First Gray Cells

March 9, 2010

MAC containers making sure you can achieve the task at hand.

Filed under: Information — remadd @ 10:58 am

MAC containers are used all over the planet to store goods in, create office space, smoking shelters, shower rooms and toilets and because they can be placed like Lego have been used for some fantastically creative housing alternatives. Fantastic how technology brings in the changes as there seems to be no stops to the uses for these amazingly secure containers that are also free of condensation making them a space that people have used to house antiques as well as gorgeous sports cars.

I recently drove by the Southampton docks and saw huge vessels stacked to the skies with MAC containers it was a real site to be seen, knowing that you can easily store the entire contents of a 4 bedroom house in one of these containers just makes a scene like that even more awe inspiring. The massive crane down by the docks lifting these vast containers through the air as if they don’t weigh anything is a real eye opener.

Having worked in the building trade for a time you often see MAC containers being used as office space and as secure stores. Because the hinges are on the inside of a MAC container they are thief and vandal proof which is the reason it has made them the normal choice for the building trades. On site they are normally filled with a large assortment of tools that are locked away at night, but on really poor weather days you often find them filled with builders attempting to get out of the weather (and sometime work!).

Where as you used to have these terrible Porta cabins at school which tended to leak and were generally a bad environment for learning, MAC containers enable you to have a dry, condensation free, heated space with windows and good lighting allowing you to expand the space that a given school has available to it. This can make all the difference as planning permission is often hard to come by and the planning office may be more lenient with a structure that can be easily taken away at a later date or when enough money has been raised to extend the existing building. The other thing is with 190 colours to choose from you know you will find something that will be able to blend into the scenery.

For me as the price of a MAC container isn’t that much I bought one for my property as It gave me a space to work on my motorbikes without the worry of someone trying to break in. It also ensured I had a dry space that was simple to heat (I know but as the heating option was there it seemed silly not to take it) and ensured I could get on with total strip downs and services without freezing outside.




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