MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE SO FAR! Container Home Engineering Plans | TOTC Ep. 8
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- čas přidán 1. 10. 2019
- In Episode #8 of Think Outside The Container, I reveal the challenges with structural calculations, engineered plans, and MEP.
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Honestly with engineers or any other craft you get what you pay for.
It’s happening! 🥳
this video is excellent. I just subscribed.
Excellent decision! I came to the same conclusion early in the planning stage. Keep it up! Great work! 🇹🇹
Thanks! It saved me probably 1 to 2 months in research time!
@@thinkoutsidethecontainer I know I saved incalculable headaches (and time lost as a consequence) lolol
I need everything, a builder, the containers, an architect 😕 I wish buying a container home was a streamlined as traditional homes
Red Pill Philosophy What do you think of Simple Terra and EBay shipping homes? Could these be customized afterwards if they aren’t great quality?
Totally agreed #streamlined
Great videos man! I too am starting my own container build very soon here in Florida. I’m in the land purchasing phase right now but wanted to ask if you mind sharing the contact info for the engineers you used?
Hey Maxadon, that sounds awesome. At the moment I can't give their exact info out but I can say that there are TONS of engineers to hire on those big freelancing job sites. That's where I found my 2 guys and they are currently working on the plans as I write this.
I hired a structural engineer to do the structural calcs/drawings for the foundation and openings (doors & windows), and a separate MEP specialist to do calcs/drawings for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing.
I can say that the structural engineer charged me $1000, and I was able to negotiate down to $1050 for the MEP guy (though most MEP guys were quoting me $1250 - $1800).
Good luck on your build! I'll be releasing a new video soon covering all the details of my finished plans and the process of finding/hiring engineers etc
Think Outside The Container I understand 👍🏼 looking forward to your next video.
And here I thought building my own container home would be cake. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Challenging, yes. Rocket science? Far from it, at least not in my experience so far. The structural calcs are more a requirement of the building department than anything else, at least in my view, because the style of foundation for the container home I want is not too complicated, at least not in execution. I view the structural calcs more like peace of mind than integral to building it.
@@thinkoutsidethecontainer after giving it some thought I agree, at least I'll have professional drawings of my plan with plumbing and electrical that I can actually follow. Definitely looking forward to seeing how yours turn out. Will you share who was firm that did it for your calculations?
@@jonathanbautista111 I'll have to ask the firm/engineer if they're ok with the information being made public. What I will suggest is that you can find qualified, experienced, licensed FREELANCE engineers on popular freelancing websites. The ability to shop around for a freelancer is great, and I'm going to assume you can find a better deal.
So you're still in the planning stages of building your own container home?
@@thinkoutsidethecontainer will do! Your videos have definitely covered an aspect of container living that I have yet to see online 👍👍
And yes still in the planning stage, I'll be using solar power so currently learning about that.
@@jonathanbautista111 cool. I wanted to do solar too, though I recently changed my mind, mainly I feel that the land I purchased was priced, in part, based on the powerlines right across the road. Overall, I know the cost of land I paid in a sense already included the convenience of powerlines so close.....
What are the specifications of the winch in this process
I'm in the process of doing the same thing and was wondering where you found your engineer? I understand you cannot share the contact information so what I'm wondering is how you went about in locating one as it seems that you went to a website or was it just a google search for local engineers?
Hey, I used one of those big, popular freelancing websites. There are a couple of really popular and reputable sites, and that's where I found my structural engineer, MEP engineer, and the licensed PE. Hope that helps 👍
Think Outside The Container thanks for the prompt reply! So pretty much like upwork or fivrr Im assuming? I appreciate it! Im looking forward to your next upload, got caught up on your videos and really digging your content here! Its a looong process but seeing someone else go through it makes it better somehow lol You are not aloneee 😁
Haha yup: seeing and knowing others do it does help big time. I'm glad my videos can give you a bit of confidence in this exciting-yet challenging- journey. Feel free to ask any other questions if you have any, I'd love to share my experience/perspective. 👍👍😀
Would you give others the information on your engineer person?
At the moment I cannot give the engineers' info but in my next video I'll be showing the engineering plans and they will be available for download for reference purposes.
Can you recommend an architect , I was quoted $4500 for plans on 4 containers
I did not hire an architect. I hired 1 structural engineer and one MEP engineer. Each one charged me just about $1,000. So total I paid for plans was $2,000, plus like $350 for a PE stamp. I found all 3 people on Upwork.
Thankyou I was looking on fiverr this morning and mostly got people from Pakistan only wanting $200
I’m looking for one familiar with Florida code because I’m doing this in O’Brien area
@@ThePeoplesGardener Upwork might have more reputable talent, obviously you'd have to get them. But Upwork is where I found all 3.
"obviously you'd have to vet them
following this one.
we should helpt each other out and put the dwawings online for other people ;)
Hey, I'll probably publish the plans once I get them. Obviously my plans won't work for everyone.
@@thinkoutsidethecontainer you are right, but if they do you helped them a lot! GOOD LUCK