Shipping container sheds. Anyone done this?

[danny_galaga]

Some more pics. Slow progress but you can start to see what it is were doing with it most of the pics are self explanatory. We've framed the outline of the roof deck. Now we've run out of money so itll have to wait a bit.

 

That little 'bridge' going to the steps is just temporary made of scrap wood.

Edited October 19, 2020 by danny_galaga

[Crafty]

Looking good and a great idea IMO

[danny_galaga]

Well we picked a 2100mm wide (rather hard to find) roller door to replace the swing door ends. I can confirm it fits in a late model Civic :D

[danny_galaga]

Gonna grow some grapes on them poles 🙂

 

you can see the new roller door inside the workshop

 

[danny_galaga]

Jo bought me a solar powered 'gas street lamp' for the ramp down to the workshop. Will have a sign swinging underneath it eventually saying something like 'no girls allowed' 😄

[danny_galaga]

Well, there's no turning back 😄

 

The posts are 140 X 45. Held to the sides with four 150mm x M8. Wood is countersunk to accommodate. If I was cleverer, I would drill and tap for the M8 bolts. The steel is plenty thick enough on the ends good welding too- when I was drilling, the very first crack of metal you can hear the hot air trapped inside leaking out 😎

 

Above the roller will be a simple fibro roof to keep the elements out

 

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Edited November 28, 2020 by danny_galaga

[Arcade King]

Love it!

[danny_galaga]

Roof for roller door up

 

[Crafty]

Coming along nicely :)

[danny_galaga]

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[danny_galaga]

A couple of shots of the garden shed end as viewed from the yard

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[danny_galaga]

BBQ area near the entrance of the garden shed end. You can see the container stands at about the level of the BBQ burners. second pic is a detail of the decking joists. Because the container isn't exactly new, the top was a lot more dented than I thought it would be, therefore when a deck is on, it would have water pooling under the decking, accelerating rusting and breeding mossies. So we have put in fibro panels between each joist sloping towards the gutter. A fair bit of work but should solve the afore mentioned problems plus add an extra layer of insulation for the workshop underneath. Last pic is a bit of a preview of the decking. It's ecodeck. Easy and neat to use, but pricey but at least we never have to oil it

[danny_galaga]

We are calling the outside finished. Inside still to do. 2/3 will be my workshop. Going to gyprock so there's no feeling of being in a tin can :cool:

 

[pinballcreature]

Looks fantastic!!

[danny_galaga]

So I was going to line the ceiling Of the workshop with thin ply and polystyrene ceiling tiles but it turns out they are hard to get in brissie. Also the idea of virtual napalm raining down in a fire isn't so appealing 😂

So now I think I'll use foil board. It's styrene as well I think but much better fire rating since it is sandwiched between Ali foil. Will glue the panels in place and just paint them. Joins tidied up with plastic t molding. 

Edited August 17, 2021 by danny_galaga

[danny_galaga]

SOme pics of the framing for the interior. The basic idea is that I didn't want to be drilling holes all over the place, so I was going notch the ceiling joists to sit on the wall joists so that once in place nothing can move (i guess its like a straight walled steel version of a flying buttress). The wall joists sit on a 40mm square wooden rail (leftover from the house build) screwed into the plywood floor. As you can see I spaced the joists so that they go in the corrugations. That way they don't impinge on the floor space as much. Note here- If we had sprung for a newer container, the walls might have been straight enough to just glue the gyprock to the sides, creating more floor space. See the pic where I had to cut a notch out of a joist to make it fit.

 

When I went to do it I realised the corrugations dont line up from the walls to the ceiling so I couldn't nest the ceiling joists in the corrugations like I did the walls. so reluctantly I turned them. A lot less rigid that way of course. Also, since I turned them, I couldn't do the notches. So it's all held together with bodgy angled screws. But it really doesn't matter. The walls are fully buttressed by the steel walls.

I bought some steel thingies (builders help me out here!) that are used for ceilings in normal house builds (I think. I just bought it cos it was way cheaper than getting ali angle!). So that steel runs along the top of the ceiling joists to stiffen everything a bit. Does it quite well. Now the whole lot will sag over time at the same rate 😄

So here is where I put the only holes in. I used three dynabolts (yeah yeah i know they are for concrete). Each end and middle. that holds the steel rail up quite nicely. Filled with lots of silicon. It probably doesn't need any, because I drilled the holes on the high part of the corrugations and the roof of the container if you recall is covered with fibro to keep all water off the roof and drained into a gutter. In retrospect I would should have used coach screws. If I had a welder, I would have just welded three bolts to the roof- no need for holes then.

We used some fibreglass insulation (scavenged from the house build) where my desk is (which I put the wrong way around. apparently the silver foil faces INWARDS 😄 ). And some cardboard boxes and foam from our new furniture for the rest. I guess the cardboard will deteriorate in time but its free. Only lining the one side because its about noise and heat and the other side is up against the retaining wall. The gyprock itself will provide some noise and heat insulation as well obviously. 

 

Enough typing, I'll think of more later 🙂

 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by danny_galaga

[danny_galaga]

Started to put the plaster board up. Before we did I added this little detail. Just a bit of wire soldered to a screw. Will hook that up to an old tv aerial socket plate on the wall. Then it will probably hook up to a strip of aluminium on the front of my workbench for anti static purposes 🙂

[danny_galaga]

Well sadly Jo and I went our separate ways. Of course JUST as we put the house on the market, everything went to shit- all those interest rate rises etc. It went to auction and no one bid. In the end we managed to sell for the minimum we were looking for. More than enough for me.

I'm mentioning it because obviously there won't be anymore updates on this project. I think we did a great job, and it became a good selling point for the house, especially the deck on top. There was one guy from a suburb over who was downsizing (downsizing TO a four bedroom house!) Who absolutely loved the shed. I'm sad he didn't buy as the shed would have gotten a lot of love.

Lovely young couple who had been saving for years by living with their parents bought it. Their first house 1.25 million! We weren't complaining! They liked the deck. I suspect the workshop will just be used for the garden shed and storage, but it's their house now.

So without further ado, the last view of the workshop:

 

 

 

Edited October 9, 2022 by danny_galaga

[Autosteve]

Sorry to hear mate. Do take care.

[Ryan555]

Good to see the shed for the final time.  Sorry you and Jo went separate ways.  We should do a console meet again down the track.

[oldhank]

That's not good big hugs too you