Second-Hand Container House Production

Second-hand container house production can be achieved through two main methods: personal DIY renovation or customization by professional companies.

Personal DIY Renovation

Renovating a second-hand container house manually is relatively cost-effective but requires a certain level of hands-on skills and time investment. For example, a young man spent 6,000 yuan to purchase a second-hand container online and renovated it. The specific steps are as follows:

• Basic Structure Treatment: Fix assembled wooden planks as the house door. Use an electric drill to remove old wooden flooring, cut it, and reinstall it. Place insulation cotton in the middle, reinstall the wooden flooring, and use expanding foam to fill gaps around the door. Reserve positions for water pipes, harden the ground, lay waterproof tarpaulin, place red bricks, and pour concrete.
• Frame Construction: Build a lightweight steel frame for the entire house and install glass doors and windows.
• Plumbing and Electrical Installation: Install plumbing and electrical lines to ensure the house has basic living functions.
• Exterior and Interior Decoration: Remove the original wooden planks from the container and replace them with new ones. Weld window frames and install them by cutting grooves on the side of the container. Refasten the aluminum alloy frames of the door and the rear part of the carriage. Install drainage systems and septic tank pipes, and bury large underground plastic tanks. Decorate the positions of the card door and sliding doors. After laying the lines, wrap glass doors and windows with oil paper, inject glue for reinforcement, and clean up excess glue. Attach insulation film inside the container, add wooden planks, and perform painting work.
• Functional Area Improvement: Lay cement mortar in the toilet area, fix large tiles, and install a bath heater. Paste three-dimensional wall and floor tiles, install sealing rings and smart integrated toilets, and separate areas with glass. Install a water heater outside the container and protect it with a box. Build a sink next to the toilet. Install light bulbs in the living room and lay composite wooden planks on the floor again.

Customization by Professional Companies

Customizing second-hand container houses by professional companies offers numerous advantages, such as mobility (movable and reusable), rapid assembly (short manufacturing period, no foundation required), safety (steel frame structure, wind-resistant, earthquake-resistant), durability (service life of over 20 years), sound and heat insulation (using air-gap thermal insulation design, excellent sound and heat insulation), aesthetics (various design options available, attractive appearance), cost-effectiveness (low manufacturing cost), and strong load-bearing capacity. The products are generally made of color-coated steel plates, with common specifications of 3 meters by 6 meters. Brands include Jimei, Tengdaxing, etc. They can be customized according to needs and are mainly used to provide infrastructure such as living and office container houses for building construction, flood control and disaster relief, earthquake relief, municipal engineering, railway, highway, and other infrastructure construction sites.