How Do You Expand Your Container House

To expand your container home, you can consider the following aspects:
Ensure the structure of the house is stable:
The existing container home needs to be strong enough to support the weight of the newly added container.
Ensure that the welds of the container are strong, and the interior of the box is clean, dry, odorless, dust-free, and does not leak water or light.
Insulation and weatherproofing:
Insulate and weatherproof the container to ensure living comfort.
Use spray foam to treat the floor, walls and ceiling to improve insulation, prevent moisture damage, and reduce noise levels.
Add extra space:
Consider adding extra bedrooms, bathrooms, study areas, etc. to increase the value of the house.
Based on the steel structure, the built-in stairs extend to the top, and the four-side box frame builds a fence to expand it into a rooftop.
Hydraulic rods are installed on the container board, the platform can be opened and covered, and a floor is laid on the platform to expand the area by two or three times.
Interior design:
Use plywood as the preferred material because it is durable, lightweight and easy to use. Plywood can be painted or stained to match any decoration and helps keep it warm in winter and cool in summer.
Consider ample windows to increase natural light and ventilation.
Foundation treatment:
Container combined houses can use natural foundations, but when the bearing capacity of the foundation soil is less than 60kpa or the bearing capacity of the foundation soil of the multi-story house structure is less than 100kpa, foundation treatment is required.
Door and window installation:
Doors and windows can be installed according to personal preferences. They can be glass doors or wooden doors. Windows can also be converted into round windows, shutters, floor-to-ceiling windows, etc.
Water supply and drainage, electrical, and air-conditioning installation:
Water supply and electricity do not need to lay pipelines in advance during construction. Air conditioning is the last step of engineering construction.
Sewage pipes need to be constructed together with the main body.
Through these methods, you can expand the container house into a more comfortable and practical living space.
Standardized unit container buildings are characterized by standardized sizes. Container building units come from ready-made containers. Limited by the existing box size, most containers have uniform external dimensions. You can stack several container boxes, but you must fully consider the structure and safety, not to mention that the vertical space is opened, which requires a stronger structure to stabilize.
Service life
The life of containers in the transportation industry is generally 10-15 years. The undamaged container bodies that have been eliminated still have good physical properties and can generally be used for 15 years. If they are well maintained or combined with other structures such as concrete, they can last longer~
Protective measures
The container material is affected by the physical characteristics of its own metal structure, with strong heat conduction ability and poor thermal insulation performance, which makes the indoor thermal environment unstable. It is necessary to set up an additional thermal insulation layer to effectively control the indoor thermal environment. In the southern region, the container body needs to be shaded for insulation, which can save energy costs; in addition, the container body is prone to rust, and anti-rust paint needs to be applied inside and outside the container to prevent rust. One thing to note is that in order to prevent the spread of pests and diseases during international shipping, chromate, phosphorus or lead-containing paints are used in the paint of containers produced in some countries. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the origin of the box before making it into a store. For some boxes, the original residual paint must be polished off before it can be used safely.
The best principle for the appearance is to be an exquisite exhibit in the city, and at the same time let customers know that the building is from a container, so as to better reflect the novelty and artistic atmosphere.
The treatment of the appearance is generally based on color and shape. The color and pattern are very suitable for a bit of literary style. The customer is positioned as a young group. The shape is to place several boxes in different sizes, angles, and heights to create some overhead, balcony, corridor and other spaces. This is a very basic composition method in architectural design. Even laymen can try it. Be careful not to create sharp-angled triangular spaces and spaces that cannot be used by the human body. Let's look at several commonly used vertical space relationships.
As a narrow and long unit, if the window is too closed, people outside will not know what is inside the container and whether they can enter. To attract customers, transparency is a key point. The container is combined with large transparent glass to eliminate the original ugly and monotonous facade of the container. At the same time, it can provide good lighting for the originally small, closed and dark space, so that there is a good visual relationship between the inside and the outside. It is very romantic to open a cafe, dessert shop, etc.
Of course, it doesn't mean that the windows should be large floor-to-ceiling glass. It still depends on whether the store's function focuses on openness or privacy. In fact, small windows are also very charming. Passersby look inside through the small windows on the container, which is a very interesting scene.