Pardon the intrusion to the learned circle, but I feel I must chime in.
Container prices, especially 20ft units have been climbing in price over the last year.
Pick a good one.
Before it arrives put down 6" minus stone where the corner will go, in liberal piles about 4 ft in diam and about 2 ft high. This should be tamped as it is put down to achieve this height
Make up some forms and cast yourself a cube of concrete about 2ft square and about 18" tall.
Once on site have the container placed on top of the stone piles.
Then using a jack, raise the container and "slide" the concrete cubes under the corners. Use wood or preferably steel plate to shim the unit level. now you have a generous air gap underneath and somewhat level
Next clean the roof of any loose paint and apply roofing tar sealer.
Take a couple of moulded roof vents from the local hardware store and either in the sides or the door, where ever you have a large flat space, cut an opening to surface mount it. Put metal screen material over the opening and then using self tapping screws and a generous spooge of a propietary sealant screw the roof vent on.
Now you have a breathable rodent free storage unit with no building permission required as it is a "temporary" structure under most municipality building codes.
Keep container mounted on the corners is how they were designed to be used. If you keep air flow underneath the floor support beams last a whole lot longer.
Keep vegetation down removes moisture as well.
We have 4 on site and they are all mounted like this.
The two that were shot with a matte green paint blend in against the trees behind quite nicely from 500 metres.
Will try to post some pictures between making hay and building a dry stone wall this week.
R
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