Storage & Container News

An increasing number of our customers ask for container placement, often to a spot with difficult access and we are getting quite used to placing containers in tricky spots. When placing a container choose a day (in winter) when the ground is good and frozen hard.  It's much harder to place a container when the ground is soft, so do think about the weather and don't be surprised if you book your container delivery for the Monday and you get a cancellation if it rained all weekend. Alot of customers put down fresh gravel.  Gravel is good drainage so great...

At Ingenious we have the equipment and the expertise to move and transport your container or any equipment you need moved.  We move awkward and heavy items on a daily basis so if you finally want that shipping container in the right place we would be happy to quote for moving it. Forklift service with driver Heavy Forklift Service with Driver Bobcat rental service with driver. Equipment Float Machinery Float Service Farm equipment float service Serving Napanee, Kingston, Belleville and beyond. Heavy Flatbed / Heavy Float / Cargo Freight Transport Service available Forklift Rental service with driver available by the...

Have you got big plans? Do you dream of a shipping container paradise?   Do I need a building permit for my shed? Do I need a planning permission to put a shipping container on my property? Does a shipping container count as a trailer or moveable object? I am not a lawyer and these questions are for lawyers at $500 an hour.  I offer this up for free! Most municipalities and towns allow a 100 sq ft shed.  We have 2 products that are perfect for this:  8ft x just under 12 ft with 8ft 6inch in height. That's...

One of the biggest barriers my customers have to buying a used shipping container is that they do not want it sitting beside the house.  Let's be honest, a shipping container begins rusting the day it's made.  A rusty seacan may still have many years of good dry storage left in it so if you can put it on a dark, remote corner of the property behind some brush: who cares what it looks like! Nobody sees it. But if you have to look at it everyday maybe the words "China Shipping" 8ft high next to the tool shed is...