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With the housing market down and foreclosures way up, building a new home might not be the first thing on people's mind, but a Salt Lake City-based company has a new kind of home in mind.
Gorilla designs is working to turn idle shipping containers into affordable, high quality homes to last a lifetime.
The company was founded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, said Roi Maufus of Gorilla Designs.
"After Katrina, we realized that normal houses and traditional materials can't stand up to global warming and the new storms that will come with it," said Maufus. "We wanted to make something that could stand the test of time."
Gorilla also wanted to be environmentally-friendly.
"This is definitely a case of one man's trash being another man's treasure," said Maifus.
There are thousands of shipping containers no longer being used but still in excellent shape lying around ports and railroads yards all over the country that could be turned into quality housing.
Shipping containers can withstand a lot of force. The average shipping container is rated to carry 67,000 pounds, and can withstand eight other fully-loaded shipping containers resting on top of it. That's about 376 tons per square inch.
"We certainly don't have to worry about snow load issues," said Maufus.
The floor of many shipping container is made out of exotic hardwoods that when sanded and polishe produced a rich, beautiful color that could typically cost thousands of dollars and weigh on your conscious, since the wood is often from tropical rain forests.
Read more about converted shipping containers on www.shipping-container-housing.com
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