bramley Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 I have seen one or two of these in my time, I am somebody who likes light, big windows etc and some narrowboats I see with tiny port holes, I know it’s probably cosy but it might be rather depressing in there then you have this, I mean just to wonder what and or why. Is it litrally a container top welded on a shell bottom? Why would you not have windows. Sorry i I know it maybe somebody’s home but ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 I think this one has featured in these pages before. Has it got fenestration at the front of the superstructure, or in the roof? If not, it could indeed by gloomy inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerra Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 Is it possibly in the process of being converted into somebody's home and they haven't yet got windows fitted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 It should be spacious inside. But good luck getting it through some of the system's less forgiving bridges - don't take it to Aynho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 Its "outside the box" thinking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian F B Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 Floating cannabis farm??. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 1 hour ago, David Mack said: Its "outside the box" thinking! Looks more like ‘box’ thinking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 It's a part-completed project. Someone is converting their boat into a shipping container. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Athy said: Has it got fenestration at the front of the superstructure, or in the roof? If not, it could indeed by gloomy inside. Fenestration - definition of fenestration by The Free ... https://www.thefreedictionary.com/fenestration fen·es·tra·tion (fĕn′ĭ-strā′shən) ...……... The surgical creation of an artificial opening in a bone, as in the inner ear so as to improve or restore hearing. That'd make sense 'cos if you were inside and I were to hit it with a big 'ammer, then……?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramley Posted September 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 Perhaps it’s how boats come over from China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiler Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 38 minutes ago, bramley said: Perhaps it’s how boats come over from China It is - but normally they have another 12,000 containers on board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 Perhaps they want to go to Europe and misunderstood the need to put the boat in a shipping container. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter X Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 4 hours ago, Athy said: It should be spacious inside. But good luck getting it through some of the system's less forgiving bridges - don't take it to Aynho! Unlikely, a standard shipping container is 8 feet wide. But plenty of bridges on wide canals and rivers would be a problem for something that high with no tumblehome, e.g. I doubt it would fit under Osney Bridge at Oxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 2 hours ago, zenataomm said: Fenestration - definition of fenestration by The Free ... https://www.thefreedictionary.com/fenestration fen·es·tra·tion (fĕn′ĭ-strā′shən) ...……... The surgical creation of an artificial opening in a bone, as in the inner ear so as to improve or restore hearing. That'd make sense 'cos if you were inside and I were to hit it with a big 'ammer, then……?? Defenestration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 10 hours ago, Athy said: It should be spacious inside. But good luck getting it through some of the system's less forgiving bridges - don't take it to Aynho! Dont think you would get through the locks with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 Why the flying flick would you bother put fenders on that eyesore? A dent would improve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dreamer Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 Now we live aboard all of our furniture, and any semblance of our land based life, is in a container. Maybe I should get myself a butty like that, and drag all of our clutter behind us!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 Only in London ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 12 hours ago, Liam said: Only in London ! Only it is not in London. This container "boat" is exclusively based on the GU in Northamptonshire, and doesn't venture far, (but does make fairly regular passages of Blisworth tunnel. It has been regularly featured on CWDF. It does have glass windows and doors at the front, and at ;east a couple of opening hatches cut into the rest of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 The owner is a genius. So easy for dragging out the water for blacking or plonking on a ship for cruising The Rhine etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Nothing wrong with living in a container, some are quite comfortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramley Posted September 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 yes i went back past it today it has some bow on it, but windows / doors at the front. It isnt narrowboat width either. some feature but when theres a will there is a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 hour ago, bramley said: some feature but when theres a will there is a way. The chap asked CRT permission before he made it, he was told that sp long as it passed all the relevant BSS tests, he was allowed. The rear hatch was added soon after initial launch, the side window on starboard side last year. He has quite a good range of movement, the boat is an ongoing project, and is trying to give his family a decent place to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 This shows the sort of thing you can do with a container https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/shipping-container-village/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwt5zsBRD8ARIsAJfI4BgTfVaREpyWrTaFoWQBXF-bmHP7V7Wv1Xr6sZUFufskAY-sBXk4FeUaAgusEALw_wcB and of course Georges mate did a floating one https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/george-clarkes-amazing-spaces-a-floating-home-made-from-shipping-container-puts-houseboat-living-in-50876.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard10002 Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 The container will almost certainly be 40ft long by 8ft wide, and probably 8ft high, (maybe 9ft). So a 50ft widebeam with a bit less than 320sq.ft of internal living space. Some people are now using containers as land based homes. Hopefully, his long term plan is to make it look better, and hopefully it will have cost him a lot less than second hand a 50ft x 8ft widebeam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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