Best Foundation for Shipping Container House

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  • Best Foundation for Shipping Container House. Types of foundations used to build Shipping Container Homes. Just like any other building, you need a suitable foundation for your shipping container house project. If you love shipping container homes; or are exploring the possibilities of building your own; this video brings to you the Top 5 Foundation Types Used in Shipping Container Houses and Buildings. Stay tuned to find out more as we outline where and how each foundation type can be used. In addition we are highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of each type of foundation. Types of Foundations used to Build Shipping Container Homes. Best Foundation for Shipping Container House
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    The foundation types include;
    1. Pier Foundation
    2. Slab/ Raft Foundation
    3. Pile Foundation
    4. Strip/Trench Foundation
    5. Timber Foundation.
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  • @SinglJurny
    @SinglJurny 4 місяці тому +2

    Very informative as I am planning a business bar and grill with using shipping containers.

  • @rorkesparks2598
    @rorkesparks2598 3 роки тому +1

    Your videos are brilliant!!!! Really informative and give just the right info

  • @alejandrapaz1786
    @alejandrapaz1786 4 роки тому +2

    Hi from the Argentinian Patagonia. Your video is very informative. I'm going to have my house built from a 40-feet-long shipping container. I think I'm going to use the pier foundation because it is the cheapest. Some people who built their home say that if you put some piers just along the middle part of the base of the container, it becomes more stady and stable and you don't feel the floor bending as you walk inside it. Thanks!

  • @nylacouture7033
    @nylacouture7033 3 роки тому +1

    THIS ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

    • @sheltermode
      @sheltermode  3 роки тому

      We are glad to have helped you.

  • @greghayes3100
    @greghayes3100 3 роки тому

    Thanks for this video. I searched this information as I am preparing the foundations from a previous design of house, for the container house I am currently working on.
    I am using footing design #4, because that is what the engineer specified for previous design. It was to be solid earth house requiring over 100 tonne of earth to build.
    I am now satisfied that these footings are more than adequate for the container house.

  • @emerudebebe6826
    @emerudebebe6826 3 роки тому

    Great Ideas For Foundations Depending On Financial Ability & Surrounding Factors.

  • @billh673
    @billh673 6 років тому +5

    I'm enjoying your videos immensely. I'm currently building a garage/workshop connecting three 40' high qube shipping containers. I decided on shipping containers because the cost of a traditional building in my area was cost prohibitive. I took a slightly different approach to the foundation, after building a retaining wall on two sides and leveling the field we compacted the soil and laid a 6" bed of crushed stone for drainage and compacted it we then used 4"×8"×16" concrete blocks to level the containers one at a time. I'm going to allow them to settle and do any additional leveling if needed before locking them together. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos!

    • @firstbloodwarrior3868
      @firstbloodwarrior3868 5 років тому

      Wow, your project sounds impressive. May I ask you a few questions?
      1. How long do you allow for settling?
      2. How much were your containers?
      3. How long do you anticipate your structures lasting? (25yrs is the max, I hear)
      4. Where you buy your containers from?
      ... I have more questions, lol, but I'll leave it at that. 😇
      Thanks!!!!!!!

    • @annthurston5156
      @annthurston5156 5 років тому

      What a great idea!!!

  • @lcdd9091
    @lcdd9091 4 роки тому +2

    Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

  • @ericgrajeda2671
    @ericgrajeda2671 3 роки тому +2

    The foundation business presentation was helpful to determine what types i need for shipping containers. Equally important need to calculate a estimate for on a budget on my land in America. I heard of International building codes in college ......

  • @tankfu1
    @tankfu1 5 років тому +3

    Thanks! I thought the trench foundation was going to be my least expensive option, so thanks for pointing out the pier version. I didn't think about the container having span strength.

    • @MarkChristopherBergeron
      @MarkChristopherBergeron 5 років тому

      Railroad ties ! Brother ! That is what you want ! Bolt them. To the contanior bottom and you have a life boat as well as your container home !

    • @tankfu1
      @tankfu1 5 років тому +1

      So a friend and I got piers dug/poured and even had one for the center of each side span... but the driver had a helluva time getting the container to my place and I don't think he really knew what he was doing. He had it on the first set of piers and was doing pretty well, but he turned the truck (for godknowswhy) and the whole container turned with it. He pulled over the piers and ended up getting the container all whopperjawed and it wasn't going to sit on ANY of the other piers. It was a mess. We threw logs and cinder blocks under it so we could get it off the truck and I could get my floor jack under it later. I got it leveled and put 16x16x3.5 concrete blocks under the corners, but it was WORK. The ground isn't flat at my place, so I wanted something easier to level than railroad ties. If I had been setting it some place flat, I sure would have gone that route.
      I have footage of the driver and all the issues we had... I think I'm going to put together a video and post it. It won't really "go" with my channel, but I have 8 followers, so it probably doesn't matter. :)

  • @JessTheInvestor
    @JessTheInvestor 4 роки тому +1

    I love your channel. Very informative.

  • @rpm5150365
    @rpm5150365 6 років тому +2

    I need housing and no money to own one but have options in creating one and placing it. I am looking into every tiny house/ eco friendly options. Off-grid in mind and being portable mobile
    These are fancy plans and not in mind but all info given is very helpful in making choices and plans for my situation very helpful video and honest

  • @functionalyum8231
    @functionalyum8231 6 років тому +14

    Thank you -I loved this, this has fuelled my idea and boosted knowledge, well done!!

    • @ULISESOO7
      @ULISESOO7 5 років тому

      Functional Yum what Si the cost

  • @jeffwhite9028
    @jeffwhite9028 2 роки тому +1

    "Timber Foundation" is not a decade+ solution. If you need decade+ performance, try casting concrete blocks with rebar. I had great success with it in Texas, where loamy, weak soil and horrific downpours are common.
    Make sure you mount the container so that - 1) your building can withstand highest expected winds,... and 2) so that rain water does not weep or run into the steel/concrete interface, cuz the steel will dissolve, in a few years.
    Great little vid.

  • @tmvelli530
    @tmvelli530 4 роки тому +1

    Always VERY INFORMATIVE! Thank You!

  • @Reality_TV
    @Reality_TV 4 роки тому

    I love this video! To the point, concise and informative! Great information!

  • @overflow888
    @overflow888 3 роки тому +1

    What about burying one container below ground, as a sort of basement or bunker, and stacking another container on top of it?

  • @meredithfranklin6567
    @meredithfranklin6567 6 років тому +2

    Fabulous Presentation! I feel so much better after viewing this video and knowing that I can do this.....Thank you.

  • @joythompson610
    @joythompson610 5 років тому +3

    Excellent presentation!☺👍
    Thanks so much!❤

  • @normabrito8122
    @normabrito8122 4 роки тому +1

    I think you were very informative and answered many of my questions thank you.

  • @accessaryman
    @accessaryman 5 років тому +2

    very informative , thankyou for the great presentation,

  • @davidtapang4301
    @davidtapang4301 5 років тому +5

    Amazing video, I now know foundations! Love it.

  • @marcomac8824
    @marcomac8824 6 років тому

    Very interning, Thanks. Very clearly and usefully presented.

  • @TheStructuralWorld
    @TheStructuralWorld 5 років тому +7

    What about the connection of the base of the shipping containers into the footing? How it will goes?

  • @derekah.3359
    @derekah.3359 4 роки тому

    Thank you. Very educational

  • @queensleycutter4298
    @queensleycutter4298 7 місяців тому +1

    Very inspiring, thanks

  • @jamesadzewoda9419
    @jamesadzewoda9419 2 роки тому +1

    Please kindly advise on the best type of foundation to ues if you want to go as high as 8 storey?

  • @glenjames100
    @glenjames100 Рік тому

    Excellent information...

  • @sf.9731
    @sf.9731 3 роки тому +1

    Man! I love you! This is great

  • @AntonioRey4
    @AntonioRey4 5 років тому +6

    You could have strip/trench foundation with entry ways so you could go under your containers and do plumbing or other work. Another, thing we can do is to build small door on the container floor that lets you crawl under the container.

  • @hellenngure4143
    @hellenngure4143 6 років тому +1

    100% awesome. Analysis excellent. I am interested

  • @MrAlessandromonaco
    @MrAlessandromonaco 2 роки тому +1

    Kindly let me know if foundation number 2 is suitable for earthquake territories. Or which one is the best. Thank you

  • @nadinesawtell3267
    @nadinesawtell3267 6 років тому +1

    In Canada you would need to consider insulation and condensation You also need to consult local building code

  • @edsonosinaga3325
    @edsonosinaga3325 3 роки тому

    Awesome video ! Thank you..

  • @albertperez9963
    @albertperez9963 4 роки тому +3

    Which of the alternatives is best for earthquakes?

  • @rickcontreras59
    @rickcontreras59 6 років тому +2

    Thank you for the video and I'm very interested Box 1920 thank you for lessons of pros and cons .

  • @noamavrahamdudai8306
    @noamavrahamdudai8306 5 років тому +2

    Man ...your English getting better and better. ..👍
    Very good video
    Thank you

  • @judahvivianhama2987
    @judahvivianhama2987 5 років тому +3

    What software did you use in your architectural designs? ....they are really Good

  • @AfrikQ10
    @AfrikQ10 4 роки тому +1

    The slab and strip foundation seems best for Liberia with the strip foundation elevation for the space

  • @JacobSchioedtLange
    @JacobSchioedtLange 4 роки тому +2

    How thick would you make the slap foundation and would it be thicker if I needed to have 2 containers on top of each other?
    Would there go anything under the slap foundation?? such as 3/4 inch stones??

  • @bluememehehe9314
    @bluememehehe9314 4 роки тому +1

    Thankyou

  • @lovenotes8706
    @lovenotes8706 4 роки тому +1

    Could you lay stone blocks flat across like you would a concrete slab? Just put little rocks down first?

  • @johnstrom2101
    @johnstrom2101 4 роки тому +1

    I would have liked to know the different ways the containers were attached to the different foundation types.

  • @jdcruz45
    @jdcruz45 4 роки тому +1

    I like the presentation one day i have to build my own Container House in Canada On.

  • @MichaelzcraftlaB958
    @MichaelzcraftlaB958 4 місяці тому

    I was going to run angle iron were u leave the 1'ft on each side and have the containers run on the angle iron and run support beam every 10'ft across almost like a bed frame on top of the foundation footings.😊lock on to that .

  • @Samestori214
    @Samestori214 2 роки тому +1

    Can I use pier type foundation under a 2 story container house.

  • @purepromexico9362
    @purepromexico9362 3 роки тому

    Amazing. Thank you. So if I want to build two levels shipping containers 40ft, Is slab foundation the best ?

  • @winfordbr
    @winfordbr 6 років тому

    Awesome Video!

  • @FM-by1bg
    @FM-by1bg 6 років тому +1

    Great video but I wish you had given suggestions for which foundation is best based on climate. My understanding is peir or slab is most suitable and will hold up for years and can withstand strong winds, floods, snow, etc. Please advise or anyone's suggestion.
    Thanks

  • @felyfurio3961
    @felyfurio3961 Рік тому

    So educational & good referrence for future use ...your location pls.

  • @JamesZus
    @JamesZus 5 років тому +2

    What about using a container as a basement and put an other one as a house. Do I need foundation?

  • @terranceladuke4976
    @terranceladuke4976 6 років тому +1

    I used new railroad ties, works fine in AZ.

  • @MoneyWithMason
    @MoneyWithMason 6 років тому +4

    Do you have a video on fitting electrics, plumbing or sewerage at all?

  • @iAmLeslieJones
    @iAmLeslieJones 3 роки тому

    So pile foundation is best for waterlogged land?

  • @m01flores
    @m01flores 6 років тому +2

    thank u, this is really helpful

  • @srwarren888
    @srwarren888 6 років тому

    Great video thanks very much

  • @MarkChristopherBergeron
    @MarkChristopherBergeron 5 років тому +6

    I am going to use Railrroad ties

  • @HM-rf7yh
    @HM-rf7yh 6 років тому +2

    Very Informative' Thank you!

    • @ULISESOO7
      @ULISESOO7 5 років тому

      HM what is the average cost according to the size? I live in the Dominican Republic and I am interested in creating a project of this kind, with whom can I speak, to handle the issue?

  • @faithfiona8415
    @faithfiona8415 3 роки тому

    Can you place a shipping container on top of a building?

  • @LibertyGarden
    @LibertyGarden 6 років тому +1

    1000 Thank You's.

  • @aerroniwao9812
    @aerroniwao9812 4 роки тому

    Hello! What kind of foundation is suitable for concrete house and will make it movable?

  • @kavimazhai3948
    @kavimazhai3948 3 роки тому

    Is it possible to build in hillstation by using pile foundation

  • @sudique
    @sudique 5 років тому +2

    I need information on how to attached exterior cladding to a shipping container.

  • @ULISESOO7
    @ULISESOO7 5 років тому +2

    what is the average cost according to the size? I live in the Dominican Republic and I am interested in creating a project of this kind, with whom can I speak, to handle the issue?

  • @judithkalmus4185
    @judithkalmus4185 6 років тому +1

    This was most informative and I am thinking about if this may be the way for me to go. Also, I was wondering why I do not see any container homes on wheels? Why is this?

    • @John.T.
      @John.T. 6 років тому

      They do make them actually
      “Mobile shipping container homes” are gaining popularity in the tiny house movement.

  • @firstbloodwarrior3868
    @firstbloodwarrior3868 5 років тому +2

    Hi,
    Thank you for this very informative video. How far down are the pile foundation put in?

    • @firstbloodwarrior3868
      @firstbloodwarrior3868 5 років тому

      Hi, me again... 🤗
      For the strip foundation, how is sagging of the container prevented?
      I understand that shipping container homes last about 25-years. After that, what are some of the complications that arise after 25-years? (Especially in an equatorial climate)
      Thanks again.

    • @sheltermode
      @sheltermode  5 років тому

      its all about maintenance, just prevent rusting and your house will last a bit longer.

    • @gullintanni
      @gullintanni 5 років тому

      I'd consider alternatives if it is placed close to saltwater, but they should survive rain pretty good.

  • @jimscheltema670
    @jimscheltema670 4 роки тому

    Can you use aerated concrete to make a strip foundation for a 40' high cube? Can you use aerated concrete beams to fashion the cross supports for a pier foundation?

  • @sgreeni
    @sgreeni 6 років тому

    Very good video.

  • @chrissr7257
    @chrissr7257 6 років тому

    Thank you Alex

  • @fabianoalonso9069
    @fabianoalonso9069 6 років тому

    I like this video and probably the channel too.

  • @michaelliddell5772
    @michaelliddell5772 5 років тому +1

    What foundation would be best in an earthquake prone area?

  • @donjuan130
    @donjuan130 4 роки тому +3

    What about shipping cantainer on wheels

  • @fluffyjoker69
    @fluffyjoker69 5 років тому +1

    Can there be a foundation that has a big thick spring for earthquakes prone areas?

  • @edwardcastro7588
    @edwardcastro7588 5 років тому +8

    Why is it wasted space,i would think its additional space for storage

  • @alessandrovacca7537
    @alessandrovacca7537 4 роки тому

    Can you stack containers one on top of an other on a a pier fondation?

  • @fredricksiaw8981
    @fredricksiaw8981 6 років тому

    do you have any video on how to clad the external of container homes?

  • @skyefochler2286
    @skyefochler2286 6 років тому

    Would it be recommended to add a load bearing wall for for a two story house? and if so would your foundation need to have rebar steel for the walls as well as the corners of foundation?

  • @evawish.2063
    @evawish.2063 6 років тому +1

    great stuff, ill save this for later use.

  • @SalihMahmutoglu
    @SalihMahmutoglu 5 років тому +1

    I like concept.container homes are healthy?

  • @archi-k4117
    @archi-k4117 6 років тому

    really helpful thanks a lot!!!!

  • @willynillykal
    @willynillykal 6 років тому +5

    Are there any reasonably cheap companies building with shipping containers in Africa?

  • @gersubo
    @gersubo 6 років тому

    Alex, how does this HOUSE CONTAINERS resist EARTHQUAKE or TREMORS after the foundation has been set?

  • @ronalove4421
    @ronalove4421 6 років тому +1

    THANK you😘

  • @Cynchronia
    @Cynchronia 4 роки тому

    Are the projects you refer to as your own, just 3D designs? If not can you kindly show us your completed (or in-progress) projects.

  • @markbarnes100
    @markbarnes100 5 років тому

    Very good job 😍

  • @education20246
    @education20246 6 років тому +2

    awesome

  • @superdadAlls
    @superdadAlls 6 років тому +1

    Good stuff!

  • @MohloaiDeanMatela
    @MohloaiDeanMatela 26 днів тому

    thank you

  • @odetteconcar7945
    @odetteconcar7945 5 років тому

    Very informative video thank you.

  • @maxthereof
    @maxthereof 3 роки тому

    No mention of steel stilts?

  • @janetl4
    @janetl4 4 роки тому +1

    how much will the slab cost?

  • @skyefochler2286
    @skyefochler2286 6 років тому

    God you are very helpful and you even included pros and cons AND case studies! your awesome dude! what school did you go to I'm going to be starting this project it's attainable to to be a realistate millionaire if you consider compound interest with the building of more and more as you go along. What studies in school and CAD software would you suggest?

  • @zaneleanegbode993
    @zaneleanegbode993 6 років тому

    Thank you for this information

  • @Bonez888
    @Bonez888 4 роки тому +1

    How would you build on a slope

  • @willynillykal
    @willynillykal 6 років тому

    Awesome stuff 😁👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @michaelamonkwafo-e7o
    @michaelamonkwafo-e7o 6 років тому

    Awesome!

  • @kimgill400
    @kimgill400 6 років тому

    Can the recycled poles be used vertically instead of horizontally?

    • @kimgill400
      @kimgill400 6 років тому

      Alex A Thank you so much! This was really helpful!

  • @edwinardiente6957
    @edwinardiente6957 5 років тому +1

    How about in the Philippines.using two 40 ft.container on second flooor .how much cost

  • @andreiaustin4895
    @andreiaustin4895 4 роки тому +1

    Anyone have experience using GROUND SCREWS?