SHIPPING CONTAINERS

Taking a look inside a storage shipping container.

smiling family opening front door to house with father carrying box

Storage Carlisle® provide affordable, superb quality and cost effective ways to store belongings and goods. Be it household goods, complete house removals, business, builders and trade storage.

Our containerised storage units are family friendly - they are easy to operate.

We have an extensive selection of storage units to suit your needs down at the Rome Street Depot in Carlisle.

Shipping containers are a great way to store domestic contents. They can actually hold around 30 tonne of goods and are designed to go around the world with ease. Using them on storage facilities means your items are kept clean dry all year round.

This page is a quick example of what to expect from such a container at Storage Carlisle. We only use excellent quality units, mainly "one trip" units.

Shipping containers have rubber seals to ensure they are water and wind tight and also have trickle vents. Storing furniture and goods all year round in "one trip" container units are superb value for money.

We have a full range of jumbo, full size and half size containerised units all on the ground floor for ease of entry. With prices starting from as low as £2 a day, we provide cost effective ways meeting your needs.

There is no negotiating lifts, staircases and clumsy passageways - just walk or drive right up to your storage unit at Storage Carlisle ® today.

Family friendly sites and friendly staff ready to take your call.

storage units at rome street depot

These superb mini storage units are a cheaper option to a full sized unit - half size units can be perfect for those that need to store less. Affordable (Call for best spot price), clean and based on our secure facility.

lady using a smart phone
inside a shipping container
roof of container

Based in the centre of Carlisle, getting to us is very easy! You can drive your van while you store on our site. Our sites are designed for HGV's. We've ample of parking space and being open 24/7, even on weekends just makes the whole process so much easier.

Remember - we've a complete range of sizes of container units available to suit your budget. From the smallest units capable of storing a garden shed worth of items in a clean, dry environment to storing an entire house contents all year round.

lorry on a storage container site
floor of a shipping container
side of a shipping container

Take a look at our superb range of shipping containers.

This is rather educational! Storage Carlisle ®, based in Carlisle, Cumbria on the Rome Street Depot have an extensive facility which holds shipping container units of varying sizes.

The most common sizes are 8 foot long, 10 foot long and 20 foot long.

Weatherproof seals and superb flooring together with clean roofs and walls makes storing your items a pleasurable experience.

Shipping containers are of sturdy construction with a right and left hand door to enable bulky and awkward items to be stored easily.

Check out our photographs of what to expect of our units - we keep our units in excellent order.

If you want to learn a bit more about container units, why not take a look at our What Size & Fun Facts page which gives a little more in depth and explains the history and economics of container units.
household furniture inside a storage unit

Why not pay us a visit today, or alternatively, take a look at our Home page.

ⓘHow heavy are shipping containers?

Educational facts about shipping container weights.

 

8 foot storage containers weigh around 1.02 tonne and hold up to 5 tonne.

10 foot storage containers weigh around 1.25 tonne and hold up to 9 tonne.

20 foot storage containers weigh around 2.00 tonne and hold up to 29 tonne.

20 foot Hi Cube containers weigh around 2.30 tonne and hold up to 28 tonne.

 

A closer view of inside of our storage units.

20 foot ISO shipping container for self storage

These superb range of 20 foot container units store the contents of a three bedroom house easily and efficiently.

shipping container one trip with clean floor

Excellent, good clean storage units are important. Note the trickle vents on the sides, and the polished flooring.

locking mechanism on a shipping container

The locking mechanism and rubber seals are actually intended for use across the sea when used for transportation purposes. On a self storage facility such as ours on the Rome Street Depot, Carlisle, they are easy to operate and all sited at ground floor level giving 24/7 access.

vent holes and cargo tie points inside a shipping container

Above: Here we have the many vent holes and also tie down points for cargo which are situated on the roof and at floor level - although these tie down points are not used in self storage, it shows the quality and design of these container units intended to carry cargo across continents.

an immaculate excellent quality shipping container unit for self storage
an open shipping container showing the inside

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