The relatively low cost and apparent simplicity of container home are two factors that attract people to this construction method. And the bloggers DO make it sound so, so easy. You would think any youngster could do it; in fact some writers have gone so far as to call ISBU construction "Lego style building".
Unfortunately, just like most of what you read about container home projects on the Internet, this sort of simplistic information - especially when it is recycled over and over again - is of no help when it comes to the actual building of a shipping container structure. Guiding an ISBU project from glossy concept to finished structure requires a whole lot more than some simple slogans and a few You Tube Videos.
This Guide is made up of 3 sections corresponding to the stages of any typical construction process:
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The Design and Engineering Sections make up the planning stages.
These stages should be completed before the construction stage begins.
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