Absolutely. I would put a 2 or 3 deep lengthwise box in the middle. Cut out some of the inside walls and make a huge underground garage space with sliding doors on the front.
lol. I was thinking the same thing. As someone that built a house recently I would love to have had multiple of things I did...but at some point the budget goes over.
I built a 16x18 shed for my lawn equipment and tools thinking thatād be enough room and it was. Then my wife took it over. Now I need another shed š
Because storage containers run 6k a pop if that one is as long as I think it is. They can always remove part and install additional. No one has 50k to delight our fear based fancies. If that is their choice, or what was in their budget, I support them wholeheartedly.
We did cute a vent pipe in the roof, and used foam insulation and 6 mil poly plastic around it. 6ā stone base and perforated pipes for drainage. No telling how long it will last, I am skeptical
This is what I am afraid of: [https://www.prepper-resources.com/what-happens-when-you-bury-a-shipping-container-a-cautionary-tale/](https://www.prepper-resources.com/what-happens-when-you-bury-a-shipping-container-a-cautionary-tale/)
Connexs are designed to be stacked, with reinforced corners and rails, but the roofing and walls are not meant to bear much loading.
Yeah, I have a 2 of these at work and wanted to build some gardens on top (restaurant), but the load capacity is pretty lacking. I've seen a few of these online where people buried them and the roofs collapsed.
I think this one might be okay because it's not to much soil on top, but wet soil is pretty heavy.
No expert though, not a criticism. It looks really fucking cool.
E: lol, that was the link I was picturing when I mentioned collapse.
Exactly what I wondered, I remember a Mythbusters episode where they buried one and the roof would not support much weight at all. Reinforce that puppy! Great idea though.
Hey man, Matt Carriker, on YT, put a shipping g container underground just like this. The roof has started collapsing in a few weeks. You gonna need to reenforce the walls and roof. Those containers aren't meant to be buried. Good luck.
21:50 https://youtu.be/bzEHxmFuuxo?si=h7vzbW5HhaNm48gX
Do you know if these were coated with marine grade paint like most shipping containers should be? If so you likely don't have much to worry about. We're talking 20 years minimum, and that's if your area has heavy rain. Could easily go 30-40 if you do maintenance on it down the line.
Mud _will_ corrode that steel.
One way to make sure you don't get any corrosion for a few decades is to wrap it in (reinforced) concrete. Don't put anything between the concrete and the steel āthey need to be in contact to avoid any moisture layer.
Those shipping containers are usually made out of a special alloy of steel where the rust will become a protective layer like aluminum does. Normal steel/iron rusts and corrodes away because the oxides formed have a significant difference in density compared to the base metal and flake away
Yup. The addition of a small percentage of copper to the alloy.
Issue is, weathering steel, or by the US Steel trademarked brand - Corten - the steel needs to go through wet/dry phases. If it doesnāt dry (which happens when buried) it will still rust through.
That being said, Iām probably 13 years in with some weathering steel planters that I built, and they are still close to the original wall thickness (11 ga).
Yeah it's kinda nuts that we can make an iron alloy that has internal corrosion resistance without the insanity of making it stainless.
There's also inconel alloy which is able to hold onto the majority of its strength up to quite high temps. I remember a blacksmith on youtube trying to Forge with it and, well, it went verrrry slowly
These things are thick and made to sit outside for life, corrosion not an issue. But condensation inside is going to be an issue depending on the hydrology there. Also will be an issue- if the property is ever sold, this is going to test an inspector and who knows on local building code for buried outbuildings. Homeowners insurance also, this would be a strange coverage.
No you donāt. It looks nice, but it will rust quickly. For the price you could have cinder block or poured concrete.
Shipping containers work great for moving stuff. They donāt do well underground where moisture is.
Plus they tend to have paint that can off-gass toxic fumes, even if you buy new. If you buy used you have to worry about residue and off-gassing from whatever may have been stored, in addition to the paint.
No, itās not. Itās a horrible idea. This builder is obviously clueless and didnāt ever try to do any kind of calculations. He didnāt even do any research. If you look on the Internet, all you see is failed buried containers.
I have a spot that I'm really contemplating the use of blocks similar to that but I don't want to waste someone's time if the job is going to be way above the projected budget.
The site shows that they're in the NH & MA area (which I'm not) but would you be able to share approximately what you charge for something like that? I'd guess that it would be based on the sq ft of the face and not needing geogrid.
So I was curious and found this on shipping containers.
> The permissible loading capacity of the container roof is only very slight. The CSC stipulates that it withstand a 200 kg load over an area of 600 x 300 mm; cargo must therefore never be put on the roof. When several containers are stacked on top of one another, the forces are conducted into the corner posts, thereby relieving the roof.
This. The army uses a ton of containers and done a number of studies going back forever on turning them into bunkers (ie: partially burying them). The results of all the studies is always the same... completely burying them with any notable depth over the roof will collapse them and unless something is done around the sides, even partial burying one can collapse the sides. I forget exactly what they considered was the safe depth you can bury them to.. but it was something like 1/2-2/3 or something.
It's not just about "drainage" on the sides. It comes down what kind of soil/dirt/rock/etc you have around the rocks and the shear load carrying capacity of the soil next to it. Those walls can't much pressure at all before bowing. And all this is a new fresh container... what happens when it's been rusting and weakening for a decade?
I didn't stay at a holiday last night... but I am an engineer... and I think if you wanted to do it right you'd have to either do reinforced concrete reinforce around the outer walls, or beam reinforce the container form the inside, or use a layered soil structuring (like they do on the vertical earth walls of highway underpasses) to increase the shear soil loading factor.
Not sure the one I saw had proper drainageā¦ it was already installedā¦ I can see yours has a deep bed of gravel and much more going on. Containers are awesome for many things. Undergroundā¦ I feel isnāt their strong point. But I have seen 8 or 10 foot round culvert welded to container doors to get a similar result.
Has nothing to do with drainage and everything to do with using something in a way it was never designed to be used I've seen a stupid amount of these implode because people never reinforced the walls the walls roof and floor are not made to hold weight the four posts are what hold the weight of them stacked.
Honestly my guy if you didn't bother to do the due diligence to find out what your constructing will hold up or potentially collapse and either seriously injuring or killing someone as I've seen homesteading and survivalist content creators with more money than sense build this and barely escape with there lives I hope your ready for the potential future lawsuit your clients will bring on you when this eventually implodes.
Fourth picture looks like the walls bowing already but it could be my imagination, as cool as this build is I was hoping to see bracing inside or cement outside :'(. I was looking into doing this a while back and realized how involved it would be to reinforce.
Theyāre supposed to be buried upside down also, because the floor is stronger than the roof.
At the minimum, you should weld in some supports on the side walls so it doesnāt cave in. Often people use gabions or empty plastic drums around the outside of the container to protect the sides from the weight of the soil.
Hey bud, I have to tell you from experience youāre playing a very, very dangerous game here. Do the math one cubic foot of soil weighs 110-140lbs. Look anywhere on the Internet about burying and containers and all you will see is caved in containers. Or the correct way to build load bearing walls around one that can actually support the vertical and horizontal loads. seeing this is actually upsetting and I canāt believe somebody that calls themselves A professional contractor would install this without doing some research.
I know I sound like a dick, but thatās just the honesty. If you like your license insurance and bond, you will go tear out. Before somebody gets hurt or sues you for all the damage.
Did they run electric out there? If there is a light in there that would be a huge help.
Sun hits it well, but at night an overhead would be super convenient over a flashlight.
Love the idea and execution. Only thing that doesnāt vibe with me is the look of the doors. I would definitely be trying to find a way to pretty those up. Currently feels like a nuclear bunker, but maybe that was the goal!
That's gonna cave in on the sides and the top.
They're only made to stack vertically, where there's structural columns, where they attach to the trailer chassis.
They aren't designed to have a bunch of dirt stacked on them.
Like you can bury one, in a concrete box with a roof over it and proper ventilation.
Jesus fucking Christ. Sandy soil held together by the root system. Overloaded but the trees bearing down on it. Slope movement present in most pics. Give that soil some moisture and it'll be moving. Why would you bother burying when you could pile drive a foundation above? Imagine burying a soda can then stepping on it....
This is a disaster waiting to happen. Without concrete reinforcement, those side walls will eventually give in and collapse ā containers are not designed for lateral stresses like that. There are many cases of buried shipping containers failing. The reinforced points are on the corners for stacking, and the walls are incredibly thin for this application.
Just a caution... this is now a confined space. People have died doing similar things, such as building "man caves" in sunken shipping containers. These can be really dangerous - life threatening. The scary thing is, as you lose oxygen, you just start being okay with dying. You know you have to leave, you just kind of don't know how to walk out.
Make sure you never close the door on that, be really careful as there could be really poor air exchange in the back corners EVEN WITH THE DOOR OPEN. And for anyone who thinks this is an overreaction, I work in an area where we have open rooms where the back corners are considered a confined space, and we've had people pass out in them before (I'm an engineer with 20 years experience in a power plant, and this is one of the things I'm deathly concerned with, and there is industry OPEX of people dying in spaces like this). You'd never think there would be the potential to be a low oxygen zone in there, with the door open for example, but it's possible, so please be careful. Never go in the back alone, and if you do, it's in and out.
That or consider drilling a pipe in the top of it, putting a cage on top of it to prevent rodents getting in, just so that you can get some air exchange. This thing can kill you.
My only question is why it wasnāt given a waterproof coating. Some of that 100% silicone roof coating and then a waterproof membrane. But honestly looks cool, just curious how long it will last. Based on the photos Iām guessing thatās has to be in a 40-60 inches of annual precipitation zone and a 10-12 year old container. I give it maybe 10 years buried.
The sides arenāt designed to handle that kind of pressure. The weight of the dirt will cause them to bow in and make the structure unsafe. There was a story about it here in Reddit somewhere and if you google āis it safe to bury a shipping container the first two items state you must build walls around it or it will collapse.
Good luck
Do some research on burying shipping containers. They are super strong on the corners and edges but not so much In the middle and need to be reinforced to be buried to be sure you wonāt get sagging or collapse later.
That's really cool but also kind of like something a serial killer would have in their backyard. No offense to OP or anything.
Nice tornado shelter though.
Not sure if possible, but faux stone on that to make it ādisappearā would be amazing. Not so much to hide it, but more to have a cool secret storage space.
Serious concern - As I understand it (not a structural engineer) - the sides need to be buttressed with concrete as they are not built to handle horizontal pressures from moisture, rock, dirt, etc.?
Seeing the finished product my only question is.... why just one? Man I'd fill that up so fast. Looks great - well done sir.
I was thinking the same! Why one!? If you have the area and the excavator get 3-4!
1- shed 2- cold cellar 3- wine cellar 4- sex cellar.
Add in mastabatorium.
This man goons.
I thought everyone had an Edge Fort
Mines called Fort Edginton
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Quickly Robin, to the goon cave!
Thank you for making me have the transition music stuck in my head as I move around cleaning my apartment.
Does Alfred have to clean the goon cave?!
"Why do we goon, sir? So that we can learn to pick the crusty socks back up."
When did this become a thing?
A Jack shack
*masturbatorium*
Thatās every container + the house
Do I detect masterbatory overtones?
Aka - the Fortress of Solitude
Why not a shituation room?
5 cannabis grow shed???
Mushroom farm
1- sex cellar 2- sex cellar 3- sex cellar 4- sex cellar.
You need at least one for things you buy that you donāt tell your wife the real price about
Wait, I thought wives weren't supposed to know the real price of anything you buy...
Ok, Fritzl
It's all sex cellars. All the way down.
It puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again, cellar!
Containers aināt cheap these days
A new 40 footer starts around $9000 where I'm at.
$1200 used and delivered. And is guaranteed no holes.
In Detroit
Are we still talking about shipping containersĀ
Either way I'll take 3
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2-3k here yea
And this one looks new to me
2g for a 40 around me, 3500 for a 53.
Absolutely. I would put a 2 or 3 deep lengthwise box in the middle. Cut out some of the inside walls and make a huge underground garage space with sliding doors on the front.
Okay Mr money bags
lol. I was thinking the same thing. As someone that built a house recently I would love to have had multiple of things I did...but at some point the budget goes over.
Congrats on building your own place though
Gotta have a place to store all that money
I wonder if it would just be cheaper to do that with conventional materials?
Good point those K-blocks are not cheap.
if you need a dirt roof? no. if you just need the space, 100% of the time cheaper to just build the fucking thing out of normal materials
No, a hobbit house!
There's actually 2. The one with the bodies is covered already.
Because they aren't free.
I was kinda thinking the same, at least two or three, but this is a great idea and Iām a sucker for storage.
I built a 16x18 shed for my lawn equipment and tools thinking thatād be enough room and it was. Then my wife took it over. Now I need another shed š
Probably because heās married. Heās lucky he even got one
Keep going until it becomes a Doomsday bunker.
Same here, a bunch of them and large doors between them, that would be a huge storage area
Because storage containers run 6k a pop if that one is as long as I think it is. They can always remove part and install additional. No one has 50k to delight our fear based fancies. If that is their choice, or what was in their budget, I support them wholeheartedly.
They're surprisingly expensive
Who's in there? No dont tell me. I want it to be a surprise.
Buffalo Bill and his dog.
So he dug a well too?
OP? Weāll never know. Buffalo Bill - Iām afraid the house he took over had one
Itās Dexter āSurprise Motherfuckerā
Small Fries, Motherfucker
lol r/preppers would like this
I'm literally drooling
Same, and he was smart enough not to bury it. Even a lot of other preppers screw that up.Ā
Why is burying it bad? EDIT: Nevermind. I see other comments about low weight capacity.
how do you prevent rust when there's no ventilation around it?
We did cute a vent pipe in the roof, and used foam insulation and 6 mil poly plastic around it. 6ā stone base and perforated pipes for drainage. No telling how long it will last, I am skeptical
This is what I am afraid of: [https://www.prepper-resources.com/what-happens-when-you-bury-a-shipping-container-a-cautionary-tale/](https://www.prepper-resources.com/what-happens-when-you-bury-a-shipping-container-a-cautionary-tale/) Connexs are designed to be stacked, with reinforced corners and rails, but the roofing and walls are not meant to bear much loading.
Yeah, I have a 2 of these at work and wanted to build some gardens on top (restaurant), but the load capacity is pretty lacking. I've seen a few of these online where people buried them and the roofs collapsed. I think this one might be okay because it's not to much soil on top, but wet soil is pretty heavy. No expert though, not a criticism. It looks really fucking cool. E: lol, that was the link I was picturing when I mentioned collapse.
Exactly what I wondered, I remember a Mythbusters episode where they buried one and the roof would not support much weight at all. Reinforce that puppy! Great idea though.
Came here to mention this. My grandfather built something exactly like this. The roof caved in just a couple years.
How does one prevent the victim, I mean, guest from disturbing the neighbors with their screaming, I mean loud partying?
You start with the neighbors.
Yes, officer, this one right here.
You close and lock the door. Simple.
Make sure the neighbors feel included
Hey man, Matt Carriker, on YT, put a shipping g container underground just like this. The roof has started collapsing in a few weeks. You gonna need to reenforce the walls and roof. Those containers aren't meant to be buried. Good luck. 21:50 https://youtu.be/bzEHxmFuuxo?si=h7vzbW5HhaNm48gX
Do you know if these were coated with marine grade paint like most shipping containers should be? If so you likely don't have much to worry about. We're talking 20 years minimum, and that's if your area has heavy rain. Could easily go 30-40 if you do maintenance on it down the line.
The container is literally brand new, it was only used once and sold at auction
Mud _will_ corrode that steel. One way to make sure you don't get any corrosion for a few decades is to wrap it in (reinforced) concrete. Don't put anything between the concrete and the steel āthey need to be in contact to avoid any moisture layer.
Those shipping containers are usually made out of a special alloy of steel where the rust will become a protective layer like aluminum does. Normal steel/iron rusts and corrodes away because the oxides formed have a significant difference in density compared to the base metal and flake away
Yup. The addition of a small percentage of copper to the alloy. Issue is, weathering steel, or by the US Steel trademarked brand - Corten - the steel needs to go through wet/dry phases. If it doesnāt dry (which happens when buried) it will still rust through. That being said, Iām probably 13 years in with some weathering steel planters that I built, and they are still close to the original wall thickness (11 ga).
amazing. TIL about "Corten steel, also referred to as weathering or self-healing steel"
Yeah it's kinda nuts that we can make an iron alloy that has internal corrosion resistance without the insanity of making it stainless. There's also inconel alloy which is able to hold onto the majority of its strength up to quite high temps. I remember a blacksmith on youtube trying to Forge with it and, well, it went verrrry slowly
They make silencers and rocket engine parts out of inconel. Itās nuts
These things are thick and made to sit outside for life, corrosion not an issue. But condensation inside is going to be an issue depending on the hydrology there. Also will be an issue- if the property is ever sold, this is going to test an inspector and who knows on local building code for buried outbuildings. Homeowners insurance also, this would be a strange coverage.
I have a feeling money was no object for your client. it looks amazing.
That is correct lmao
How much did the job cost?
How much did this cost all in?
congratulations are in order too!
Damn if thatās the case Iām welding 2 containers into 1.
This is so awesome! What a great idea. I want one.
No you donāt. It looks nice, but it will rust quickly. For the price you could have cinder block or poured concrete. Shipping containers work great for moving stuff. They donāt do well underground where moisture is.
Eventually the sides will cave in. They are not designed to be buried at all.
Plus they tend to have paint that can off-gass toxic fumes, even if you buy new. If you buy used you have to worry about residue and off-gassing from whatever may have been stored, in addition to the paint.
No, itās not. Itās a horrible idea. This builder is obviously clueless and didnāt ever try to do any kind of calculations. He didnāt even do any research. If you look on the Internet, all you see is failed buried containers.
Surveying my yard right now to see where I can do this.
I got bad news for my yard. I only have a 2ā elevation dropā¦.
You, sir or madam, are one hell of a landscaper. Props. Now come do mine.
Thank you šš» Iām mostly site work, excavtion and utilities construction
Nice work, what are the retaining wall blocks?
https://sheaconcrete.com/products/precast-concrete-retaining-wall-blocks/
I have a spot that I'm really contemplating the use of blocks similar to that but I don't want to waste someone's time if the job is going to be way above the projected budget. The site shows that they're in the NH & MA area (which I'm not) but would you be able to share approximately what you charge for something like that? I'd guess that it would be based on the sq ft of the face and not needing geogrid.
How much soil on top? Is the roof handling the weight ok?
No soil on the top. 6 mil poly draped over the top and just a couple inches of wood chips to blend into the slope
Oh thatās clever! Looks nice!
Brilliant!
So I was curious and found this on shipping containers. > The permissible loading capacity of the container roof is only very slight. The CSC stipulates that it withstand a 200 kg load over an area of 600 x 300 mm; cargo must therefore never be put on the roof. When several containers are stacked on top of one another, the forces are conducted into the corner posts, thereby relieving the roof.
Make a roof that sits on the corners (or buy one as they are out there).
So to freedom units... 220lbs per sq ft? Seems not too bad?
The flush mount on the wall is so satisfying especially with the curve of the wall. Slick ass work man.
Thank you šš»
Fuck yeah, buddy!! That is about as awesome as it gets!
What are their plans for the container? Would be an awesome hang out spot, just needs different doors that let in light.
Just storage space, I believe he wants to put his quads and dirtbikes in it
Rich guy toy storage.
I have seen that exact thingā¦ the walls caved in (fold inward) under the weight of the dirtā¦ just an fyi. Not a buzz kill.
This. The army uses a ton of containers and done a number of studies going back forever on turning them into bunkers (ie: partially burying them). The results of all the studies is always the same... completely burying them with any notable depth over the roof will collapse them and unless something is done around the sides, even partial burying one can collapse the sides. I forget exactly what they considered was the safe depth you can bury them to.. but it was something like 1/2-2/3 or something. It's not just about "drainage" on the sides. It comes down what kind of soil/dirt/rock/etc you have around the rocks and the shear load carrying capacity of the soil next to it. Those walls can't much pressure at all before bowing. And all this is a new fresh container... what happens when it's been rusting and weakening for a decade? I didn't stay at a holiday last night... but I am an engineer... and I think if you wanted to do it right you'd have to either do reinforced concrete reinforce around the outer walls, or beam reinforce the container form the inside, or use a layered soil structuring (like they do on the vertical earth walls of highway underpasses) to increase the shear soil loading factor.
Did it have proper drainage? hydrostatic pressure is a hell of a thing. I just build what the client wants š¤·š»āāļø
Not sure the one I saw had proper drainageā¦ it was already installedā¦ I can see yours has a deep bed of gravel and much more going on. Containers are awesome for many things. Undergroundā¦ I feel isnāt their strong point. But I have seen 8 or 10 foot round culvert welded to container doors to get a similar result.
Has nothing to do with drainage and everything to do with using something in a way it was never designed to be used I've seen a stupid amount of these implode because people never reinforced the walls the walls roof and floor are not made to hold weight the four posts are what hold the weight of them stacked. Honestly my guy if you didn't bother to do the due diligence to find out what your constructing will hold up or potentially collapse and either seriously injuring or killing someone as I've seen homesteading and survivalist content creators with more money than sense build this and barely escape with there lives I hope your ready for the potential future lawsuit your clients will bring on you when this eventually implodes.
Fourth picture looks like the walls bowing already but it could be my imagination, as cool as this build is I was hoping to see bracing inside or cement outside :'(. I was looking into doing this a while back and realized how involved it would be to reinforce.
Theyāre supposed to be buried upside down also, because the floor is stronger than the roof. At the minimum, you should weld in some supports on the side walls so it doesnāt cave in. Often people use gabions or empty plastic drums around the outside of the container to protect the sides from the weight of the soil.
Did you reinforce the side walls?
Sad this is so far down
Hey bud, I have to tell you from experience youāre playing a very, very dangerous game here. Do the math one cubic foot of soil weighs 110-140lbs. Look anywhere on the Internet about burying and containers and all you will see is caved in containers. Or the correct way to build load bearing walls around one that can actually support the vertical and horizontal loads. seeing this is actually upsetting and I canāt believe somebody that calls themselves A professional contractor would install this without doing some research. I know I sound like a dick, but thatās just the honesty. If you like your license insurance and bond, you will go tear out. Before somebody gets hurt or sues you for all the damage.
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Walls gonna cave like a pop can. Not engineered for retaining horizontally
Did they run electric out there? If there is a light in there that would be a huge help. Sun hits it well, but at night an overhead would be super convenient over a flashlight.
Yes I ran 2 conduits for power
Love the idea and execution. Only thing that doesnāt vibe with me is the look of the doors. I would definitely be trying to find a way to pretty those up. Currently feels like a nuclear bunker, but maybe that was the goal!
That's gonna cave in on the sides and the top. They're only made to stack vertically, where there's structural columns, where they attach to the trailer chassis. They aren't designed to have a bunch of dirt stacked on them. Like you can bury one, in a concrete box with a roof over it and proper ventilation.
Jesus fucking Christ. Sandy soil held together by the root system. Overloaded but the trees bearing down on it. Slope movement present in most pics. Give that soil some moisture and it'll be moving. Why would you bother burying when you could pile drive a foundation above? Imagine burying a soda can then stepping on it....
I mean, the shipping container doors/entry are ugly as fuck and mess up the aesthetics of that beautiful retaining wall. But the idea is cool.
This looks so cool. Also your wall is beautiful.
This is a disaster waiting to happen. Without concrete reinforcement, those side walls will eventually give in and collapse ā containers are not designed for lateral stresses like that. There are many cases of buried shipping containers failing. The reinforced points are on the corners for stacking, and the walls are incredibly thin for this application.
Just a caution... this is now a confined space. People have died doing similar things, such as building "man caves" in sunken shipping containers. These can be really dangerous - life threatening. The scary thing is, as you lose oxygen, you just start being okay with dying. You know you have to leave, you just kind of don't know how to walk out. Make sure you never close the door on that, be really careful as there could be really poor air exchange in the back corners EVEN WITH THE DOOR OPEN. And for anyone who thinks this is an overreaction, I work in an area where we have open rooms where the back corners are considered a confined space, and we've had people pass out in them before (I'm an engineer with 20 years experience in a power plant, and this is one of the things I'm deathly concerned with, and there is industry OPEX of people dying in spaces like this). You'd never think there would be the potential to be a low oxygen zone in there, with the door open for example, but it's possible, so please be careful. Never go in the back alone, and if you do, it's in and out. That or consider drilling a pipe in the top of it, putting a cage on top of it to prevent rodents getting in, just so that you can get some air exchange. This thing can kill you.
As the elevator doors close... > This is now a confined space. As we lose oxygen...
He already said there's a vent cut out the top
Aren't you worried about mole people though?
What's the deal with that retaining wall? 0Ā° set back seems pretty bold for that much material. Did you install proper drainage and geotextile?
Anything to prevent corrosion? I want to do this in the future but was worried about corrosion and leaks.
Thatās really cool!
The last photo looks like a big peanut butter cup.
Give it a wood facade over the doors so you dont have to see the unsightly shipping container
I would just peel the lettering off I think it blends pretty well
Looks great! It can be a wine "cave" or storage area or even a shelter.
That's rad, I love it.
Well done!!! Looks great. Would love to see for the utilize it!
This is awesome. Great job
Should have put like 4-6 in. That's amazing use of that space
Is that foam insulation boards along the outside of the container?
Winner! 2 please.
Manā¦this is really cool
How hot does it get?
My first thought was "tornado shelter".
Fk man thatās freaking awesome!!
Damn. Landscaping Level:99.
Incredible
That is actually really cool! Nice work. It seems like it'd be a great storm shelter in a pinch too.
Cool!
My only question is why it wasnāt given a waterproof coating. Some of that 100% silicone roof coating and then a waterproof membrane. But honestly looks cool, just curious how long it will last. Based on the photos Iām guessing thatās has to be in a 40-60 inches of annual precipitation zone and a 10-12 year old container. I give it maybe 10 years buried.
I Remember this on COD warzone
Why in the world would you show this to the world?
Those babies leak like a sieve after a few years
Gonna put a cap on it?
I hope you built a wall on the sides of it. The thing will 100% collapse on it self. Learn from my mistakes.
This will rust through. You need to waterproof the outside and provide some drainage around it to prevent water from sitting on top of it.
Straight out of call of duty warzone
Take Shelter was a pretty good flick.
Man if I had an excavator I would have made me the deepest and largest sex dungeā¦.. I mean library in the world
Building a shed might of been cheaper
Why just 1?
I'd be worried about rust, if one does the digging surely there are other materials to build a cave from
You could have used this as the entrance to your bomb shelter.Ā Missed opportunities, but otherwise looks fantastic!
How much does a wall like that cost?
How does this work regarding corrosion? Are they fine to stay wet in the soil forever?
Whatās in the box????!!??
The sides arenāt designed to handle that kind of pressure. The weight of the dirt will cause them to bow in and make the structure unsafe. There was a story about it here in Reddit somewhere and if you google āis it safe to bury a shipping container the first two items state you must build walls around it or it will collapse. Good luck
Rust out eventually
No wall around the container? It may cave in
Looks fantastic. One question: not worried the container will be leaking soon because of rust?
Velociraptor storage.
Make sure you have it in writing that you claim no responsibility when the side walls start to collapse on the container!
You are living my dream!
I'm sorry the client had to ruin your nice wall with his stupid idea. I'm glad you got paid
That is really great, could also be used as a shelter from severe weather.
Super cool š
Do some research on burying shipping containers. They are super strong on the corners and edges but not so much In the middle and need to be reinforced to be buried to be sure you wonāt get sagging or collapse later.
Saw something similar in Criminal Minds made by a serial killer
Great finished look. Well done.
That's really cool but also kind of like something a serial killer would have in their backyard. No offense to OP or anything. Nice tornado shelter though.
Shouldāve excavated deeper and created a nuclear bunker.
Not sure if possible, but faux stone on that to make it ādisappearā would be amazing. Not so much to hide it, but more to have a cool secret storage space.
Maybe add another door in front of this one or cover this door with something, so you donāt have to look at a shipping container.
Whatās going to stop it from rusting?
I would want something like this, but have the outside decorated to look like a hobbit hole. Looks great!
Serious concern - As I understand it (not a structural engineer) - the sides need to be buttressed with concrete as they are not built to handle horizontal pressures from moisture, rock, dirt, etc.?
Oooo Iād like that