Shipping Container Cabin For A Creative Retreat

The most creative and interesting way to retreat from the hustle and bustle of life is to use a shipping container cabin NZ.  You will find cabins which are usually made with wood. However, as sustainability and concern for the environment is increasingly becoming popular. Shipping container cabins are giving people a new way to life, completely different from the traditional cabins and, home.

Container cabins are affordable and at the same time strong enough to provide protection and shelter from unforgiving forces of nature, like strong winds and rain. So, even if it is raining outside, you will feel completely safe inside container cabin. If you have any spare or used shipping container, with few container modifications, you can turn it into a cabin.

The cabins are usually made of heavy-duty steel and so it can withstand about 65000 pounds of weight. Also, the containers are mostly made out of recycled materials so, you are not harming the environment when building a cabin or house out of it. If you want a large cabin, you can combine two or more containers to make interesting shapes and designs.

You can use your creativity while stacking the boxes. Use it vertically to make a house or horizontally to make interesting shaped cabins to hang out with friends. You can also design it beside the pool to chill out in hot summer.

If you are making a house with the containers, it is an ideal option as you can use different other modifications within the limited space. If you want to grow vegetation on the roof, you can put on the extra weight as the shipping containers can take on the load without affecting the structure of the house.

As far as the energy efficiency of the shipping cabins is concerned, if the owner has applied a suitable coating, it can reflect 95% of the outside radiation. It also resists the loss of interior heat and does not allow water or moisture to migrate in. Thus, you will not have to face problems of mould and germs in these types of houses.