Container House and Yard

It is feasible to build a house and a yard using containers, which has many advantages, but there are also some aspects that need attention.

Advantages

• High construction efficiency: Most of the construction processes of container houses, such as the main structure and water and electricity pipelines, are completed in the factory. On-site assembly is as quick as building with building blocks. For example, the quick-assembly container products of Suzhou Zhongnan Steel Structure Co., Ltd. take only 2 hours to install a single set, and a camp with a scale of 100 sets can be put into use within 7 days from the time of entering the site, greatly shortening the implementation cycle and saving a lot of time and labor costs.
• Low economic cost: Compared with traditional buildings, container houses have lower costs. Some people have bought standard second-hand containers for 4,000 yuan and transformed them, while others have transformed a 15-square-meter container into a cozy home with a total cost of less than 110,000 yuan. Moreover, the transportation cost of foldable container mobile homes is low. For example, the foldable container mobile homes of Suzhou Zhongnan Steel Structure Co., Ltd. have a folded volume that is only one-fifth of the expanded state. Each standard freight truck can carry 20 sets, and the transportation cost is 40% lower than that of non-folded products.
• Flexible and diverse design: Containers can be flexibly stacked and spliced to create various unique spatial scales. Whether it is a solo dwelling, a family home, or a large combined building, it can be designed according to the actual project requirements. The interior design can also adopt an open layout according to personal preferences, closely connecting the indoor and outdoor environments, and achieving a combination of multiple functions to meet different living and working needs.
• Environmentally friendly and sustainable: Container construction is a green modular building form. Reusing discarded containers reduces the generation of construction waste and is in line with the concept of environmental protection.

Precautions

• Compliance: It is necessary to choose compliant products from qualified enterprises and avoid using unqualified white-label container mobile homes. Otherwise, in the event of strong winds and other severe weather conditions, problems such as frame deformation and wall cracking may occur, resulting in economic losses and safety hazards.
• Spatial limitations: The usable net space of standard-sized containers is relatively cramped, with low indoor height and a narrow and long horizontal space. Adaptive combination design of the container body is required during renovation.