10ft Bar Container

A 10ft bar container built around a steel awning that does two jobs: raised, it shelters the serving line and the counter beneath it; dropped, it closes the whole serving face to a flat steel wall that locks. That open-and-lock cycle takes minutes, which is what makes the unit workable at festivals and markets where a site has to be secured at short notice. The shell is Corten steel with forklift pockets, a lockbox and a stackable frame, supplied in RAL 5013 blue or any RAL colour you specify.

Dimensions and weight

• External: 2.991 × 2.438 × 2.591 m (9 ft 10 in × 8 ft 0 in × 8 ft 6 in)
• Internal: 2.840 × 2.350 × 2.393 m (9 ft 4 in × 7 ft 9 in × 7 ft 10 in)
• Door opening: 2.342 × 2.280 m (7 ft 8 in × 7 ft 6 in)
• Internal volume: 16 m³ (565 ft³)
• Tare weight: 2,450 kg

Built around the steel awning

What makes a 10ft footprint viable as a bar is the awning. Raised, it turns into a canopy across the serving line: guests stand clear of sun and rain, staff work under cover from the inside, and both the counter and the stock on it stay shaded. Dropped, it secures the unit flat without anything having to be stripped out and carried away. Bars built on trailers or timber frames generally need to be broken down or guarded overnight; this one is closed with a padlock.

Moving it between events

• Forklift pockets. A standard telehandler moves it around site, so no crane is called out every time it shifts.
• Stackable. Between bookings, an operator with several units can stack them for both transport and storage.
• Corten steel shell. Travel, knocks and open-air storage between events do not degrade it the way they degrade a bar built on timber or on a trailer.
• Secure lockbox. Takings and stock stay padlocked away across a multi-day event.
• Floor options. Timber or steel, depending on whether you want warmth underfoot or a surface you can hose.

Branding it

The default finish is RAL 5013 blue, but any RAL colour can be specified, worth specifying where the bar forms part of a brand activation instead of a generic serving point. A sprayed shell holds up better than a wrap over a season of transport and handling, so if the colour is fixed it is better set at build than applied later.

Delivery, siting and cover

Delivery is free UK-wide, including Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, and the price shown is the total payable with no VAT added at checkout. At 2,450 kg empty this is one of the easier units to place: a firm level standing at four corners is enough, and many event sites offload with a telehandler through the forklift pockets rather than booking a crane. Where a crane or HIAB is needed, that is agreed in writing before delivery. Set the unit so the awning opens into your customer space and not into a vehicle route. Workmanship on the conversion carries 12 months of cover, and separately you have 14 days to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 and a 30-day right to reject faulty goods under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

Compare other serving units

Prefer a gas-strut hatch and a fitted timber counter to a steel awning? That build is the 10ft stylish pop-up bar conversion. Bigger crowds and a longer serving run point to the 20ft converted container bar as the step up, and where food leads rather than drink, look at the 10ft container concession stand. Other builds of this kind sit in the specialised container range; to price one up, request a quote.