Insulation Arrives Today

I ordered Foil/Foam/Foil type insulation for the container last week. The huge roll of insulation arrived today. I went to Home Depot yesterday and bought the wood furing strips which will be glued to the container walls and ceiling. The insulation will be stapled to the furing strips. Don't know if the storm will let me get to this task before the next cold spell or not.

Window Installed

Phil installed a window next to the door of the container. It is 5' tall, 26" wide. We are expecting a rainstorm/snowstorm tonight or tomorrow and wanted to get the door installed before cold weather sets in again. The frame of the window was completed in Phil's workshop at home last night and brought to my property for installation. Work was done using the truck headlights since I don't have electricity for lighting. The window looks great. Now the entire front of the container resembles a regular house. I now need to paint the window side of the front. I will send pictures later.

Winter Arrives

Returned from Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. It is unusually cold here. Thursday temperature high only 53 degrees F. The night temperature went down to 17 degees F with a wind chill of only 5 degrees F. My container still is not insulated. I did NOT stay in the container thursday night - stayed in a motel room for the night. Today it is a little warmer but still well below average. Used the portable heater for first time last night. Set it on floor and then on table. The heat escaped as soon as it was produced. I then set the heater in the ceramic pot that I had intented to used as a fidge - fridge was not needed last night. That setup worked a lot better and got the container warmer. I bought a 0 degree sleeping bag yesterday and did not feel the cold until I had to get up to go to the toilet -- BRRRRRRR! When the sun came up the container warmed up quickly, but a lot of condensation formed on the ceiling. Need to figure out an inexpensive insulation system to prevent the condensation.