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👉 New and Used Containers in 8ft, 10ft, 12ft, 20ft, 40ft and Custom lengths. Portsmouth Shipping Containers Provided Across South East for Sale or Hire.

👉 Portsmouth Portable Office Cabins, South East Modular Buildings and Hampshire Steel Containers fabricated to any size provided. Container Site Works, Repairs and Modifications Undertaken covering Portsmouth, Southampton, Temple, Bisham, Bigfrith, Rotten Row, Bockmer End, Cookham Rise, Cookham Dean, Cookham, Bovingdon Green, Pheasants Hill, Marlow Common, Marlow, Lower Woodend, Winter Hill plus surrounding Hampshire areas.

South East Container, Steel Container Portsmouth, Modified Container, second hand and new with the options of High Cube, Grafo-therm, Tunnel, Repainting, Chemical Store, Loading, Unloading, South East Delivery and so much more – with Portsmouth Cost-Saving Prices. Just get in touch for more details, availabilities and a quick quote.

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Our Shipping containers for sale are available in Portsmouth, South East including Southampton, Temple, Bisham, Bigfrith, Rotten Row, Bockmer End, Cookham Rise, Cookham Dean, Cookham, Bovingdon Green, Pheasants Hill, Marlow Common, Marlow, Lower Woodend, Winter Hill

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Portsmouth Shipping and Storage Containers for Sale and Hire

Shipping containers start their life journey as enormous packing boxes for a diverse range of goods that eventually reach our shores. The Portsmouth containers are hard-wearing because they are made to deal with severe weather conditions whilst carrying large and heavy cargo all around the world, this truly makes them a perfect fit not only for shipping but for home and business storage or as a a start point for a unique container project. These steel containers are made available as new or used units and we have large stocks currently available in Portsmouth and South East.

Used Shipping and Storage Containers in Portsmouth and South East

Used steel containers are available in a variety of sizes, as standard, we can provide 10ft, 20ft and 40ft used containers throughout Portsmouth and South East. However, our ability to modify containers means that we can provide used containers in any size to suit your needs.

What does used South East shipping container mean?

Used containers in Portsmouth have been owned by a number of years by a shipping line who have used the containers on a number of occasions to ship goods around the UK. A used container enters the market when the contract with the leasing company has expired.

Used containers are usually at least 10-12 years old, however, their age should not influence your buying decision, the grade, or quality should.

Our used containers are checked upon entering and before leaving our storage depots. They are weather proof and although they may not look too pretty, we still expect them (with the right upkeep) to last you around 10 years.

Security features can easily be added to used shipping containers. A lockbox is a steel shroud that is welded to the container doors, a steel lug is located inside the lockbox which houses a high security padlock. We can recommend the best padlock to use with your lockbox.

3J Services deliver new and second hand Portsmouth steel containers for sale and converted containers through Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East & the UK. They are great for South East domestic or Portsmouth commercial storage, portable building, portable office, dry room, security hut, construction site cabins, South East portable kitchen, Portsmouth turnstile cabin and much more. 3J Services containers are Robust, Weather-proof, Highly secure, New or Used, can suit a variety of budgets, Easily Modified.

New Shipping and Storage Containers in Portsmouth and South East

The new container has been manufactured and built (most likely in China) and stocked up with cargo, it has then been loaded on a shipping vessel where it has begun its journey around the world with the cargo being loaded and un-loaded as required. The new container has then finished its journey in the UK where the container is emptied and enters the UK domestic market.

New containers are sometimes known as ‘one-way’ or ‘once shipped’ containers.

Aesthetically, they are much neater than used containers, generally speaking they are available in blue or green.

Special Containers in Portsmouth and South East

A wide variety of ‘special’ containers can also be provided, these include

Side Loading Containers for Portsmouth – Available in 20ft or 40ft lengths, these Portsmouth containers have full concertina doors to one 20ft side and to one 8ft end, they make loading large or awkward equipment very simple. These units are usually only available as new.
Dual Side Loading Containers for Portsmouth – Available in 20ft lengths, these rare containers have concertina doors to both 20ft sides and to one 8ft end! They are ideal base units for a conversion project, or for loading awkward equipment. These units are usually only available as new.
High Cube Containers for Portsmouth – Available in 20ft and 40ft lengths, these units have an extra 1ft in height, therefore, as oppose to the usual 8ft 6ins external height of a standard shipping container, these units are 9ft 6ins externally. Whilst 20ft high cubes only tend to be available as new units, or as modified cut downs, 40ft high cubes are usually readily available as new or used units.
Double Door or Tunnel Containers for Portsmouth – Available in 20ft and 40ft lengths, these units have double cargo doors to both 8ft ends of the container, this makes loading and unloading the container very straight-forward as a forklift can unload/load from both ends without having to remove all of the equipment to get to the front of the container. These units are usually available as new, however, used modified units can be fabricated.
High Cube Double Door or Tunnel Containers for Portsmouth – Like a standard double door / tunnel container, these units have doors at both 8ft ends, however, they also provide an extra 1ft in height providing an external height dimension of 9ft 6ins. These units only tend to be available as new, unless modified.
Pallet Wide Containers for Portsmouth – These units tend to be 45ft long and have a slighter larger internal width of 8ft, they were made with the Euro Pallet in mind, and, the extra internal space means that a pallet wide container can load an additional five Euro Pallets to a standard width 45ft container.
Open Top Containers for Portsmouth – Open top containers are available in 20ft and 40ft lengths and can be procured as new or used units. They were designed for extra large pieces of cargo that was simply too high or awkward for a standard container, these units do not have a roof, instead they are covered by a tarpaulin.

40 years of Portsmouth Shipping Container Experience

3J Services have over 40yrs experience in selling Portsmouth containers for a vast range of uses, from moving premises to high-end, complex container modifications and structures. These can be fabricated to any size and can be custom built to match your specific needs.

3J Services provide you professional expertise and advice, take care of your Hampshire storage requirements, helping you along the sales process and making sure that your delivery is done effectively by one of our Hampshire haulage specialists. Typically, our containers are brought to you using a Hiab vehicle which also off-loads your Portsmouth container.

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How to find Portsmouth shipping containers for sale in Hampshire, South East

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Real insights into Portsmouth Modified Containers For Sale

82 feet) The most common containers used in the construction of container homes are the 40 foot containers. The basic response is yes. There are various examples of container homes all over the world. Nevertheless the more complicated response is, it depends where you live! As with any brand-new construction you ought to always call your regional preparation authority prior to committing yourself or spending too much cash.

If for example you live in an area of outstanding natural charm or all the homes around you are standard stone homes and so on you’ll likely find that the organizers will not be extremely responsive towards the concept of a house made out of huge steel boxes. storage containers near me. You’re container house will likewise need to reveal that you comply with fire policies and other building control requirements.

It’s presumed that they’re a cheap approach of building a house as the cost of buying a container is extremely affordable. Nevertheless, just like anything there is an element of you get what you pay for! – lots of older containers will have had a difficult life and might well be twisted or bent.

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No Rust – brand-new containers will have a good coat of fresh paint and ought to be rust free. – if you’re using several shipping containers you’ll desire them to line up perfectly and brand-new containers will. – New Hi-cube 40′ containers can cost around 3,000 – 4,000 however previously owned 40′ containers can be picked up from under 1,000.

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If you require 4 containers the price difference can soar to over 10,000 extremely quickly. – there are great deals of business who can sell you previously owned containers at extremely brief notification from regional stock so you could have it onsite in a matter of days. How hard can it be? You buy a few containers stack them up, eliminated a few doors and windows, weld them together and you’re done, right Not quite! As soon as you cut a hole in a shipping container it loses a lot of its strength and rigidness, and you’re going to need to cut a lot of huge holes unless you desire all your spaces to be 12m long x 2.

4′ x x7. 7′) without any extra windows or doors. As soon as you cut a hole, you’re going to need to strengthen the whole container in order to replace the lost rigidness. storage containers near me. This implies you’ll require to include a lot more steel to your container which’ll require the services of a structural engineer, if you desire to do it right! The next thing you’ll require to consider is condensation.

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Regardless of whether you insulate internally or externally, the insulation truly requires to be touching all the irregular contours of the steel, otherwise the condensation threat increases within the voids that are left. You’ll likewise require to install a good vapour barrier to the warm side of the insulation to prevent moisture coming into contact with the steel of your container home.

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At which point you ‘d get condensation forming which could cause rust to the steel and lower the effectiveness of your insulation. In my viewpoint the best way to insulate a container homes is to use among the closed cell spray foam insulations available. My reasoning for this is the spray foam will bond to the irregular surface of the ribbed steel walls/roof significance there are no air voids for condensation to form on.

Whether you pick to insulate internally or externally is a concern for personal taste. But in either case it requires to be done thoroughly and properly if you desire to prevent rust problems in the future. More affordable I’m on the fence with the one. Building container homes can in theory be less expensive than standard construction.

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– re-using old containers sounds like a great way of re-cycling. But the reality remains that shipping containers are way over crafted to be a home. So you end up eliminating and discarding a lot of steel to then include a lot more steel in order to replace the structural integrity.

– containers are extremely long lasting as they’re designed for usage at sea. the structure of your house could be up in a few days. But only after lengthy engineers reports and enhance works and so on have actually been carried out. Schedule – containers are fairly numerous and simple to get. – as they’re steel they’ll transfer heat extremely quickly, so in hot climates they can overheat and in cold climates they can be extremely cold. You might need to sandblast them to eliminate the paints and replace the plywood floor. – as soon as you cut an opening in your container it’ll lose part of its structural integrity. Implying you’ll most likely need to get an engineer’s report for your regional authorities. Especially if you mean to stack them more than one high.

While I was initially drawn to the concept of container houses being a great way to recycle containers by turning them into houses. The more I researched it the less convinced I was that they’re as green as we like to imagine. I presume by the time you get all your engineers reports and perform all the required enhancing works and create a good jointing detail to sign up with the containers I ‘d be astonished if they’re much less expensive than a traditional house on the exact same size.

But as a method of providing a roof over your head, they’re definitely compromised and while I applaud anyone who takes one on and is successful, and lots of have, I don’t think they’re for me. Container Houses.

We do not transform old shipping containers for people to live in. We produce brand name brand-new container houses to an ensured build standard, backed by a 10-year structural guarantee. Your home is designed, from the ground up, to be a home, unblemished by seawater or contents that could have undermined its structural integrity.

Our container housing systems are purpose developed and not converted shipping containers. Unlike old shipping containers, a MAC container home has a solid steel, sealed floor. The underside of a typical shipping container The underside of a bespoke MAC container home The roof of a MAC container home is of pressure-bowed construction, so that the centre of the roof is slightly raised to permit rainwater run-off.

Corrugated Smooth-sided Any colour you like as long as it’s MAC. Our container homes are painted with a one-coat, Hempel chlorinated, rubber-sealed paint system. You have a choice of no less than 197 colours, providing an exceptional finish that you can alter or retouch later on with regular paint. The UV values of a MAC container home are usually as good or better than a traditionals equivalent.

We can likewise soundproof your container house. From outside paint colours to window placement to wallpaper. We can embellish your home, just the way you like it. We can adapt your home for ease of access for the comfort and benefit of elderly or handicapped people. We can assist with every aspect of your container housing requirements.

We deliver your brand-new container house prepared to live in, with all your options of finish and layout fitted at the factory.

We pride ourselves that the shipping containers we provide are of the best quality and highly affordable. We provide a series of containers for nearly every possible application. storage containers near me. From 6ft, a container can be used for motor bike or garden storage all the way to 45ft beasts which could even be customized into a pool, the limit is only your imagination.

With our vast variety of sizes you can likewise pick the colour and level of usage from brand name brand-new, one trip or under 10 years used. Along with our ‘just a container’ service we provide a bespoke and customised choice for all of our containers. You can just pick the colour, pick a specific colour of your option and even deal with our creative team to build a genuinely bespoke construction.