Internal Framing Guide
Internal framing is the skeleton you build inside the steel shell. It holds your insulation, carries your wiring and plumbing, gives you something to fix linings, joinery and fixtures to, and turns the corrugated interior into flat, square walls. It also costs you width, and in a container every millimetre counts.
The trick is to use the least framing you can while still giving yourself room for insulation and services. This guide covers the options, how to fix framing to the container without wrecking the insulation or the steel, and how to lay out walls, ceilings and floors.
What is inside the full guide
What the framing has to do
Timber or steel?
How much width will I lose?
Fixing the frame to the container
Internal walls
Ceilings
Floors
Services first, lining last
Interbode tips
This is a paid guide. The full Internal Framing Guide is a 6-page A4 PDF with 3 detailed diagrams, written for Australian container homes. $25, instant download.
Not sure yet? Start with our free Container Dimensions Guide.