With the increasing costs of construction and building materials, many people are looking for cheaper storage solutions at home or for their business. While some storage sheds are inexpensive, they may not be large enough for storing everything you want to save. One solution is to buy old shipping containers to hold household items, farm equipment and supplies or seasonal businesses may need them to store merchandise for their busy season.
Using Shipping Containers for Storage
There are several reasons to consider shipping containers as an inexpensive storage option for home or business needs.
Weatherproof Storage
If you want to store items you don’t have room for in your home or place of business, you need to have storage that will hold up to the elements. Even old shipping containers are air and water tight because they’ve had to cross oceans on the deck of ships where they were exposed to sea water, as well as high winds. Anything you store in a shipping container will be safe from exposure, so you can use them to store hay and feed for farm animals, furniture and other household items or, if you have a business, you can store merchandise in them until you stock it on the shelves.
Inexpensive Storage Option
Most companies with shipping containers for sale offer them in a variety of sizes and conditions. While you can always purchase brand new containers to store your belongings in, you can save money by purchasing used containers, which are still as good as new. Instead of paying a few hundred dollars to have a storage shed built or paying a monthly free for self-storage, you can pay a few hundred dollars for a used shipping container and have plenty of room to store any and everything you need to in them for your business or for household items you wish to keep.
Extra Storage Space
Many storage sheds simply do not have much room in them and, if you do buy a bigger shed, you will pay the price for it. However, you can select from a variety of sizes when you purchase a shipping container. While many containers come in eight to 10’ lengths, you can also purchase much longer ones. Some shipping containers are up to 40’ long, with various sizes in between.
Secure Storage Solution
If you have the space for a shipping container at home or at your business, it offers a safe, secure solution for your storage needs because they can be easily locked. You can keep merchandise, furniture or other valuables safe by simply buying a good security padlock for the door of the shipping container. This will help keep people out of the container if you are not at home or when your business is closed for the day.
Since shipping containers are vented, you don’t have to worry about heat ruining the items stored in them. Shipping containers provide an inexpensive solution to your storage needs for your home or business.