Variety of Containers For Short and Long Term Storage Purposes
Space is very crucial in a growing office or a fully fledged home. Your living space or office space may have cupboards and racks but these may prove insufficient over time. Besides, you have things you do not need to use frequently but which, nonetheless, you wish to preserve. You can dispose the extra stuff or come up with creative ways of storage within your home or office. But the most effective one is to buy storage containers that will not only free up space inside your home, but also keep it secured within the durable containers. Even industries need safe, secure storage spaces for excess inventory. The answer is storage containers available in a variety of sizes and materials for short and long term storage.
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Storage Container Material
You can either buy or hire the types of storage containers. If it is for a long term storage, you are better off buying a strong, steel storage unit. It will keep you worry free. For short term purposes you can hire the size of container you need to meet your immediate requirement. You can buy or hire containers in various materials such as:
- Plastics and fiberglass
- Steel in normal thickness and secure container in extra thick steel with secure locks
- Plywood containers
- Containers with inner lining in plywood or other materials
- Containers with inner partitions
- Special purpose containers with bottom hopper type outlet with a valve connection for liquid storage and industrial processes usually made of steel or plastics with a suitable MS angle support structure.
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Storage container sizes
People hire or buy discarded 20 ft and 40 ft shipping containers for bulk storage. However, not everyone needs that large a unit. Depending on your need you can opt for a size that is right for your storage needs. The most common sizes in use are:
- 4 ft x 3.3 ft x 6.5 ft height with high security door bar lock and lever mechanism, heavy duty hinges, fabricated from 18 gauge galvanized steel sheets. This has a storage volume of 80 cubic feet.
- Similar containers differ in size, ranging from 4x3.3 ft in width and depth to 7.3 x 6.3 and 10 x 8 ft with a height of about 6.5 feet and volumes from 80 cubic feet to 440 cubic feet.
- 5 ft x 8 ft x 7 feet height
- 8 ft x 7.3 ft x 7.5 ft height – length may vary from 8 to 10 to 20, 30 and 40 ft.
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Applications
These storage containers find good use in homes, industries and commercial offices. To mention just a few of the uses to which you can put these storage systems:
- If you are renovating or remodeling your home, you can hire a large enough container to temporarily store your furniture and other household goods safe and secure.
- If you are relocating you can hire storage containers of the required size in which you can stack all your household materials. It saves you the trouble of packing each item into separate corrugated boxes besides being affordable.
- You may need to create extra space in your house. Simply buy steel storage container with safety features and keep it out in the yard, packed with things that are precious but not of everyday use.
- Offices can create more space by packing and storing all their documents as well as infrequently used equipments in such storage devices.
- Industries use storage containers to store inventory and raw material securely, fully protected against theft as well as the elements.
- Even agricultural and food processing units can hire temporary storage solutions for seasonal use.
Home owners and office owners as well as industries find storage containers immensely useful in freeing up space inside their premises. Buying or hiring storage containers is a simple enough online process.
