HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2015-10-29, Page 17THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015. PAGE 17.
Driving by the container home
Brent Hillier of Hillier Contracting
Inc., is building in Bayfield, I see
two cars, two cyclists and one
truck driver slow down to take a
look.
It’s a curiousity. Made of eight
shipping containers, the upscale
home is attracting lots of attention.
“Just five? That’s nothing,” says
Hillier, a resident of Bayfield, who
hopes to establish himself as a
shipping container home
contractor in the area. “There’s
been so much interest that
sometimes it’s been hard to get
work done.”
Hillier understands the
fascination because he’s super
keen about the container home
concept himself. He sees them as
the ideal for home design from a
material, recycling, and design
standpoint.
Shipping containers are so
strong they can withstand
typhoons, tornadoes, hurricanes
and even earthquakes. The Corten
steel the containers are made of
won’t rust or corrode, is mold
resistant and is adaptive to most
insulation.
The supply is almost endless as
they continue to arrive from China
and stay here, since our exports
don’t match our imports. Statistics
predict there are 1.5 to two million
empty containers in North
America that will never be reused
after being imported from China
with the goods they carry.
Hillier purchased eight, ranging
in price from $3,000 to $6,000.
The most common size is eight by
forty feet, which is the size he
bought.
Multi-coloured and metal, they
have an architectural appeal but
can a house made of them be
attractive as well as efficient?
Hillier says it is possible.
“When I decided to get into this
I thought there were two options. I
could build a cheap house, a kind
Bayfield man turns heads with container homes
Innovation
Brent Hillier of Bayfield has put his mind to work, building
homes out of shipping containers and plenty of people are
taking notice. (File photo)
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