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Finished Interior for a Container-Built Home VideoThe finishing touches are being added to the interior of the home in St Petersburg. The appliances are being delivered and installed. The home features an open plan with a modern design. The kitchen, dining, and living rooms are all one open space. This provides a free-flowing atmosphere where everyone can see each other. The space is made up of two containers and the space between the two containers has conventional framing, which creates a bigger space with a higher ceiling for the living area. Off the central hall are four bedrooms, including a master bedroom with its own dedicated bathroom. There are three additional bedrooms and a spacious bathroom at the end of the hall. Drywall was placed on the metal furring strips and then a wood frame was put in place for the windows. Construction adhesive was used to secure the wood baseboards. The interior walls are faced with DensArmor Plus fiberglass wallboard from Georgia Pacific. When building in a humid environment like Florida, it's very important to use material that is resistant to mildew and mold. DensArmor uses a fiberglass mat instead of an organic face. The fiberglass does not provide a surface for mold to grow. The ceiling has a knockdown texture painted with semigloss paint. The interior walls have a satin finish with an orange-peel texture.
 | Appliances
• Amana - 19 cu. ft. refrigerator with EasyFreezer pull-out drawer with EasyClose drawer track system
Carpentry, Construction & Materials
• Barrow Construction - home building and general contracting services
• Georgia-Pacific - DensArmor fiberglass-faced inorganic wallboard
• SG Blocks - a container based sustainable building system
• Simpson Strongties - building safer structures with bolts, clips, straps, plates, tie-downs, and fasteners
• Tampa Armature Works - converting steel shipping containers into building units
Painting & Wallpapering
• SuperTherm - insulating ceramic paints and coatings
Real Estate
• Home Depot Foundation - building affordable homes and strong communities through grants and partnership to non-profit organizations
• NeighborWorks - a non-profit network improving communities and creating opportunities for home ownership since 1978
• St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services - home ownership services and education for low-income, first-time homebuyers
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| Bob is in St. Petersburg, Florida, to tour a finished affordable home after completing projects in other parts of the country. The St. Petersburg container-built homes are part of a ...
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| The front of the home is complete and looks like the exterior of any home in the American suburbs. Bob talks with Ray Price, the project manager for St. Petersburg ...
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| Bob talks with David Cross formerly of Tampa Armature Works, now of S G BLocks, the company that has taken these abandoned shipping containers and converted them into home-building units. ...
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