10Ft Customised Container Stylish Pop-Up Bar

Description

A 10ft container converted into a pop-up bar that separates the two jobs a serving face has to do. A full-width gas-strut hatch lifts as a canopy over the counter and holds itself open, and behind it a set of steel security shutters locks the unit down flat at close of trade. Inside there is a polished timber bar counter with under-counter space for bottle fridges, an insulated ply-lined shell and a complete electrics package with an external inlet.

Dimensions

• External: 2.991 × 2.438 × 2.591 m (9 ft 10 in × 8 ft 0 in × 8 ft 6 in)
• Internal: approximately 2.84 × 2.35 × 2.39 m (9 ft 4 in × 7 ft 9 in × 7 ft 10 in)
• Serving face: full-width gas-strut hatch with separate steel security shutters

Why the hatch and the shutters are two separate systems

Most container bars use one hinged panel to be both the canopy and the security. It never does both well: heavy enough to be secure means two people and a prop to open it, and light enough to lift single-handed means it is not really securing anything. Here the gas-strut hatch is sized purely to be raised by one person and to stay up on its own as a canopy, and the steel shutters behind it are sized purely to keep people out overnight. Opening and closing stops being a two-person job at either end of a shift.

Set up for real service

• Polished timber counter. A proper working bar surface at pouring height, not a shelf bolted to the underside of a hatch.
• Under-counter space. Sized for bottle fridges or bar stock, keeping cold stock within reach and the served side clear.
• Insulated and ply-lined. Keeps the temperature steady for trading through the year, and keeps condensation off glassware and stock.
• Electrics with external inlet. Sockets and lighting are already in, so the unit plugs in the moment it lands, which counts for a lot when site power turns up late.

Upgrades worth specifying at build

Plumbing for sinks is the most common addition, and usually the one your local authority environmental health team will ask about if you are serving drinks in glassware. Fold-down counters add serving surface on the customer side when it gets busy, decking outside marks out where the queue stands so it does not spill into a walkway, and a branded wrap over the chosen RAL finish turns the bar into the centrepiece of an activation rather than a serving point at the edge of it.

Delivery, siting and cover

Delivery is free anywhere in the UK, including Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, and the price shown is the total payable — no VAT is added at checkout. Site it with the hatch opening into your customer space and enough clearance in front for the canopy to swing up unobstructed, then check the standing bears at all four corners so the shutters run true in their tracks. A 10ft unit reaches courtyards, beer gardens and rooftop terraces that a 20ft delivery cannot; where a crane or HIAB offload is required, that is agreed in writing before delivery. Conversion workmanship is covered for 12 months, and separately you have 14 days to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 and a 30-day right to reject the goods if faulty under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

Other serving units to weigh up

Prefer a steel awning to a gas-strut hatch? That is the 10ft bar container. Where the crowds are bigger and the serving run longer, the 20ft converted container bar copes better, and a partitioned back-of-house area comes built into the 20ft customised container kiosk. Related conversions are gathered in the modified container range — or simply tell us your layout.