Random Picture Thread

The container is well anchored to the ground, strapped to reinforced concrete piers that go a couple meters (over five feet) into the ground. The intent is sort of dual purpose. A spare room that can be an above ground storm shelter/safe room. Therefore only two small windows and a steel door, hinges and strike plate bolted to the steel sides. With the two windows and door open as well as the end doors, there is plenty of air flow through the structure. I don't know if it would survive an F5 tornado, but those are quite rare in Milam County, Texas. They had one a few counties over to the west in Jerrell in 1997.
One of the four corners.

The inside without furnature.

Building the roof.

 

In a roundabout way I'm reminded of a story my granddad told.

A fellow engineer at Bechtel swore that someday his office would have wood panelling and in response my granddad gave him a framed section of paneling.

 

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I wasn't saying the container cabin is an example of good architecture, I was just saying it looked better with the hip roof then without.

Maybe there's some incomprehension here by not knowing the architectural term "hip roof".

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"hip roof" means "a roof with the ends inclined, as well as the sides" . . :idea:

For example like in the sentence "In the spirit of the colonial revival they replaced the Victorian era mansard roof by a hip roof with dormers."

So "hip" in the used context doesn't mean "fashionable / stylish / popular / all the rage / in fashion / in vogue / up-to-the-minute" as in "following the latest fashion, especially in popular music and clothes" or for example like in the sentence "in some quarters it's becoming hip to seem architecturally conscious".

BTW, there are two Dutch words for the English term "hip roof" they are "schilddak / schildkap".

But, since this is the random picture thread, and I've mentioned a mansard roof, here's a picture of that as well . .

So here a barn with a mansard roof in the ghost town Jerome (1992) in Arizona in the USA . . ​

<< Edit: added SamSam ---> ‘‘ mansard roof is not correct, the barn has a gambrel roof ’’ >>​

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-- Vampire Weekend -- Mansard Roof Song --​

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Vampire Weekend - "Mansard Roof"​

Next is a Dutch song by Peter Koelewijn about a roof somewhere . . ​

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Kom Van Dat Dak Af = Get Down From That Roof ---> Lyrics​

 

@Angelique,

Thanks for the elaborate response. I agree the container looks better with a hip roof.
And indeed I wasn't familiar with the expresion Hip-roof.
It's hip to be square seems to be appropriate in case of a container cabin.
https://youtu.be/LB5YkmjalDg?t=41
Huey Lewis And The News - Hip To Be Square


Since we both speak english and dutch:
Dank U wel.

See you.

 

If you need the lights turned on in daytime with the doors closed, it probably needs at least one more window I'd say.

 

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Jargon and Slang are difficult things in a foreign language, so it could be Huey meant square¹ as in square² and like in square³, but then turning it upside down again . .

So I have to agree^dance with Huey^lyrics, Hip To Be Square^dance, and for the container cabin and the house in the background a hip roof is also a wise choice . . . :idea:

A hip roof has an aerodynamic shape, of all roof types the hip roof together with the tented roof have the best resistance to winds, and therefore they're often used in stormy areas, as is the case with Jolly's application . . .

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Hip roof _ _ _ _ _ Tented roof _ aka: _ square hip roof _ / _ pyramid roof _ _ _ _ _ Gable roof​

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Hip roof ---> advantages and disadvantages​

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Here's a hip roof on a varied plan, "h" denotes a hip, "v" denotes a valley.​

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P.S. - Edit: added the above ‘‘square’’ info, as I didn't had time to complete the post yesterday night.

 

Yes, in the colder months when the doors are buttoned up, it is a little dark in the bedroom end. However, it is usually not occupied much during daylight hours. If the bathroom door is left open it does let a little more light into the main room, but there goes any privacy. The walls are insulated on the inside and one day the outside will get some sheathing to add a few Rs of insulation. Two small built in electric space heaters, one in each room, do keep it warm enough. This is still the "South" after all. Hot water is provided by a small electric flash water heater. Fixtures and appliances are reused hand me downs from the main house and another structure. This photo was taken while standing in the shower stall. Like I said, its cozy. Not meant to be elegant, just functional.

 

"Pitched Roof," in English.

Poida

 

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Yes, in general for steep pitched tented roofs, and maybe for all hip roofs in Oz English . . . ? ? - Anyway, I've added it to post #7459.

 

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That brings back memories about an Angel who flew too soon, Kate Wolf died in 1986, at age 44, after a long battle with acute leukemia, so sad . . .

Here's Kate's tribute to the heydays and the nowadays ghost town of Jerome, as performed by Joel K. at the Swallow Hill Hootenanny on 12/2/2011..

Kate Wolf's - Old Jerome - by Joel K. ​

Next is Kate herself . . .

Kate Wolf - Green Eyes ​

Can't help it, but the sound of "Green Eyes" reminds me a bit of Jerry Hannan & Eddie Vedder's "Society" . . .

Eddie Vedder - Society ​

Next is supposed to be a sequence of 70 song of Kate Wolf by herself, but I don't know yet if they all will play . . . *

Kate Wolf - a sequence of 70 songs ​

Edit: added ---> * I know now, some of the 70 songs are skipped, but the playlist sequence carries on . . ​

 

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She happens to go with a sea container like pony shed picture, so here's Sierra Hull . . . - (what's in the name . . . )

Sierra Hull - "Black River" - Old Settler's Pop-Up Session ​

Next is supposed to be a sequence of 26 song of Sierra Hull by herself, but I don't know yet if they all will play . . .

Sierra Hull - a sequence of 26 songs (it starts with the same one as posted above)​

 

Surfing a dirt bike...

seriously nuts...

 

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A little moisture somewhere in the ignition would sink the bike I guess, as I don't see much buoyancy there, would be good for the other recreationists though . .

 

It's completely a planning system. Slow down and you sink and swim.

 

I always thought this was a Mansard roof, with 4 sloping sides...

and the barn above has a gambrel roof, with 2 sloping sides and 2 ends, such as here...



That pen and ink drawing is from one of Eric Sloane's books. He has a number of books on Early Americana stuff, full of pen and ink illustrations and very good explanations about them.