Shipping container shop ideas
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From: Tucson Arizona
Where can a person acquire one of these containers? Could you bury one for underground storage? It seems to me that if you can stack them up to ten high you could bury one and have hidden storage. I could get rid a lot of stuff from my shop and have a place to work.
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We have places all along I-5 that sell them. I imagine anyplace close to a shipping port would be a good place to look. I heard that if they get more than a 1/4" out of square, they can't be used for shipping. The last couple we bought were out of Washington state.
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Just had a 40 ft x 9'6' tall "High Cube" delivered now that my yard is dried out enough to drive on.
Only 1800 bux and all it needed was a shot of Kroil on the door hardware.
The extra height is absolutely worth it.
I'll be installing a rail and side or roof venting per the suggestions in this thread, and running conduit and possibly ventilation ducting near the ceiling since the height allows it. Another container and trusses will follow later this year.
Thanks for all the inputs.
Only 1800 bux and all it needed was a shot of Kroil on the door hardware.
The extra height is absolutely worth it.
I'll be installing a rail and side or roof venting per the suggestions in this thread, and running conduit and possibly ventilation ducting near the ceiling since the height allows it. Another container and trusses will follow later this year.
Thanks for all the inputs.
Last edited by monckywrench; Mar 4, 2004 at 01:53 PM.
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From: Canada
Anyone think of stacking a couple of these on top of eachother and cutting a staircase into them? Just reading the different ideas people have done with these I thought I'd add this one in....I'm thinking it would be great to stack two of these and put them up against the back of a 30-40ft wide double garage. This would be great got parts/ rarely used tools or have the lower on an extension of your garage shop and the upstairs an office or storage area.
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From: Friendswood TX
Hey, I don't know about the code weenies, but if they let you put up a temporary (Morgan) shed, because it is portable, then put your container on railroad ties and surround it with lansdcaping. Here in the Houston area red tip photinias make a cool blind. Also, consider for the hot months building a tin roof that covers the box and provides an air gap. Maybe use one of those modular car ports outta the formed sheet metal. That might cut down the radiant heating component.
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