Shipping Container Parts Storage Layouts

[Lang]

If you are going to have two twenty footers, for a few hundred extra you could have this dome. A lot going cheap at auction (commercial grade) at the moment.

Or you could give them the finger and just put up the little structure in the first photo'
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Lang

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Lang

If you are going to have two twenty footers, for a few hundred extra you could have this. A lot going cheap at auction (commercial grade) at the moment.

Or you could give them the finger and just put up the little structure in the first photo'
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Lang

Hello Lang,

While they are a very good idea - I somehow doubt they would fit into the Council's definition of aesthetics. It would a bit hard to meet the Council requirement of: so as to screen the structure from neighbouring properties . It would take some big mounds of earth to screen those examples Lang!

Hmmmm .... think .... think ... perhaps I should start digging some big holes in the ground! Say ones about 6 Metres long, 2.4 Metres wide x 2.4 Metres Deep. The neighbours won't see them then!....Advice for Preppers Burying Shipping Containers Accessed 1st May 2020 from, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohcXVEu7EU4


Kind regards
Lionel

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

Looks like I will review the earlier suggestion of a mezzanine floor as an interim fix. My existing shed is starting to look more attractive because the good thing about it is that the shed is already there. A mezzanine floor is hidden inside an already fully council approved shed - and only invited guests are allowed in.

The mezzanine floor could utilise Phil Waterman's Special CMP Tools and the Electric Hoist that could serve the purpose of not needing to waste room inside the shed by installing stairs. Plus being able to lift heavier items to the mezzanine. Phil's hoist can be accessed through ...accessed 1st May 2020 from, http://canadianmilitarypattern.com/Tools.html.

Then I could go through the application process of building another shed and use it as a dedicated workshop.

Kind regards
Lionel

[Lynn Eades]

The hole in the ground sounds like a.............pond. The bus is starting to sound good as well. If you put up the big structure that lang suggested, you might offer it to the shire for large concerts etc. that might (no it wont!) pacify them.
I can see why people go down the "forgiveness" verses "permission" path.

[Lionelgee]

Hello All,

After trying to do what should have been a very quick and simple job in my shed I have decided to get a shipping container as an interim measure.

What dimensions for concrete pads would be used to sit a 20 or 40 foot shipping container on?

The arrangement would be something like having the concrete pads positioned inside a timber edge. The timber will retain a layer of weedmat and gravel to prevent weeds growing under and around the container

After today's travails - I want to have everything that is currently stored on the shed floor moved out. If it cannot fit on a pallet rack; or on my shelving units - out the shed doors it goes. Such things as engines mounted on engine stands and dollys. Plus bonnets (engine hoods), truck doors and a ride-on mower.

Stuff I currently have to lean over, move around ... or trip over ... to try and reach something that should be easy to get to that is stored away. I just filled up my swear jar by the way... Plus, the dog and cat are in hiding - while covering their ears.

Kind regards
Lionel

[Matthew P]

Lionel,

The dimension you hear are the OUTSIDE dimensions. So 20 or 40ft long and 8ft wide. The corner pockets are (going from memory here) about 8"x8".

External Measurements: 19ft 10in long; 8ft wide; 8ft 6in high [6.05m long; 2.44m wide; 2.59m high]

https://www.discovercontainers.com/s...er-dimensions/

Hope that helps.
Matt

[Mike Cecil]

Lionel,

A solid Besser block on its side in each corner, dug in almost flush with the ground surface, is all you need to support the container. No need to mix concrete and caste special pads. The gravel only needs to be about a foot or two wide, if you use any at all - under the container (if mounted very close to the ground) does not get light and therefore does not support weed growth, only around the edge, which can be hit with a whipper-snipper (weed whacker) from time to time.

Mike