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Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH?
    #19362170 - 01/03/14 05:56 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)



Seems to me they have many benefits: seemingly easy to aquire, modify, and clean out.



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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: cubenpete]
    #19362209 - 01/03/14 06:21 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)



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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: cubenpete]
    #19362214 - 01/03/14 06:23 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

So anyhoo, I can get these used (with little rust) for around $1500 US. Seems like a pretty good idea compared to a steel building or a stick frame.

They are also stackable, which could make for one hellava cool looking Shroom farm.

Just wondering if there is any down points I have not considered (been on my mind for for than a minute).


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: cubenpete]
    #19362226 - 01/03/14 06:30 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

Thanks Marc! Not sure how I missed that page (maybe I didnt, just didnt remember).


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: cubenpete]
    #19362704 - 01/03/14 10:17 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

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cubenpete said:
So anyhoo, I can get these used (with little rust) for around $1500 US. Seems like a pretty good idea compared to a steel building or a stick frame.

They are also stackable, which could make for one hellava cool looking Shroom farm.

Just wondering if there is any down points I have not considered (been on my mind for for than a minute).




that's cheap!  They're 2500 for 20ft and 3500 for 40ft here.  A new Al building is almost as cheap here, and I'd like a gabled roof.


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: drake89]
    #19362720 - 01/03/14 10:23 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

What is an "Al building?"


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: Ganzig]
    #19362891 - 01/03/14 11:11 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

aluminum :smile: srry


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: drake89]
    #19362895 - 01/03/14 11:12 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

:wink:


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: Ganzig]
    #19363064 - 01/03/14 11:49 AM (10 years, 28 days ago)

That really does seem cool. bury them after painting for corrosion protection bunker style and it'd surely make a good damp cave-like environment even perfect for growing no?


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: RandomFX]
    #19363268 - 01/03/14 12:45 PM (10 years, 27 days ago)

I grew in one of these for years. Wouldn't recommend it. It rusts, hard to insulate, cutting into it for wiring and air system is a pain. Also the 8 ft width gets irritating, and I'm a skinny guy. But I grew 30 lbs per week in there for a couple years, it works. I'll have to post pictures soon. Insulate it from the outside is my main tip


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: mrtumnas]
    #19363558 - 01/03/14 01:55 PM (10 years, 27 days ago)

If you can bury it like RR did then you won't need insulation.


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: mrtumnas]
    #19366552 - 01/04/14 12:53 AM (10 years, 27 days ago)

I have this picture in my head of a few stacked in a radial pattern (like a spiral staircase) or some Frank Lloyd Wright design.

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I grew in one of these for years. Wouldn't recommend it. It rusts, hard to insulate, cutting into it for wiring and air system is a pain. Also the 8 ft width gets irritating, and I'm a skinny guy. But I grew 30 lbs per week in there for a couple years, it works. I'll have to post pictures soon. Insulate it from the outside is my main tip




I work in a metal sculpture studio and am fairly profecient with a torch and multiple types of welding so mods are not a worry for me. Rust however may be a problem, working on a solution.


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: cubenpete]
    #19366625 - 01/04/14 01:46 AM (10 years, 27 days ago)

Rust is just well....rust. Not gonna hurt the mush. But def bury it or is will cook in the summer. And that is cheap. Steel is expensive where I am.


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Re: Has anybody given these storage containers serious tought as a GH? [Re: Amanita virosa]
    #19366952 - 01/04/14 05:42 AM (10 years, 27 days ago)

The city I am near has a UPS hub, two Ford assembly plants, Rubermaid, Dow.... so there is a plethora of 20/40 footers that come in by train and barge.

Anyway, this is the price they gave me last week so who knows what tomorrows price will be.


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