Container into shed project has started

So, now that the house is all but completed, we are ready to start our next little project. Well, the main reason for starting it now is that we have received our pre-approval for the federal government rebate on solar panels for electricity generation, and thus we need a roof to put it on. We could put it on our main house roof, but due to the size of the inverter etc. we think it will be better to have it away from the house. And we want to turn the container into a permanent storage space anyway, so why not put a roof on it. We will also attach a car port on the southern side and a green house and shade house on the northern side. The plan is to then clad the container in one way or another so that it will look a bit nicer than it currently does. But the cladding is not the urgent matter, the roof is.

But we first have to move it to the spot we want to keep it in, which is a bit further south than it currently is. And since there is a bit of a slope on the ground, not much, but about 20cm from one end of the container to the other, we have to build up some piers that the container can be placed on.

The fun job first, and that was digging the holes. We have made these 400mmx400mm and at least 400mm deep, but that depends on the slope. They are about 450 mm deep at one end and about 650mm at the other.

Hole dug with box of ply in place for pouring the concrete.

All six boxes in place.

Ready after the pour - we just have to remove the plywood. For the concrete we purchased some builder's mix - basically a premix of sand and gravel - and then mix this 4 to 1 with cement.

And all the piers finished.

Now we just have to find a reasonably priced way of moving the container !!!! The most likely alternative is to use a side loader which can pick it up and then drop it down again in the new spot. Will let you know how it goes.

Any problems, please email webmaster. This page was last updated 24/07/2008