Sounds like the tin box is a solution for an individual looking for housing, worth $20,000 in the current environment. Nobody thinks this is a solution to the entire housing crisis.

[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s not a solution tho. Shipping containers are designed to hold freight not people.

The walls are thin steel bakes/freezes with temperature, adding insulation just takes away more of the already thin container width
Flat roof means rain, leaves, snow, etc just piles up and creates rust
Shipping containers are valuable for transport - the real reason you see these and the tiny houses on wheels is because they conveniently ignore land needs for the house to actually sit on

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Just to add, as long as the roofs aren't damaged they are curved enough so rain drips off.

And while steel isn't a good insulator it's not like they insulate any less than other thin materials. But yeah they are too narrow to make the ideal tiny house.

They are also way too heavy and sturdy, you don't need your tiny house to be able to be able to hold like 100 tonnes on the roof (posts) or 40 tones on the floor.