johnny86
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We have decided to just do it 1 storey no basement. Concrete slap with a container on top then featherage around
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John
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So a container dumped in a council house back garden with weeds growing round it?
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johnny86
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Originally posted by John
So a container dumped in a council house back garden with weeds growing round it?
Go die cunt
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VrsTurbo
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Originally posted by John
So a container dumped in a council house back garden with weeds growing round it?
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Ben G
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That could actually look decent if you go about it the right way.
Solar panels on the roof and hide the corrugated steel.
Look forward to seeing how this pans out.
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johnny86
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Originally posted by Ben G
That could actually look decent if you go about it the right way.
Solar panels on the roof and hide the corrugated steel.
Look forward to seeing how this pans out.
I'll upload a pic of how I want the outside to look
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johnny86
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This is what id like to build
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Pop
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I'm a bit lost now. If you want it to look like that why not build the outside like that and have a nice inside?
Spend the money saved on the container on toys for inside.
[Edited on 16-10-2014 by Pop]
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Ben G
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Outhouse? That's not a container 
Probably better off doing the timber frame. Would work out cheaper and be much much easier. Putting a container in a garden sounds like a logistical nightmare.
[Edited on 16-10-2014 by Ben G]
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Brett
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There was a grand designs recently where a guy built a house out of containers. Turned out awesome.
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Balling
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Originally posted by Pop
I'm a bit lost now. If you want it to look like that why not build the outside like that and have a nice inside?
Agree. Why use a container in the first place if you're going to put up a building around it?
Can do some cool solutions, without covering the container.
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Balling
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Though I kind og agree with John, most likely it'll just end up looking like a container dumped in your back garden, so might be better off building an actual out house.
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spencer88
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I have researched the whole housing containers extensively and love it. It is however a load of work to do it right!
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LukesCorsaSXi
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There was a grand designs recently where a guy built a house out of containers. Turned out awesome.
 Very good episode. Carbon bath was a bit OTT though! Wasn't it like 4k?!
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Reecemac
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Originally posted by Brett
There was a grand designs recently where a guy built a house out of containers. Turned out awesome.
Very good episode. Carbon bath was a bit OTT though! Wasn't it like 4k?!
I could've sworn they said 16k, also couldn't work out how the plughole worked, just emptied onto the floor? Looked shit and uncomfortable too
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Ben G
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I mentioned the grand designs episode on page 1, n00bs. Keep up.
It was a wet room so the water just drained onto the floor and down the hole.
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nathy_87
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Need something like: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=105007
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Dave
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Hal had one of those in Malcolm in the Middle.
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nathy_87
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Got a photo of your back garden as it stands johnny?
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Aleex
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container in your back garden, below GL, surrounded by earth, just lol.
do your research, having it above ground ftw. just alot of work
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Haimsey
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Someone watched too much Grand Designs
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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Pop
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A container would be great for a home cinema room
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Cole
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just buy a big log cabin a hell of a lot cheaper than an old container that needs work to get it to do what you want it to be for
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Dom
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Originally posted by Pop
A container would be great for a home cinema room
It'd be terrible for sound however and you'd be forever trying to damping the container - easier to stick with a solid wall building.
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ShEp
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2274920/Adrian-James-Drug-dealer-kept-cannabis-factory-shipping-container-buried-garden-got-cellar.html
It's been done already, you need to be more original.
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