How I Framed My Shipping Container Home! Framing With Lumber 

Not only one of the best container home builds, the time and effort in your video skills really come through. Highly recommend following this guy.

Just going to heap on another comment of gratitude. I love the fact that you talk about your insecurities in the build. I get in gridlock with my "what am I going to do" moments. Especially because I have never even framed a single wall. I really appreciate Containing luxury, but I like that you take it a step further. Your video on installing the window buck was perfect. Thanks again. I purchased your 3D model. I am not going to use it as is, but for $20 dollars it will save me countless hours of trying to master Sketchup.

YOU ARE THE MAN BRO KEEP GIVING US ALL THIS DETAILS CUZ YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING THIS BUT THERES A LOT OF INFO THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THIS NEED TO KNOW AND I LOVE YOU FOR THAT BRO.. GREAT JOB 👏

Greetings from Sri Lanka! I was waching all the episodes so far! You are so hard working and enthusiastic .. Really admire your work.

Mate, that's a solid structure. The way you've built it, it looks like it could support another storey above.

Container homes are great way to building homes without needing permits. Love this.

It's coming along real nice! That's awesome! Good on ya brother!

Great work. I have built three container homes now in the past 12 years and yours is looking fantastic. Those big lumps of metal in the corners need to be well insulated as they can give off a lot of condensation in winter, I learnt that the hard way.

Been looking forward to this. I see already that youve been hard at work.

Man.... You do this all alone 95% of the time it looks like? This would be me while family in an RV and outside playing lol

This is THE BEST video I have EVER seen! It was sooo helpful!

Your container home is amazing!!! And your videos of your home are really informative and helpful to get an idea 💡 on how to build one. I appreciate the information.

The update I've been waiting for. Great job. Great renderings, too. Recommended viewing.

Woow its going to be a strong house the way you have done no harricane nor wind is going to blow your house powerful

Killer job and progress! Keep it going!

Great video, I’m in the process of doing a container self build and some of these steps were really informative

I love it that you are honest about the anxiety you had while building ! I’m going thru that as well

This may be answered in the comments somewhere else. But did the engineer really see the need for the laminated beams, and all of the headers, as none of this is actually load-bearing?

Tik tok sent me here good video bro

you're doing a great job! Both with the build and with the video's

NICE JOB. WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. ENJOY YOUR NEW HOME.

Eres un duro mi brother!!! God bless you

How did I miss this video till just now? Coming along great! I like seeing your build because it helps me taking notes with my own when I make mine which is also three lined up with and extra making a L shape

Brooo your redpillphilosophy!! My friend showed me your channel because he’s thinking of building a home like his and I recognized you after a few seconds! Your old channel was great I used to watch it back in 2016 or so..

Nice work 👍

Hey Chris, thanks for a new video! I've been waiting for it )

The good thing about the double sliders is that you probably saved a lot of money a couple thousand I'd guess and at least several weeks of shipping delay by buying two standard size doors instead of a massive custom glass door, and cheaper to fix/replace down the road; you may have addressed that in video just skimmed through. Props on the big progress you've made

So inspiring

Great work.

this house is going to be so gorgeous! wish i had the money to do it.

The main reason I'm looking at container homes, is the cost, my research says it can be as little as a third of a stick-built home. My Only concern is the permit(s), my property is in town, in fact it's downtown. Hopefully they don't crack my head to much. Lol...

👏👏 very well done!

Thank you for the information. I'm on the journey. Although I will not be doing it myself, it's still good to know what's basically being done.

Legend

muy interesante y bastante util toda la informacion que maneja en este video, la verdad tiene mucho trabajo el hacer uno mismo su propia casa pero conoce uno a detalle cada elementos que la integra ysu estructura, muchas gracias por todos sus consejos, saludos desde mexico

Why would engineer call for double joists when they are under zero roof load and only used to hang drywall.

I still think that the tubbytronic superdome is far more superior then any other conventional home build on this planet. But glad your back!

You are building an awesome container house! I just can't believe your engineer & building department are making you build an entire structural house frame inside of the structurally sound containers. Did they not realize these get fully loaded and can be stacked as many as nine high? I can maybe see the lintels and the beam over the pass through opening but the walls and the double ceiling joists???

Finally you back!

Great video

I myself in love with this container construction, and what you have done by sharing the experience witj us is truly amazing for the beginners. What did you used against the heat. Obviously the inside of containers are tend to be hot in summers right? So what did you do to overcome the heat issue?

Wow! Extremely professional framing job. It looks like we have started our projects at around the same time. Framing is going to be a daunting task for me. Thank you for explaining indepth how you have overcome the 24ft span across 3 containers. I will take the information you have provided into consideration when I begin framing. However, it looks like i will need to incorporate more steel.

Routing for YOU!!! :)

This is awesome!! I’m having trouble trying to figure out how to join them still keeping structure sound when taking entire walls down do you have any recommendations.. some videos talk about the sag and how the corrugation keeps the strength

This is top notch work man. I can see that you take pride in your work. 👍 How much do you have in the material including the containers?? Ballpark. My wife and I are really considering a container home to build

Great Job. I was a self-taught carpenter and craftsman. Yeah I had clients that I would read carpenters maual the night before and go the next day and did my thing with butterflys also. Just curios where are you as far as location? Just Vague answer? It looks like sany soil there. Thanks Greg Lilly.

Used structural steel is highly worth collecting to use as building material and to move heavy objects (I've manually winched my containers easily thanks to low sliding resistance over beam and pipe sections. My foundation is also steel beams. I run dehumidifiers in my shop boxes and even use the water they produce since it's clean to mix with coolant etc but most would drain them through the floor.

Hey bro Love your channel ..its a lot I can get from you. I am building my own shipping container home and was wondering if I can get help from u on designing blue prints. I have my drew up already but was wondering how to take it into 3D detail.

Any worries about condensation, further rust, mildew?

I just got 2 -40's to add bedrooms on to my existing house. How much does your 3d service cost?

what if you flip the angle iron to the inside then frame the window around the angle iron then screw the windows into the angle iron and the windows framing. could that work ?

Glad Everything been coming out good for you, Been waiting for this Update video anxiously lol, How much have you put in the project so far about $70K? Rough average would be fine thanks

Awesome that you were able to do so much with just yourself/your dad. How do you feel the building process would go if he were not helping/able to help with experience? Not hating or anything just curious. Good luck with the rest of the build!

I did commercial framing and drywall for many years...... aka, metal studs....... why didn't u use metal studs for framing ?....... most of inside walls are not weight bearing. Would have been much easier, quicker and probably much cheaper. Not sure of your spans, but ceiling joist look like over kill. If all 3 are welded together and to 16 plates, why the corner bolts ? I guess engineers suggested or required...... ( don't u hate know it alls)

Is your land unrestricted

Nice! Am starting to build one out here. Am glad you made this happen!

my angel would like your architect's contact your project, i live in bostom i bought a land in okeechobee, but i'm so lost, i don't know where to start

Great video where did you find a copy of SketchUp?

hi! do you have some info about a deck on the roof?

Sir,are you planning to paint the containers on the outside when finish

My angel I don't understand English well, you explain everything in your videos but for me to understand it's very difficult, I'm accompanied by your project

I looked through a lot of these videos, but I seem to have missed where you cut the walls of the container. Can you point out ot me where that would be?

curious why you framed in headers and 2x8 ceiling joists throughout, since the container itself (supposedly) gives all the structure you need? Is it because once you cut a hole anywhere in the side, the container is no longer considered structural? If this is the case, why not weld a single plate along the entire upper length to ensure integrity and allow you to frame however you want inside? at 45:35 u detail the rafters and I see they are not even flush to the container's ceiling... so wtf are they required to even be doubled-up as if they were 'structural' at all? They clearly are NOT supporting any roof so wtf are they required for at all?? this doubled your cost (2x more 2x8 than required) and tripled the work (we both know the weight and hassle of installing a double vs a single). I don't get it, other than your engineer put in a pseudo-stick frame construction under an existing, structural metal roof where one or the other was needed but definitely not both. Especially since it appears you live in an area with zero to minimal snow load. I mean, despite cutting window and door holes in that metal wall, it will easily hold a few inches of snow ez pz. The door and window header I can see being required, but not at all to the over-built level I am seeing here. I LOVE your detail, this was extraordinarily helpful, but bro, the added costs I see for what appears to be an engineer-gone-wild-who-also-ignored-his-own-basic-building-rules seems, at best, an avoidable money-sink of over-building. Please help me understand what I am missing here?

Great job, what state are you in?

Great video!! How much do you charge for a 3D model for 2 x 40 ft shipping containers? Do you have an email address that I can use to contact you? TIA!!

Hey, great time laps in the intro! I'm a fan, so don't take this wrong way, but what the hell it's with all that expensive framing, and what are those huge support beams across the ceiling for? You've completely defeated the purpose of using containers at all! With all that framing, you could through out the containers, slap some aluminium siding on and have a normal stick house! I say this with love and I'm curious to know your reasoning.

How is the progress coming along

Why not use one 4x8 instead of 2 2x8?

containers are going for 6k now is that too much u got 3 for 6k

Hi ....!! Brother when you are complete shipping container home. You don't forget total it's cost. My name is tith Phlong I want to do,too.cheap than buy a house.

How much would you charge me to help me with mines

Wher yours home state??

👏👏👏👍🙏

Cool project. Maybe slow down on wagging the camera around all over the place?

How many square feet total

Rad

Amazong work. Im trying to convince my architecture tutors that containers can be cheaper than conventional construction. Is thta truth? It could be better a comparison beetwen two types of construction

My God, this is serious overkill! A shipping container is already a box...and a quite strong one at that. You're building an insanely strong wooden box inside of an already strong steel box. All that wood is for structural support, but it's not needed in a structurally sound steel box. It defeats the purpose of using shipping containers in the first place. Sure, if you remove walls from the containers, you'll need to reinforce with a beam or two, but your house looks like it's meant to withstand a 10.0 earthquake! I'm using 2x3s in the valleys of the corregated steel walls so that I can attach wall panels. Spray foam insulation will fill all the voids.

If you were to take away the outer shell of the shipping container,you'll literally building a house out of wood.No different than the standard structure of a house.Only difference your not adding outer flat wood and coverings.But if this your first time building a home,you could of fooled me.The inside wooden structure looks very professional.So in my eyes your a contract construction worker.You look like a contract builder.But at least you own the land and house for around maybe $65,000 in total.Homes in California is $500,000 and up.

Great video, great information, for us amateurs. We are doing the exact same in Florida. 🤎✊😎✅💪