The newest craze in eco-friendly building is shipping container homes. These unique houses use new or used cargo containers as their primary construction material. And since these shipping containers are cheap and plentiful, you can build your very own shipping container house for a surprisingly low cost.
But before you make the choice to construct your very own container home, there are a few things you should consider. Just because container homes are becoming very popular with the green building set doesn’t necessarily mean that you should make the plunge yourself. You need to think about your personal needs, your financial situation, and local building codes before you make the investment of building your own container home.
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Dad was a Master Builder of the old school and known for his quality workmanship. When his teams built a house, it was solid, square and built to last. Before I could follow in his footsteps, the credit squeeze of the 1960’s hit, he closed up shop and we went farming, but I have always been interested in developments in the building industry.
Traditional structures are built with frames of timber or steel, and with materials not as plentiful as they were, framing timbers are not the quality they used to be. I still have friends who are in the building game and one is a plasterboard fixer. These days one of his greatest frustrations is trying to hang plasterboard on frames that are not square and which have warping in the timbers. If the underlying structure is not square and flat, the finishing off cannot look as good as it should. He is often delayed in his work while the framers are called back to square up their work.
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A marine paint is used for painting sailboats, yachts and ships that use both fresh and salt water. Its readily applied on both military and professional ships. This paint is also applied to freighters, passenger ships, offshore oil rigs, container ships, tankers, recreational yachts and boats as well as inland waterway ships, tow boats and barges. Marine paints contain high levels of copper and tin to kelp prevent or eliminate fouling from biological organisms, slime and algae. Its preferred in harsh marine environments because its highly engineered to prevent organic buildup and damage.
Today, we find some natural materials being used for marine paint formulations to produce environmentally friendly marine paints. Scientists use tube worms in dead powder form, green algae, and garlic as natural anti fouling components and it gives your vessel an all round protection from chemical, insects and worm damage.
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