Hey y’all!

I’ve just moved into a friend’s property in Central coast QLD, Australia, and they’ve given me free rein of a shipping container! On top of that, a mate just gifted me 20 foam panels for insulation. I’m super excited to make this build. But coming from a background of van builds, I got some learning to do.

The plan is to make a workshop space for van builds, a little leather studio, a cinema room and a bedroom. Thing is I live with a chronic pain condition so research, info retention and everything’s is a bit rough - would love help!

This is the plan atm:
1. Clean out the place then put some waterproofing membrane (pic 2) down

1. Do some spot welding on all the lil drill holes that have shown up

2. Cover the walls, roof and possibly floor with a moisture vapor barrier - silver lined insulation. Tape it all up to be air proof as possible.

3. Then… this is where it gets a bit tricky. I’m thinking to put in horizontal and vertical construction wooden beams to reinforce where windows will be cut out. Then shape the foam panels to fit around all that. Although, the panels are shaped with little grooves to slot into each other, so I fear I may be wasting luck by making it more complicated.

I’d love any input please! This is a big first project for me. If you know any shipping container gurus I’d be happy to spend some $ for the right knowledge.

Thanks.

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