20ft Used Shipping Container – Matte Black w/ 12 Side Roll-Up Door

Description

A used 20ft container repainted in matte black and cut for a 12 ft roll-up door in the right-hand side panel. Twelve feet is a substantial opening — more than half the length of the container — and it is what separates this unit from every end-door box: a forklift can drive at the load square-on rather than reaching down a 6 m tunnel. The original cargo doors remain at the end and still operate, so long items can still go in the conventional way.

Dimensions

• External: 6.06 × 2.44 × 2.59 m (19 ft 11 in × 8 ft 0 in × 8 ft 6 in)
• Internal: 5.90 × 2.35 × 2.39 m (19 ft 4 in × 7 ft 9 in × 7 ft 10 in)
• Side roll-up door: 3.66 m wide (12 ft), right-hand side panel
• End cargo doors: 2.34 × 2.28 m clear opening (7 ft 8 in × 7 ft 6 in)

Condition and finish

• Wind and watertight grade — no holes, no leaks
• Fresh matte black exterior coating
• Clean, dry interior ready for immediate use
• Original cargo doors operating smoothly on their locking bars
• 12 ft roll-up door in a framed side aperture

What a 12 ft side opening actually changes

Loading a standard container is a sequence: everything goes in through one end, in the order it will come out in reverse. A 12 ft side opening breaks the sequence, because any position along most of the container’s length can be reached directly from outside. In practice that means a forklift places pallets rather than pushing them, stock can be rotated without unloading what is in front of it, and two people can work at different points of the container at once.

It is worth being clear about the trade-off. Removing that much side panel is a significant intervention in a structure where the corrugated walls carry load, which is why the aperture is framed. A unit modified this way is best treated as a sited store rather than something to be stacked or repeatedly lifted.

Where a side-opening 20ft earns its keep

• Tool and equipment storage that a forklift has to reach from the side
• Fabrication bays and workshops set up on site
• Retail, market and event setups trading from the side opening
• Farm and estate storage for feed, implements and machinery

Delivery, siting and cover

Delivery is free across the UK, taking in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey, and there is no VAT added at checkout — the figure shown is the total payable. Siting this unit is a question of which way it faces: the whole value of a 12 ft side door disappears if it ends up against a boundary, so decide the orientation and hardstanding in front of the opening before delivery is booked. The container arrives on a tilt-bed and needs firm, level ground with a straight approach; a crane offload can be arranged where that is not possible, agreed in writing before delivery.

Wind and watertight is a defined grade, not a loose description — our container condition guide sets out what it covers. As a wind and watertight unit it is covered for three months from delivery against water ingress and door operation, with 12 months on the workmanship of the roll-up door installation. Your statutory rights are separate again: 14 days to cancel under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 and 30 days to reject faulty goods under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

Similar access conversions

Need a second opening? The yellow 20ft container with dual side roll-up doors divides an identical shell into two separate access points; push the same principle out to four doors and you arrive at the 20ft multi-unit storage conversion. For a narrower opening on a shorter shell, look at the 16ft storage container with roll-up door. More repainted and converted units are listed under modified containers.