Western shelter is an authorized distributor of podroof container kits.
Shipping container home roof garden.
These turnkey kits mount on standard shipping containers and can be assembled with basic tools.
The rooftop garden is raised slightly off the top of the container.
This way not only does it provide shade but there is air flow to provide cooling during the hot texas summer months.
For more container homes check out this mobile shipping container that s been transformed into a comfortable chic home by port a bach architects.
Installing a successful green roof means that you ll have to minimize that as much as possible.
On each side of the container roof attach a wooden beam into the steel plates.
Now the roof s basic structure is starting to take shape.
The flat surface area of the roof of the shipping containers makes the perfect area to grow a living roof.
2 simple shipping container home.
If you re looking for a cost effective means of providing permanent cover over a large area a container roof kit can be an excellent solution.
Screw the trusses into this beam.
From poteet architects it sits in the sun in south san antonio texas.
After all green roofs provide container homes with better insulation and a whole lot of aesthetic appeal.
Not long ago the idea of using a shipping container as a home seemed impractical if not laughable.
This shipping container makes a fantastic guest house with a roof garden to boot.
Texas based company cargohome makes good use of that modularity and stackability in the helm a two story container home that is actually made of a 20 foot shipping container placed on top of a.
The structure of the container would need to be reinforced to support the added weight of soil and plants grass.
Beautiful spacious shipping container home w living roof garden.
Due to the width of the container all the furniture pieces have been arranged along the length of the building looking outwards into the garden.
Having spots of bare soil can be quite an eyesore.
And it s a super sustainable design.