Steelies Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 thanks boe, offer noted! may need your help drinking some mooses at the warming. just reading back over what you wrote elliot, one thing i've found through this project is noone knows fuck all about containers, except the dude in HiVis who cuts them up all day. seriously, i couldnt find any useful information through anyone that has any decent qualification. all the critical information and seriously important points came from the guys in the yard. the engineers drew it as a tin box, didnt even know there were channel rails, offsets, major structural parts in places. i wish i'd designed certain parts, the foundation attachment in particular, with the yard boys and got them checked by engineers rather than getting to engineers to go from scratch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 colour matched tints tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentra Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 excite. jees this is going to be a tinny house. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 hahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Haha, some sneakers on the powerlines as a house warming gift then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63Ragtop Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Very cool man, you must be super happy. This is like our very our george's small spaces program, without the annoying welsh guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 i think i can get a noisy englishman in on short notice if that works. reckon we can get the shoes low enough to snag on passing dump trucks? plenty of those fitting out interior should provide fun and lols here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 a few laces tied together will sort the height out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANT Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Copper shoe laces for truck sparks?/dont know anything about power lines. /lingpost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 really like what you are doing here manu just with regards to people hassling you about rust etc, surely one of those stupid new steel framed houses is worse than this, especially when this is made of some crazy ocean resistance metal vs 0.5mm galv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 yeah i reckon haha, getting the whole thing blasted and painted anyhows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Yeah my interest in container housing, at least in NZ has been destroyed - uness you do a lot of it yourself and get the container cheap, I reckon building to the minimum of 3604 aka timber frame everything would be cheaper and easier - though you can't build it yourself anymore afaik with licensing. Anyway, I digress, stoked to see this being done and my congratulations on a cool project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam-B Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Awesome! Just read through this now. What burb are you setting up this piece of fine engineering in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japawagons Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Yeah . You can stop being awesome anytime. Let us mortals catch a break... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 larf. off to resene shop to unpreparedly choose a colour fuck i hope it doesnt turn up way different. going for red oxide but there are a million of them. if it comes back anywhere near terracotta i'm going to cry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 get a few test pots man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Get some terracotta too in-case its a reverse psychology type of dealio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 haha! i'm already a week overdue telling paint man which paint, see how we go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaz Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Three different shades of brown should see you right. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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