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At the end of September my contract was finished and I could return home. We were fighting the clock, knowing that by the end of October it would snow and stay. Art had set up a sub-pump and rat slab in the crawlspace floor, then proceeded to construct the subfloor for the addition(16'x 12'). The only trouble was that we hadn't dismantled the shipping container cargo doors first.
I wish we had taken more photos of the process around taking apart the doors. I guess you'll just have to imagine it. At first we wanted to use the excavator we were renting as a sort of hoist. This didn't work because one of it's tire tracks broke completely off. This was probably a blessing in disguise. So after a while we decided to chain the handles of the door to the frame of the container. We then cut each door into two sections since they were so heavy. Once again a great weight had been lifted, quite literally and metaphorically.
With the doors off and super lightweight foam ones in their place we were able to proceed. We decided that one side would be 12' high and the other 8' high, with rake walls connecting the two. Instead of using trusses we opted for BCI's since they could handle the snow load, while opening up the ceiling area.
It was miraculous that we were able to enclose it in time. Along with that, rubber (ice & water shield) on the roof. The crawlspace we will store our pressure tank and Hydronic heater.
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