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socceronly
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# Posted: 5 Jan 2021 12:25
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Alternative, that is, to $7 2x4s.
Thinking seriously now about some alternative building methods that would be low risk cost wise for a small cabin/bunkie and fun to learn something new.
Stone wall?
Welded steel frame?
Rammed earth?
Lumber scrap crib walls?
Human skulls?
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Brettny
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# Posted: 5 Jan 2021 12:51
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Wait out the lumber prices...or find a local mill that sells rough cut.
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WILL1E
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# Posted: 5 Jan 2021 13:56
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I saw a show on TV where they built a smaller home with a wall system that built offsite that was basically straw bails skinned on inside and outside with plywood. Looked pretty slick. They didn't however show what goes into actually making those panels.
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 5 Jan 2021 16:34
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Quoting: Brettny Wait out the lumber prices...or find a local mill that sells rough cut.
I went the mill route this past fall when I built the shed addition. Saved 30% from what lumberyard (Curtis) was going to charge.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 5 Jan 2021 17:03 - Edited by: gcrank1
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Shipping containers are starting to look like a cost effective and way strong alt.
I know motor homes and travel trailers can be bought for a song now with a little shopping around but my experience with RV's is the build quality starts out not that great and quickly goes downhill from there. At the cheap buy in from a 'desperate owner' rather than new or from a dealer they can be tempting to at least get 'something' out there (Never/No, NEVER buy a distressed trailer!) Just this past Nov. 13, 2020 (yes, I put it on the calendar it was so significant) I got lucky getting a 26' 1972 dual axle Junk travel trailer hauled away for free before the tires rotted to not hold air/roll.
Tearing the superstructure off to keep or sell the rolling frame is Way Too Much Work and disposal of the refuse is a problem. I know, for sure and certain, because we had the remnants of maybe 3 smaller trailers on the property that we had to dispose up. The rolling frames were gone, I think the deceased prev. owner had lived in one until a better came along, moved it in then knocked the old one apart and sold the rolling frames. The junk lay all over, from a sat pic the debris field looked like a small airliner had crashed 
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Brettny
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2021 08:28
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If a shed is what you want then a shipping container may be as cheap. But if you plan on insulating it the cost savings goes out the window because you still need alot of building materials.
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Irrigation Guy
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2021 09:02
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One of my customers has a shipping container house. It is 5 or 6 40’ers welded together. It looks interesting but he said it cost more than a stick built house.
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