening because of the wood touching the metal had never been brought up. I'm now looking into how to minimize that so thank you 😁.
The thing that's great for me is being able to build it on family land and paying for it piece by piece. Concrete first, container, siding (thanks to you), framework, and lastly finishing touches. Then moving on to buying land and fixing that up and shipping the house over to that land. I can do $20,000 loans and paying them off asap much more than $250,000+ mortgage where if I lose my job I lose my house.
Belinda, YES! My ideal home is one where the entire central operations for the home are located in the middle of the structure in a wall accessed by a door. I can build up space around it. But maintaining operations would be easy because it is centralized. That dream is what brought me to shipping containers and their potential utility. You changed my mind about the containers.
Great Job Belinda. It convinced one of my clients to swirch from contaainers to purpose built portable grow farms.
Very nicely presented. I’ve seen many other Q&A videos that just ramble on and I usually just lose interest and bail out. You did an excellent presentation format and I look forward to another Q&A. I like your videos because you think outside the box on many subjects.
First and foremost this channel is Underrated that said I admit I was one of many who criticized your video about the home living shipping containers, but you have brought a very good and excellent arguments. Love your content and thank you for sharing. 👌🏼
I love it that you're sharing your personal life. You also communicate well.
I haven't even watched that infamous video yet, but it makes sense. I'm happy you learned from it, because you've been making amazing videos since then I'm happy to watch!
I have enjoyed all of your videos that I have watched so far. Thank you for the subject matter, content and delivery!
I really appreciate your container video. I’ve been watching and thinking the cooler side of having container home. You video was a wake up call for me…
I enjoyed this video and you always present very logical and valid points. Sometimes it is hard to have some of my preconceived ideas shattered, but we all need that from time to time. Please keep making videos and sharing your ideas.
Thoughtful engaging and precise- always love coming to your channel. Keep going, You have so much to offer!
When I went to college for electrical engineering the instructors were required to have 10 years real life experience and taught according to real world needs. Best classes I ever had, learned more about how to do it right the first time and not have crap get in the way of my thinking. My dream home is rammed earth. No ac or forced air heaters needed for it either. Shipping container homes are a bad investment. Thank goodness you put that video out for us!!!
thanks, Glad I found your channel. We in New Zealand apparently have the least affordable housing in the world so both reality checks and fresh ideas for building are so needed.
Love your truth-telling, courage, and prudent advice.
I thought your shipping container video was AWESOME. Having done a fair amount of home reno myself, I was turning over the idea of what it would take to turn shipping containers into a home in my head. It never made sense to me how they were supposed to be "cheap" considering they what I thought it would take to "finish" them. Thank you for confirming what I thought was the case.
I’d love to see you do a live, but that might not be something you would like to do. I loved this Q&A where I learned more both in home construction and you😁💕
I'll try to schedule one soon!
If I recall correctly, your shipping container video showed up in my recommendations one day and that's how I found your channel. I am _sooooo_ appreciative that you made that video, because I'm now a subscriber.
A funny thing about your name and that spot in the video is that for the first few videos of yours, when my son would ask me, "who are you watching?" I would respond with "Belinda Carlisle," and then say, "no, wait," and have to look back at your name to correct myself. :)
I would like to see more Q&A's. I think once a month would be good, because that gives more time for you to drop some knowledge on us.
I really enjoy your channel. Your candid and “common sense” explanations are very clear and interesting.
Very interesting Q and A. You make many good points about life that most people dismiss but are valid and relevant.
I really wanted to make a container house/cottage -- until I saw your great video. I owe you much thanks. You are an inspiration and one of my favourite channels. Please stay true to your purpose.
You were absolutely correct about shipping containers. These were all the same conclusions that I came to when investigating the practicality of building with shipping containers. You can buy a lot of framing with the $2000 plus that a shipping container will cost.
i just found your channel from that shipping container video! it must be back on the algorithm again so i hope things go well! anyways, i subbed because of it! you raised great points that simply made complete sense to me
I love this channel! So intelligent and accessible, I’ve learned so much (home ownership as a scam really blew my mind). Thank you!
Your videos are so interesting, and so well made, you are the first subscription I look for when opening UA-cam. Thank you!
More of this content sprinkled between usual informative videos takes this channel to the next level.
You nailed it with that shipping container video. I have been temped at times to use a shipping container for a small cabin. However, the first thing I worried about was just WHAT the contained had been used to ship? Pesticides maybe? I also noticed that they are flimsy metal boxes with strong corners. And they are made out of METAL (hard to work for a beginner). It is very easy to get distracted by a bright idea like using containers for housing. You did a great job of bringing some common sense to this discussion.
I’ve been binge watching your videos all day oh my god!
Great video! Congrats on 60k subs!
Architecture is not he only field where academia is disconnected from the working world. I found this to be true in both my computer science degree and EE degree. My structural engineering masters was most closely aligned with reality, but that was because I did that online and most of the instructors were working engineers who were teaching the online classes as a side gig. That was actually very beneficial.
Hey i learned the Waterfall model as the only way to do software projects (in the 1990s). Specify everything even in a mathematical language Z so only experts can read it. Yeah they couldn't be fucking more wrong than that. After this lesson i see the human world with very different eyes. It's so much wrong here and conservative behaviour is so extreme to hold on to continue doing the wrong things
I agree but I don’t think it’s conservative behavior… I think it’s a global control of money. When you look at these studies like even the insulation and saying you do not need to wear mask....Well think about it... they’re doing the studies and who are they hiring to do them and how are they manipulating them to change their ruling etc. I don’t think they care about people… And if the people get cancer then of course that helps the medical industry. Everything revolves around money. Like they would hate it if we were all living off the grid but that’s even liberals… Trust me, the people with all the money want things to keep revolving around money and what puts money in their pocket so that is both liberals and conservatives. I am conservative but I am very conscious of what we are doing to our oceans with all of the plastic and how if we use solar we would not rely on electric companies etc. who are just making all this money. I also agree with Belinda about homeownership. In our country… The US… Homeownership and having a big home is such a social status. But we have so many people in debt and paying to the man. I just don’t like conservatives always being dumped on because I am conservative but I also have liberal ideas and agree with many things. But seeing the ins and outs and the truth behind politics, people are blinded by liberal leaders. They are also just wanting to suck people dry because money money money rules all.
A bit of a defense of academia...
It isn't really *supposed* to be that connected with the working world. That's sort of the original point of it.
Sure, when you get a bachelors degree in a field you should be familiar enough with it to be able to learn on-the-job what you need without much fuss.
Higher degrees were originally envisioned for the few people who were not going to pursue practical work and instead devote themselves to trying and advance the field itself. Academics could earn a decent living, but not really strike it rich (maybe a few would get famous)... Society basically kept them comfortably housed and fed so that they could work on ideas and high-risk high-reward stuff which they gave back to society for free.
The 'guild' fields like architecture and medicine are a bit different and I'm not super familiar with them. However, in the sciences, I will claim that no one should be getting a PhD to land a 'job'. A PhD is horrible training for working anyplace outside of a university or research lab (and a very very few other 'jobs').
Lots of companies have used higher degrees as a lazy way to filter for "the right sort of people", and lots of schools shifted towards making those higher degrees a bit more vocational... but they weren't setup for that originally and academia is really not the right environment for it.
Of course, I'm an academic (biologist). Nothing at all wrong with more vocational / 'working world' focused education, it is just different and both are made worse by trying to shoe-horn it into academia.
Anyways... That's my rant.
@@travcollier I disagree. What then is the point of academic studies?
@@LTVoyager As I mentioned, the guild based professions like medicine, law, and architecture are a bit different... Medicine is the clearest example because med school is so clearly different from grad school (people often get both an MD and a PhD if they want to do medical research.).
I'm not an architect, but I was under the impression architecture school is more along those lines... Arguably less well justified.
Several branches of engineering also have a professional guild structure, but gatekeep with a test more than a higher degree/school.
Law school is also pretty vocational / test prep compared to a PhD program.
Anyways, yeah architecture school may be out of touch with the reality of architecture. That is a problem if the purpose of architecture school is to train architects. But architecture school isn't really "academia" then... It is a vocational school.
You provided a concise analysis of the proposition to use shipping containers for human habitation. Salesmen seldom sell an item on its merits, alone. More often, they resort to selling you your own preconceived, rose-hued image of how much better your life would be, if only you owned that thing you are so enamored with. My dad was a mechanical engineer in R&D for a large multi-national American equipment manufacturer. His pet peeve was when sales people would take liberties with the truth; many of them without so much as a basic understanding of their own product's capabilities and limitations. Misleading the customer is always bad business, so kudos to you for stripping away much of the irrational hype surrounding the shipping-containers-as-home phenomenon.
i love your down to earth no-nonsense point of view.
I think that shipping container video was a HUGE boost to the subscriber base. Am i wrong? It got me to subscribe, and i enjoy all your content.
I like your videos. Thanks for being honest, and straightforward with your content.
I appreciate your honesty and careful research. Thank you for all you do!
I watched your video on shipping containers, which was straightforward and informative and so was surprised to see the next one on some of the negative comments you received. Some of the feedback was pretty harsh but I'm glad you persevered. I just subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to watching your other videos.
Yes! I loved this parenthesis. Your beauty shines brighter. Thank you for your insights.