Shipping Container Shops

sparc · Jul 27, 2014

I was thinking about how I might use a shipping container as part of a shop. While searching I came across this video. I think he did a nice job on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyxk8yeI-ig

boggen · Jul 27, 2014

there is a few companies, that dedicate part of there business to building container shops, and different setups (doors), electrical, etc...

have seen a few shipping containers turned into pools and/or ponds. above or below ground setups as well.

looked at some a few times, but it was always the shipping / delivery fee that kill the deal, vs just getting a generic shed package from some local hardware store.

sparc · Jul 30, 2014

If you are near a port, they can usuallybe had at reasonable prices. Here a 20x8 one use container delivered is 2600. I can't buy a wood shed that size for the same money around here.

newbury · Jul 31, 2014

IF you have the space
IF you don't EVER plan on moving it
a pair of 40' hi-cubes side by side w/ cutouts would make a nice shop.
I've also seen them separated by about 20' to 40' and connected by roof trusses for good size barns on the cheap.
Ton of info on ISO containers.

Msamt · Jul 31, 2014

Check with some local prisons to see if they build sheds, the state prison in Concord Nh has a vocational education program that got me a 12x16 wood shed with vinyl siding, shingled and delivered for 2500.