Container Storage

27col

One of the most brilliant inventions of the 20th century.

rgannon4

Furts wrote: »

This may seem random but do a Google search on Queenstown, New Zealand. After the earthquake a few years ago this became container land. There is shopping arcade built out of shipping containers, shipping containers are used elsewhere as retaining walls, they are used stacked beside roads to give traffic protection from rock falls, indeed some people were living in them. There is a vast array of colours, cladding, openings, windows and doors.

And also follow a rule of thumb from the construction industry. Always try to avoid hireing a shipping container, or a site storage shed, or a secure lock up steel shed. Plant Hire is great but not for these items. The answer is to buy them.

Extraordinary buildings in Queenstown! Thanks for the advice - I'm putting my order in to purchase next week

patman99

If you do buy yourself a container for storage, do what an old workmate of mine did.

He managed to get hold of some old chain-saw proof trousers via a tree surgeon. He then made up a double-skinned cover box (open at the bottom) to cover the padlock. By stuffing the gap between the 2 skins of the box with the inards of the trousers, he made a very effective anti-theft system.

A while after he installed the box, a couple of !!!!!! tried to cut the box off with a petrol cutter. When it hit the layer of trouser lining, the blade shattered and caused the theiving scum some severe damage (judging by the amount of blood splattered around the scene).

nobulljusttruth

recently saw a advert of ebay for stone finish on containers. Might still be oin there