How To Put A Floor In A Shipping Container

In this video we will show you how to wire a shipping container with romex type wire.

How to put a floor in a shipping container.

The cx 44 panel has built in horizontal and vertical raceways meeting the national electrical code for romex wires without the use of protection plates. These floors are very durable and water resistant and can withstand tons of weight internally. Some people rip out the floor with shipping containers and create a vapor barrier with blown in insulation for the walls if they are extremely worried about chronic exposure of existing pesticides but this is pretty pricey and you might want to think twice if a shipping container is best for you when you start to calculate costs. The ground floor holds an open gallery workspace while the second floor has a two bedroom two bathroom layout.

These floors are also usually damaged. Once the original floor is removed scrape the ribs clean of any glues and begin cutting the flooring sections put adhesive on the ribs and replace the sections of flooring screwing the floor to the ribs every 12 18 inches. There are gauges cracks holes and missing layers. So while many shipping container manufacturers are looking at alternative forms of flooring such as bamboo and steel the chances are that your shipping container flooring will have been treated with pesticides.

According to the container owners association a large percentage of shipping container floors are still made using tropical hardwood. The damage to the shipping container floor naturally varies according to container and most people replace their floor rather then cover it. The live work 2070 is constructed out of seven 40 foot long shipping containers.