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Containers for conversion and building projects
For buyers who will cut, insulate and fit out the box. The shell you start with decides the cost of everything that follows.
At a glance
Decide before you source
- Height: 40' high cube gives roughly a foot more interior height, which matters once floor, insulation and ceiling are added.
- Shell: straight walls and corner posts, no twist, and a roof without deep dents. Dents are cheap to ignore on a store and costly in a fitted room.
- Condition and origin: one-trip units are the cleanest start; used units need more checking and more preparation.
- Floor: most container floors are treated timber. Decide whether you keep it, seal it or replace it before you plan the fit-out.
- Openings: where doors, windows and cut-outs go, because every cut removes strength and must be reinforced.
- Programme: how many units, how they arrive and where they are fitted out, at your workshop or on site.
Grade follows the use, not the other way round
For a site office or a workshop, a sound used box can be a good, economic start. For a unit that will be a customer-facing space, a one-trip or very clean unit saves time on repair and finishing. A damaged box is only attractive when the damage is in a part you will cut away or replace.
Tell us the end use when you register. A well described project lets us look for the right grade rather than the cheapest one.
What to check before you cut
Look at the floor and the underside for rot, at the roof for standing water marks, at the corner posts and rails for damage, and at the doors for alignment. Ask about the container's earlier cargo, because a used box can carry residues, and about any chemical treatment of the floor before you plan interior use.
Structural changes, such as large openings, stacking or joining units, should be checked by an engineer before work starts. Planning and building rules differ by country, and permission may be needed for a fitted unit on a plot.
Sourcing a batch of identical units
Modular projects work best with a series of units of the same size and grade. A series can be sourced as one lot, or as several lots agreed up front with the same specification. We propose lots that fit the specification and tell you when the market cannot provide the full series at once.
Delivery to the workshop or the site
Delivery is coordinated with the agreed lot and quoted with the terms. State whether units go to your workshop or directly to the site, and how they will be unloaded. Moving a fitted unit later is a different job from moving an empty box.
Register your project
Describe what you will build
Two short steps. Your request is saved after the first.
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