Post #758597 by ErichTroudt on Sat, Feb 6, 2016 12:37 AM

Stevekh,
A structure is a structure. You could add paint it brown, add bamboo, reeding and a fake a frame roof just as easy as you could on a wood building. It would even be easier to add real ship port holes for windows with the steel being strong enough to support them. If you used caulking and the rubber washer screws when screwing into the metal it would guard against leaks.
For the inside you could use the thinner silver insulation to keep the walls thinner and losing space. Your electricity lines could be set back in the groves of the corrugated metal.

If you don't want to decorate the entire outside, many of the old tiki establishments were in regular buildings, with only the doorway representing what was inside. (Think Stephen crane Kon Tiki). That could be an option too

Now just some insight from experience. I spent approx 15 years dealing with shipping props over seas in shipping containers. When you rent one to ship, they are not guaranteed to be air tight, that they won't leak, or that at some point they won't be carried below the water line of the ship.

I have seen mold in the wood floors. I have seen massive amounts of rust damage from the sea water air. I've opened them to find puddles of water. I've seen the roof and doors leak in the rain. I've seen broken welds in the roof lines from them being dropped in port.

Just keep all this in mind and really give it a good inspection if you buy one.