How to: Exterior Insulation & Cedar Siding 

Just got my container an hour ago! I'm so excited! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!

I’m planning on building a luxury container home for myself.... ....THANK GOD I found your channel!! Everything I need right here 👌🏼👌🏼

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Very good information, not over explained or drawn out. Very informative!

Love your details and the way you break them down.

Dude, every time I watch one of your videos, I am encouraged more and more to carry out my plan to build a luxury container home. Thank you for posting.

Great job explaining the insulation Blake! Hopefully I will be able to understand the work required to build a container home! Your channel is great at explaining it! Thanks for sharing!

Loving all episodes you had done, thanks for your educational video

You are extremely knowledgeable! I'm looking to learn more about making shipping container homes in my city New Orleans.

Great demonstration

Thank you so much for the content this is really helpful

Aloha Blake, I love your video - clear, informative, fun - looking forward to getting you to Hawaii - Mahalo

Man this looks like fun.

That was very informative

I’ve been a contractor for 25 years and I would love to build container homes. It’s past time for a new gig!!!

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Very informative.👌

Thanks a lot 🙂

Hi guys thanks for all your help. Very informative and detailed. I would have to adjust for where I live with the materials we have available but still good stuff. Would love to work with you guys sometime. I know that I would not only learn alot but I could also be a great asset

I did mine following the same way work amazing

close cell foam can be used inside as well outside. It was first invented for sealing commercial roofs like Airports, so great for outside

Please can you do a video showing how you install the backing stud? That is the part that always puzzles me because I want to know how to install it without penetrating the container wall. Thank you😊

The inso fast system is the ideal way you should do this

Muy bien. Gracias.

Hey pretty cool , and I'm not even a builder 😂 just a girl watching u tube , hopefully you do more videos like this 👍

How did you attach the 2x4 studs to the shipping container metal?

Great Video I found you through Balinda Carr's video

Drivit system works best for your exterior 😎

This was a great video! I'm building my first container home in the Colorado Rockies this summer. Question, I see you nailed your 2x4 sub framing through the container wall. I've heard that it's better to weld angles to attach the wood subframing to so you don't compromise the metal envelope and keep water out. Do you have any issues with water leakage by nailing the wood directly to the container as you did?

thanks

There are 3 issues you should consider about this approach. 1. The home depot vendor says plainly not to apply cedar planks on top of plastic or foam products. They spec tar paper or construction paper. You have no warranty on the cedar lap siding. you're gonna get black mold in between the siding and the foam. 2. R-Tech products usually have 1 side with an aluminum finish which provides a radiant barrier that should be facing the exterior. You won't achieve your R-value installing it with the white side out. Additionally the seams should be taped with aluminum duct tape which completes a vapor barrier; radiant barrier and thermal transmission barrier. 3. if you run 1 x 2 furring strips (3/4" thick) on the outside of the foam board you will almost double the r-value by creating a thermal break it will allow the cedar lap to dry due to the passive ventilation. This works with almost any siding it is acceptable to apply western red cedar directly to wood.

Yeah, like that, you're down to earth

Do you think using spray foam on the inside of the sheet would provide more insulation?

I thought you are supposed to have an air gap between insulation and siding so that when water gets behind the siding it can dry?

Thank you for sharing your expertise :-) . How did you attach the wood pieces to the metal skin of the container?

Like your videos, new sub

If I'm insulating the exterior of the container, do I need to insulate the interior as well? Or is it a preference thing, one or the other?

How can I insulate my container home if I want to maintain the look of the container both outside and inside. Your advice is very much needed and appreciated!

Great idea! Thanks for sharing. I noticed you have lift the container and have some blocks under the corner. How did you do that?

Great call on the yeti mugs. I was thinking the same thing! How do they insulate so well and why can’t I do that with a shipping container in someway. Can you expand on the system that you develop that you found highly effective?

Question! If you were to use/apply Blueskin, at what stage would you do that? Directly on the container or after the insulation? Thank you for any insight! Love your channel!

Very, very helpful! Where does the weatherproofing/Tyvek come in?

So I was thinking of using a 1/2 insulation board, then fiberglass, then 1/2 insulation board on top - sort of a pink sandwich. I planned on doing this on the INSIDE of the 2 x 4 framed walls in the interior, but you said NO NO NO to the fiberglass. What is the flaw on my design if the insulation board facing the shipping container wall is completely sealed by foam? Thank you for making these - I learn something in every video you make.

You can get gecko gauges locally in Florida. Im sure the Lowes off Indian Town road has them

What did you use to fasten the sub boards to the container?

What considerations do you use to decide if you are using interior or exterior insulation? I like the metal look of the container on both the inside and the outside, so it is not a matter of siding or paneling. I live in Northern Montana and get very cold winters. I will be heating my unit with a wood and am unsure what method would be the best insulating and moisture reducing for a 40ft tall container. Any tips and/or tricks would be appreciated.

What would you do different with the insulation if you were building somewhere North such as Idaho or Montana?

Would it be ok to use spray foam before the insulation panels?

Great info. One question and I think you may have answered it already. Will InSoFast interior insulation cause condensation as it still has pockets of air between the foam and container wall.

I need you to come up here to Charlotte, NC and build me a house with containers!.... pleasssseeeeeee!!!!!!!🙏🏼🥰🤗😔

What about the roof? Can you please make a video on that?

How do you flush the exterior corners any idea?

Loving your video’s. Looking at making a container home in UK. What type of welding is best for structure and window frames. Can’t find this info anywhere.

I was a builder in CT. When we put cedar siding on we just cut a spacer board & tacked a piece on the lower end of it to maintain a 5" or whatever reveal we wanted. Hold the reveal board on the bottom of the first coarse to maintain the same distance between our coarse. Do you ever use Tyvek on your projects in Fla.? I'm living in AZ now, need a lot of R value. Great video, thanks.

Thinking of building a 40’ x 30’ garage with a couple containers, but still want a that conventional stucco look. Would the containers be over kill and will I lose a lot of structure integrity when cutting out the garage door openings in the container.

What you recommend hot/tropical island exterior insulation where the foam boards are not accessible?

Using 2” rigid insulation to install the siding we were looking for 3 1/2” nails but they all seem to be gauge 8 which looks tight in the siding slots, what did you do?

Could you use this method and put Colorbond (corrugated metal panels) as the siding, or would that create a condensation issue?

Any issues with condensation on the exterior between metal and insulation?

how do you attatch whe wood to the container? screws?

How did you attach the wooden strips to the metal outside wall?

But how do you hook those wooden poles onto the container? what sort of screws do you use? Can you use an Impact drill?

@containing luxury, is there any chance that you can explain what you did to insulate the roof on this build?

How do you seal the bottom edge of the insulation panel? Mice and critters can eat through. Can you attach a strip of 90dsg angle sheet metal first, then run a bead of caulking and sit your insulation board on it.

How do you install the wooden frame on container wall, it is posible just using super glue or do you need screw, or may be you have to welding a braket

How is the backing stud mounted?

Can you do the same thing with the R-Tech insulation then add layer concrete to an exterior CB home?

I am living in Switzerland.

So, I get why you would not want to insulate with batt but, if you are insulating the exterior plus using cladding .... Would that not eliminate condensation issues?????..?

How do you protect the exposed paintwork?

Either missed it, but what about the gaps behind the insulation? For air flow? Thanks.

Do you guys have construction detail drawings of the wall sections so that people in other countries can follow your methodology using their countries version of building codes?

How did you affix those wooden slats?

How are those two by fours connected to your shipping container

Would this have a problem with moisture from just general humid environments like south Louisiana or Florida? I am no carpenter or contractor but it seems like moisture would be able to get past the wood paneling and eventually ruin the insulation.

You said not to use batts on the inside of the container What is the reason doe this please? (asking for a friend who is using wool batts plus reflective insulation sheeting then gyprock as finish. In West Australia Moderate climate)

A question, I need get a permit from the city here in CA to build a container home?

did you ever have a mold problem due to condensation on the metal ?

Nice video. Did u attach the sub structure by screwing through the container wall, if so is there an issue with water getting thru the screw hole? Cheers

So Aircrete doesn't have much structural value, I want to know if use it will it create moisture problems

Might have to fill gaps with foam to stop condensation and mold.

I live in florida what is the best choice to insullate my 8×10 metal shed?Should I install it on the inside or outside?Thanks

Can this be done on a steel master building with an A frame roof ?

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What thickness did you use 🤔

I like the idea of putting siding on a shipping container house and wood looks nice but I would rather put something else that wouldn't potentially catch on fire and burn so easily myself.

What the Smart stone system from new Zealand? Have you ever used this product?

So in FLA why so much external insulation above ground? Was for R? Still looking for underground ideas...saw cellar and bunker :)

I’m thinking exterior framing also become the interior of the container is less than 8 feet wide so every inch counts. Is it possible?

What about air & vapor barriers ???

Shouldn’t the shiny side face the heat or cold sorce ..........ie the sun?

What kind wood you used outside and inside

there are air gaps between metal wall and insulation foam. How about to fill them with adhesive foam?

Can you go into detail, why not Bat insul on the inside? My plan is to do conventional framing inside and use conventional insul on the roof and walls.

Any videos on the correct way to attach studs to the external side of container??

Why is the foam layer not continuing to the actual corner to insulate the corner post (heat transfer in and out occurs there also)? Ditto the cedar board - isn't that needed to the corner also?

I enjoy watching your videos. Live in Florida. Would like to build in my backyard for my children. Would you build for me.

How does the finish product look?

I am looking for a firm which can calculate the heat savings after the insulation.

Just wanted to ask why not to put soft insulation in the inside of the container?