Flat Pack Container Houses: Future Direction of Architectural Development

Modularization and integration of buildings are the trends of the times; energy-saving and fast integrated houses are the development direction of future buildings.

Introduction to Flat Pack Container Houses

Flat pack container houses consist of multiple unit modules, making installation, transportation, disassembly, and storage very simple. They are composed of top frame components, bottom frame components, corner posts, and several interchangeable wall panels. Adopting the modular design concept and production technology, a container house is modularized into standard parts, connected by bolts rather than welding in an entire container, which allows for rapid assembly. Depending on the project site conditions, transportation methods can include top-bottom, loose parts, or whole container transportation.

Flat pack container houses use the container as the basic unit, with plumbing, electrical, decoration, and all functional facilities prefabricated in the factory. They can be assembled on-site or lifted as a whole into place for immediate occupancy. They can be used individually or combined horizontally and vertically to create spacious and layered spaces. Additional roof designs, terrace decorations, etc., can be added, making them popular among many users.

Advantages of Flat Pack Container Houses

Modular and Fast Installation

An average of 4 workers can complete the installation of a single container in 3 hours, which can also be moved as a whole after assembly, making it convenient and fast. This allows for several fixed functional room layouts, where the rooms can be flexibly combined 360 degrees according to different usage requirements, forming large spaces, thus becoming standardized products and enabling mass production:

• Flexible combination: Flat pack container house can be used as a single container or combined into an open large space, and can be stacked three stories high vertically;

  
  

• Safe and Durable: The lifespan of flat pack container houses exceeds 15 years, with an 8-degree earthquake resistance and an 11-level wind resistance;

  
  

• Fully equipped: Flat pack container houses can be matched with different roofing, corridors, canopies, and stairs designs. There are also dedicated bathroom and kitchen containers available, and they can be decorated inside and outside as needed.

Highly Integrated

No secondary decoration is needed on-site; Flat pack container houses can be occupied immediately upon lifting into place. They can also be moved as a whole without disassembly, significantly reducing on-site reuse costs.

Low Transportation Cost

After being compressed into a flat pack, every 4 units equate to 1 standard 20-foot container size, saving 3/4 of the freight cost. A 40-foot high cube container can carry 6 units.

Considering the distance to the destination and the convenience of on-site installation, options include whole container transportation, flat pack transportation, or containerized transportation. The houses can also be prefabricated in the factory and then lifted and transported as a whole.

To adapt to long-distance sea transport, the house body is divided into roof, floor, columns, and panels, so several houses can be packaged into the volume of one container for ocean transport, effectively saving long-distance transportation costs.

Requirements for Setting Up Flat Pack Container Houses on Construction Sites

Flat pack container houses can be used to meet various commercial housing needs, such as in bases, businesses, military, real estate sample rooms, youth entrepreneurship groups, house rentals, online celebrity live broadcast rooms, tourism development, etc. Flat pack container houses can be presented in the form of offices, exhibition halls, sales offices, inns, hostels, shopping malls, apartment buildings, enhancing residential comfort. As they are increasingly used in various fields of construction, what are the requirements for setting up flat pack container houses on construction sites?

• Connection bolts between flat pack container house components must be tightened. Bolts must be installed according to design requirements, in the correct position, with washers in place, without missing any installations.

  
  

• Marking the layout lines: Measure and mark positions according to the project's layout plan.

  
  

• The installation positions of each component should meet design requirements, and on-site welding parts should be accurate without false or missed welding.

  
  

• Floorboards should be laid with mortar seats, and if there are cracks between boards, they should not be installed. The cement or fine stone concrete surface should be dense and smooth, without cracks, peeling, or sand issues.

  
  

• According to the design drawings, mark the door and window positions, cut out the openings using a cutting machine, install doors and windows in place, and fasten them with bolts. Door and window positions should open smoothly without obstruction. Glass should be free from pocked surfaces and cracks and should be clean, with accessories properly installed.

  
  

• After on-site welding and transportation, locations where primer has flaked off should be recoated with a layer of anti-rust paint, and exposed parts should be coated with two layers of finish paint, without missing spots, peeling, or overspray.

  
  

• Align the container office and walls according to the layout plan, sealing corners and corners with angle aluminum, and connecting panels with I-beam shaped aluminum. All walls should be vertical, seams uniform in depth and cleanliness, wall surfaces clean and uniform in color, panel seams neat, with nail faces aligned, and no misalignment, using self-tapping screws at locations.

The market is ever-changing, and ZhongTai flat pack container house factory continuously enhances manufacturing technology and improves production equipment, with customer needs as the primary guiding factor. We focus on designing, developing, manufacturing, and sales services of modular houses, providing high-quality and high-performance modular houses to society. ZhongTai flat pack container house factory looks forward to cooperating with you!