Description
Everything about this store is arranged around one constraint: reaching a position a lorry cannot serve. It is fully galvanised, it folds flat, and it goes up in the hand with a socket set — nothing about the build calls for a crane, a forklift or a trade tool. The panels are dimensioned to be carried through a narrow passageway, which is the entire reason the product exists. At 3.88 m long it runs close to a metre deeper than the 3m version, and that metre is normally what decides whether you end up stacking things in front of each other.
Dimensions
- External 3.88 × 2.14 × 2.09 m (12 ft 9 in × 7 ft 0 in × 6 ft 10 in)
- Internal 3.78 × 2.07 × 2.00 m (12 ft 5 in × 6 ft 9 in × 6 ft 7 in)
- Door opening 1.25 × 1.80 m (4 ft 1 in × 5 ft 11 in)
- Floor 15 mm OSB board
The comparison most buyers are actually making
It is not against a shipping container, it is against a sheet-metal garden shed, and the difference comes down to security and structure. A galvanised steel body, proper door gear and a double locking system, all fitted as standard at no extra cost, put this in a different category from a shed that can be opened with a screwdriver. Once erected, the store can be lifted on its own lifting eyes with the cargo still in it, so a later move does not start with emptying it.
Build and features
- Galvanised steel body throughout
- Hand assembly with a socket set; nothing specialist, no lifting plant
- Panel sizes chosen to clear a narrow passageway
- Double locking system included as standard
- Lifting eyes, so a loaded unit can be moved without emptying it
- Joins along a side or end to end into bigger open-plan storage
- Folds back down flat when it is not wanted
- Security pack — locking bar and padlock — free on online orders
- Twelve months’ cover on the unit as supplied new
Where a galvanised store goes that a container cannot
Every panel arrives on somebody’s shoulder, so the siting list looks nothing like the one for a delivered steel box: rear gardens, courtyards, basements, walled school grounds, rooftop plant areas. The unfinished galvanised skin is the sensible specification when the unit lives outdoors permanently and corrosion resistance counts for more than appearance. It is modular as well — units join along a side or end to end into a larger open-plan space, and the whole thing folds back to flat panels when it is not needed, taking a fraction of the room an empty container would.
Delivery, cover and cancellation
Free delivery throughout the UK, including Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey. No VAT is added at checkout — the price shown is what you pay. Nothing here needs lifting equipment to install, so there is no offload charge conversation; if you want the delivery placed at a particular point, agree it in writing before delivery. The unit is covered for 12 months as supplied new, and separately you have 14 days to change your mind under the Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 and 30 days to reject the goods if they are faulty under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Other sizes and finishes
For a colour finish on the same footprint, see the 4m powder coated flat packed store. Need less floor area? Step down to the 3m galvanised flat pack storage container. Two units joined along their sides instead give you the 4m x 4.2m side linked flat pack bundle. The rest of the flat pack container range is worth a look, and the buyer’s guide weighs a flat pack unit against a standard steel container if that decision is still open.
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