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There is a logical, sensible, cheap, commercially available form of housing that you can prefab, stack, transport: 40ft-housing-containers. Those are normal 40f
by c4mpute 3y ago
There is a logical, sensible, cheap, commercially available form of housing that you can prefab, stack, transport: 40ft-housing-containers. Those are normal 40ft sea containers with a housing interior.
You can load them onto anything that can transport such a container, nothing exotic or problematic, just run-of-the-mill reach stackers, trucks, ships, etc. They are cheap because 40ft-containers are mass-produced, and you can make them either out of new cheap container parts or reuse an old one into a home. Electricity is usually a 32A-3phase-CEE-connector in every corner which can also be used to chain multiple containers. What is trickier is fresh/waste-water connections, but also not really a huge problem.
Biggest problem with those right now is that manufacturers are overwhelmed due to demand for refugee housing in Europe.
- danjac 3y agoWhat about insulation? A steel box in a heatwave won't be much fun either. Are there solutions for heating/cooling container homes?
- c4mpute 3y agoSame as for e.g. refrigerated containers (reefers), you add foam or glass wool cladding. Heating and cooling can be done with the usual heatpump/AC machines available.
- timbit42 3y agoCutting doors and windows into a sea contain compromises it's strength.