Barges

Our actually living space is smaller than the size of our home. Our home is built on a barge, which in our case is made out of cement. Yes, cement does float. Hopefully you just learned about this from the word barge above (click on it), or you have some sort of background in science.

The bedrooms are located on the first floor, but in fact that floor is really built about 4 feet above the bottom of the barge. On the front and back there are some large storage spaces that are outside of our home, but inside our barge. There is also a smaller space which runs the side of the house in between the wall of the barge and the wall of the home. Trust me the extra storage is super, but you have to come to terms with the fact that the items you put are there are that much closer to the elements. The main element we are talking about here is salt water.

Since we have only lived through one storm we are pretty sure that water does not collect down in our barge. Just in case we have not put anything on the ground. As this moment we have not had to find a way to get water out of our barge storage area. I am hoping it does not come to that. If it does, trust me our landlord will be getting a phone call. Considering he also uses the storage area, I am thinking that water does not come pouring in. We do have pump on board, but it is used for getting sewage out of our home and into the city sewers, which will be another topic for another time.

Just ask, and we will show you the storage space which gives some insight into how our home was built. Sorry, I have no idea when it was built!