View ChannelsFeatured: Fireplaces
View ShowroomsFeatured: KnobsandHardware.com - Decorative Har...

BobVila.com

Home

Strong, Affordable Storm-Ready Housing Project

Bartlett Park Shipping Container Home Video

Bob is back in Bartlett Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, where they are helping to revitalize the neighborhood by building a new home out of four steel shipping containers. Bob recaps the shipping container story from the previous episode and tells how the stem-wall foundation was poured especially to receive these steel building units that are welded in place for maximum connection. On this show, Bob will explain how the roof truss system is constructed and tied down onto the structure to resist wind uplift and damage during a hurricane or high-wind event. He'll also learn more about the PGT impact-resistant windows being installed to combat damage and building failure from wind-borne debris.

Additional Bob Vila Showrooms
• ZN Custom Building - Modular Homes
• Radiantec - Radiantec Solar heating systems for home heat
• DR® Power Equipment - DR® FIELD and BRUSH MOWER – Take Control of Your Property!
• Radiantec - Radiantec radiant floor heating: Experience, affordability, efficiency & service
• TOTO USA - Elegant, technologically-advanced plumbing fixtures that perform!
• Sears - Kitchen Cabinet Remodeling and Refacing

Carpentry, Construction & Materials
• Barrow Construction - home building and general contracting services.
• Simpson Strongties - building safer structures with bolts, clips, straps, plates, tie-downs, and fasteners.
• Tampa Armature Works - converting steel shipping containers into building units.

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.

> View All Product Resources


	Other Video Clips from this Episode

	NOW PLAYING Bartlett Park Shipping Container Home Bob is back in Bartlett Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, where they are helping to revitalize the neighborhood by building a new home out of four steel shipping containers. Bob ...
	Securing the Roof-Truss System Bob talks with Bill York and Rob Davis of FLASH (Federal Alliance for Safe Homes) about the construction of a storm-resistant roof system built with roof trusses. Bob reviews ... Watch video and view full description
	Installing Impact-Resistant Windows Bob talks with Stephen Hugh of Clearwater Window and Door Installation about membrane flashing that has been applied between the joint of the steel frame and the steel skin that ... Watch video and view full description
	Historic Neighborhoods of St. Petersburg Bob visits the historic neighborhoods and parks of St. Petersburg, Florida, starting with Roser Park, known as "the neighborhood a cookie built" because its founder, Charlie Roser, had sold his ... Watch video and view full description
	Revitalizing Bartlett Park, Florida Bob stresses the importance of careful planning, vision, creativity, and homeowners' pride of place in creating a sustainable neighborhood. St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services (SPNHS) is encouraging first-time home buyers ... Watch video and view full description