I was thinking of an idea of building a house using shipping containers. Maybe getting 2 of them next to each other. Each container is 8x20ft and I wanted to do some basic planning such as how much dry walling will cost. Anyways I have some basic questions.
1. What are the main components to turn something into structure you can live in? Such as, flooring, dry walling, insulation...etc etc.....I need a list of all the major things needed that make a structure able to live in. So far I only know of insulation, drywall and flooring.
2. Each container is about 320 sq ft, so 2 of them would be 640. I did some calculations and it seemed like it would be 3200 to do drywall but would be much cheaper if me and a friend could do it.
3. Is there any place or website where I can give specs for my project and they could give a price quote. For example, right now I have no idea how much it would cost for plumbing or putting electricity in.
ALL IN ALL, my goal basically is to figure out how much it woudl cost to take a shipping container and see how much the total would be for plumbing, electricity, and drywall....
Thanks
1. What are the main components to turn something into structure you can live in? Such as, flooring, dry walling, insulation...etc etc.....I need a list of all the major things needed that make a structure able to live in. So far I only know of insulation, drywall and flooring.
2. Each container is about 320 sq ft, so 2 of them would be 640. I did some calculations and it seemed like it would be 3200 to do drywall but would be much cheaper if me and a friend could do it.
3. Is there any place or website where I can give specs for my project and they could give a price quote. For example, right now I have no idea how much it would cost for plumbing or putting electricity in.
ALL IN ALL, my goal basically is to figure out how much it woudl cost to take a shipping container and see how much the total would be for plumbing, electricity, and drywall....
Thanks
