At Secure Store, we have a team of professionals that specialize in the customization of your container. Electricians, plumbers, welders and painters to name just a few.
There are literally hundreds of modifications that we can offer you. Starting with either a new or used container in just about any size (oh, yes, we create custom size containers from 8′-31’as well) we can change it into your personal space.
Many clients are amazed at how affordable storage containers are and Secure Store helps you take it to the next level with a wide variety of customizations.
Whether it is a simple modification for storage purposes or a complete modification for residential or site office applications, we can modify your container.
This is a list of the more widely requested and available options you can have done to your container.
A Lock Box provides enhanced security
Standard Shipping containers come with a set of barn doors that have 4 handles at one end of the container. The barn doors can be locked with a single locked applied to the first handle (or top handle) on the right side doors. This security is usually enough for most applications.
For containers that will be stored in remote areas, on job sites or areas that experience higher levels of crime, Secure Store offers a Lock Box option. Once installed on your container, it locks the two doors together and makes the lock virtually inaccessible to tools, thus offering you more protection.
Only a human hand with a key can fit under the solid-steel welded lock-box and access the lock.
Recommendations: Strongly recommended depending on area
Refresh your used container with a coat of paint!
Refresh the appearance of your new or used container by letting Secure Store paint your container with metal paint. Your entire container will receive a coat of paint on the outside and the interior walls will also be painted a neutral gray colour.
We have a wide range of fashionably trendy colours along with standard colours. Our spectrally measured online colour chart shows you the most frequently requested colours. For specific corporate and Pantone colours, we can custom mix to obtain the best representation of your colour.
Please note that light colours(beige’s and off-whites) and OFFICIAL safety colours (red, orange, yellow, blue) have a small additional charge applied as they require two coats of paint or the paint costs more.
Recommendations: If aesthetics are important, paint your container.
Corporate clients love the billboarding of our containers!
It doesn’t take long for a business to realize that our containers are the equivalent of a portable billboard. Painting your container in your corporate colour and placing your logo and phone number on it is one of the most affordable ways to get noticed and to make your phone ring,
If your looking for maximum impact, our graphics consultants can create a complete wrap for your container that includes images, messaging and full colour graphics. What a statement!
Recommendations: Strongly recommended for business users, rare for personal users.
Enlarged air vents means increased airflow and a reduction of condensation
All of our containers come standard with small air-vents to allow a minimal amount of air to flow through the container. These were sufficient when the container was originally filled to capacity with dry cargo for shipping.
When clients purchase our containers for longer term storage purposes and are not filling them to capacity, Secure Store strongly recommends this modification to allow for greater air-flow through the container.
Venting will reduce the amount of condensation that can occur in a container that is not filled to capacity.
We make these recommendations to protect the contents of your container from the moisture build-up that can occur.
Recommendations: Important for containers not filled to capacity, containers that are being placed in extreme environmental conditions (high humidity areas) and for long-term storage where the barn doors will not be opened for extended periods of time.
Used primarily for our site offices and living quarters, Secure Store offers spray insulation for your container. By applying up to 4 inches of spray insulation throughout the container (roof, floor and walls), we are able to achieve an R28 value. We increase this R value by framing and adding additional batte insulation to the interior of the container, similar to many houses. External finishing (siding etc..) can then be installed.
A second situation where spray insulation is recommended (a thin 2 inch layer recommended) for a container is for the interior roof of a container being used for storage. Direct sun-light bouncing off the roof of the container can change the temperature inside the container drastically. Applying spray insulation will reduce the amount of heat build-up and condensation dripping.
Recommendations: Let us know the R value you wish to achieve for the insulation of your container. Mandatory for offices and living quarters and optional (but recommended) for storage applications.
Roll up doors installed with wood separators
Perhaps one of our most frequently requested options is steel roll-up doors used for creating compartments inside your 20′ or 40′ storage container. WE have three sizes available; 6′, 8′ and 10′ doors. We can even install the 6′ doors into the end of the container!
If you are a storage business that wants to expand or an individual that requires separate compartments, this option is a must.
Frequently combined with the roll-up doors is our option to create individual sections within the container for each compartment. Solid walls made from wood or steel can seal each internal compartment.
Recommendations: Your storage needs will determine if you require this option. Many clients will rent out part of their container for storage to assist with purchasing the container. – TO finish of your compartmental storage units, remember to paint your container.
A wide variety of doors available
Our full customization facilities have the ability to install a personnel door into your container. While our largest seller is our steel entry doors (insulated with or without a window) for security purposes, our team can install virtually any type of door (wood, aluminum, fibreglass, French, sliding etc..) into your container. Your preference of an entry door begins your journey into the personalization of your container.
Many clients that utilize their containers for storage will also install a separate personnel door to allow for easier access to the whole container.
Recommendations: Mandatory for living quarters and site offices and recommended for storage containers, shed replacements, automobile storage and easier access to the end of the container.
When it comes to windows, pick your size, type and colour and we’ll install it on your container – where you want it.
Secure Store will install windows into your container. Our standard window is 24 x 36 inches and can be installed anywhere on the container.
Working with our window supplier, we are able to provide you an assortment of colours and styles.
Recommendations: Windows are an affordable alternative compared to electrifying your container. They allow for natural light to enter the container during the day at the opposite end of the barn doors.
Keep things tidy in your storage container with hanging shelves
A common option seen for clients with storage applications, these affordable shelves allow you to store your items off the floor and on the shelves.
Sold initially as a set of 2 brackets, additional brackets can be purchased to extend the shelving. These shelving brackets hang from the internal J-hooks inside the container and require either 4 foot or 8 foot sections (optional) of wood to be placed on the brackets creating the shelves. See picture to left.
The pipe shelving is ready to go and requires no additional wood or other items to be fully functional.
Recommendations: If you prefer to keep things neat and organized, our hanging shelving solution is a must have for your storage needs.
For site offices and living quarters, we provide Ontario Hydro approved electrical connections
Our electrical department can install an Ontario Hydro approved electrical panel to allow for the electrification of your container. When we deliver the container to your site, an electrician connects it to the grid and you’re ready to go!
This option is frequently combined with a complete framing, drywalling, insulation and the installation of light switches and power outlets inside your container. We commonly perform this task for our site offices and living residences. Your application may differ.
Need a simple solution for adding electricity to the inside of your container?
If you are looking for an easy and affordable way to add lights or electrical power to the inside of your container, our build professionals can add a simple access hole anywhere on your container.
Complete with a cover, this access hole allows you to run an extension cord into your container for electrical requirements.
Recommendations: If you need your container to have electricity, we can do it!
For remote locations, our site offices and living quarters can be powered with generators. Heat and cooling too!
Similar to above, our electrical department can install an Ontario Hydro approved electrical panel to allow for the electrification of your container. Instead of connecting to the electrical grid, a gas/diesel generator can be used to power the container.
This option is frequently combined with a complete framing, drywalling, insulation and the installation of light switches and power outlets inside your container. We commonly perform this task for our site offices and living residences. Your application may differ.
Please note that if you are planning on heating and cooling your electrified 20′ container year round, your gas/diesel generator should be in the range of 6500W.
Recommendations: If you are installing your site-office or living quarters in non-hydro serviced areas, this is presently the most reliable solution.
Secure Store is partnering with manufacturers and suppliers to create a free standing “off the grid” living quarter or site office. Interested? Call us and let us know.
Secure Store is currently investigating a completely free standing “off the grid” living container where all heating, cooling, electrical and water is provided without connecting to services.
Solar power, wind power, water capture systems, sanitation, geo-thermal heating and other environmentally friendly solutions are being investigated.
Recommendations: If you are a manufacturer of environmentally friendly systems allowing for “off the grid” living, please contact us at (877) 988-6488
Once your container has been electrified, the sky’s the limit. Start thinking about the following:
Even though Secure Store can offer a complete finished container, most clients will have Secure Store create only the shell of their container. Not only does this keep the price down, it allows the client to choose their finishes and other decorative items.
Recommendations: Remember, we need to transport the container and try not install anything that can be damaged during transport.
Double tube and single-tube fluorescent lighting will light up your container. Prefer other lighting? Let us know, we can do it.
Secure Store offers cost effective fluorescent lighting for our containers whether the application is storage, site office or living quarters. We will install decorative and designer lighting (selected by the client) at their request, but find many clients will do that themselves.
We offer the two standard types of fluorescent lighting.
Our standard double tube fluorescents are more permanent and mounted to a finished ceiling and are commonly used in our site-offices and living quarters.
Our single tube fluorescent lighting is considered temporary (which can be made permanent) and they are adhered to the steel ceiling of the container and plugged into an electrical outlet (generator, extension cord, electrified container. Our single tube lights can also be daisy chained together so that only a single plug will light up your entire container.
Recommendations: We have temporary and permanent lighting solutions for your container. If you are planning on entering one of our containers at night, it’s either a flash light, lantern or our cost effective lighting solutions.
We offer security features such as security bars and pick-proof locks for your site-offices and living quarters.
Secure Store offers the option of adding solid steel security bars over windows, access panels and any other protruding components (eg: air conditioner). These security bars will protect your assets and act as a deterrent for illegal entry.
Recommendations: The area for the delivery of your container usually determines whether security bars are required or not. Your choice.
Some of our professionals at work…
Making the container Wind and Water tight
Welding a new door into the frame
Making room for a shipment of containers
One of Secure Stores used containers grinded and prepared for painting inside and out.
The list is virtually endless.
Secure Store can also provide and install tiles, carpeting, trim, siding, roofing and host of other materials.
Remember, Secure Store offers full customization of your container. If you did not see an option on this list call us at (877) 988-6488 to ask if we can perform YOUR customization.
If you know how you would like your container customized, why not ask for a quote on pricing.
