Whether your motivation for converting a shipping container into a place to live stems from an interest in green-living, minimalism, or thrift, you’ll need project-friendly, affordable container home designs. Incorporating shipping container specific InSoFast insulation panels into your plans will add quality insulation along with straightforward and simple application.
Engineered to provide continuous insulation via interlocking 2’x4’ panels, InSoFast insulation products are effective and deceptively simple by design. We offer ideal products for internal and external applications on any type of project, whether a remodel or newly built construction. We even provide two methods of insulation meant specifically for container homes.
The Container Home’s Insulation Will Be Critically Important
While the conversion of a shipping container into a home is a financially and environmentally intelligent choice, the project will face a couple of problems particular to the container’s composition. Steel is a strong conductor, so energy insulation will be critical to your plans.
Because metal conducts energy so well, the temperature within the container will fluctuate rapidly along with outside temperatures unless an effective thermal barrier becomes part of the design. Cold temperatures during the winter and sweltering heat during the summer will plague the interior without appropriate insulation.
As temperatures change in the interior of the shipping container, condensation will form. Preventing the condensation is as easy as keeping the temperatures balanced by installing insulation. Preventing condensation is very important when it comes to shipping containers because the steel will rust and decay when exposed to moisture over periods of time.
The sound inside a shipping container can also be quite unbearable. Imagine trying to live inside a metal box with the amplification of noise that would be part of it. Insulation will mitigate this issue. InSoFast insulation panels will help you easily insulate the container – ceiling, floors, and walls.
Why Choose InSoFast Insulation Panels?
Many types of insulation will work for your shipping container project, but InSoFast provides the right combination of convenience, price, and quality. InSoFast insulation panels have a thin profile, features designed to minimize moisture, and plenty of other details to make your shipping container project easier and faster.
Here at InSoFast, we provide two products specifically for container home projects.
The InSoFast CX Container Panel is made to fit along the side walls of shipping containers. They’ll follow a running pattern that repeats every 11 inches along the corrugation, and they have 44×24 inch dimensions. To secure the panels appropriately, apply them horizontally so that the studs have a vertical orientation to affix to the walls.
InSoFast InSerts work to fill the gaps in the shipping container walls, creating a flush surface. This surface will allow you to affix either InSoFast UX 2.0 or EXi 2.5 to the surface. The combination creates an air-tight, continuous insulation design.
Kits for shipping containers are available for either 20- or 40-foot designs. Whether you have a standard 8 foot or a high cube 9-foot ceiling or other dimensions altogether, we provide customized kits as required.
We encourage you to resolve every problem related to the metal composition of your container home with designs that include InsoFast insulation panels. If you need help with measurements, give us a call today at (888) 501-7899. We’ll walk you through the process. As an American company, we proudly provide free shipping within the US from one of our sites in Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, or South Dakota.
