Thinking about using a 20-foot container as a "friggebod"/outdoor room by the pool. Mainly because I like the industrial look.
The plan is to buy a 20-foot one, open up the side, and replace it with a glass section in the form of sliding/folding doors. However, I have two considerations that I haven't fully resolved yet and would appreciate tips and thoughts.
Do I need to lay a foundation anyway to make it stable, or is it enough with point supports in the corners? Gravel, sand, and some form of pillar/slab?
Then how do I furnish it most easily? Was thinking of covering one of the walls with wood or something? Don't want to have to screw through.
The plan is to buy a 20-foot one, open up the side, and replace it with a glass section in the form of sliding/folding doors. However, I have two considerations that I haven't fully resolved yet and would appreciate tips and thoughts.
Do I need to lay a foundation anyway to make it stable, or is it enough with point supports in the corners? Gravel, sand, and some form of pillar/slab?
Then how do I furnish it most easily? Was thinking of covering one of the walls with wood or something? Don't want to have to screw through.
Tempting yes, but it would result in a pool that's too small.
However, one might be able to join two together (weld them together), cut so it becomes one, cut so the swimming depth is 1.40, and line it.
No, probably a bit too much work.
However, one might be able to join two together (weld them together), cut so it becomes one, cut so the swimming depth is 1.40, and line it.
No, probably a bit too much work.
Don't know what kind of container it is but don't think you need anything other than some supports underneath. Glue panels on the walls 
I store my boat on a trailer in a container, it just stands there on a gravel yard and nothing has happened for 15 years, so you can probably feel safe with just occasional checks.
I can recommend checking out www.kvd.se
There are usually various containers available there in varying condition...
There are usually various containers available there in varying condition...
They can stand solely on the corner blocks, allowing them to be transported up to 8 high on boats. Something like this might be http://www.containertjanst.se/Open-side.html
Is this what you had in mind?
http://cheezburger.com/6838374144
http://cheezburger.com/6838374144
I never looked behind the "shell" of the ones we had in the army, but it should basically be the same thing as in a caravan, one might think. Steel studs. 50 mm foam and then plywood? Preferably some marine variant