Container House FAQ: Types, Sizes, Shipping and Installation

Expandable for a large room fast, folding for the quickest set-up and the most units per load, flat pack for large camps and multi-storey blocks.

Two product lines with different roof and wing designs, both in 20, 30 and 40 ft. We confirm the right one and its exact size on your drawing.

A movable prefabricated cabin used as a site office, guard room, toilet or staff room. Ours are built from container units.

Yes - security booths, access control cabins with turnstiles, toilet blocks and shower containers.

Yes. Nine expandable floor plans: one, two and three bedrooms in 20, 30 and 40 ft, each with kitchen and bathroom.

About 35 m² for 20 ft, 54 m² for 30 ft and 69 m² for 40 ft.

5900 × 2450 × 2500 mm outside for the export 20 ft unit.

Yes. Room sizes, doors, windows and finishes are changed on the drawing before production.

By container to your nearest port.

Folding. A 17.5 m truck carries 17 folding units against 9 flat pack units.

About 3 minutes for a folding unit, about two hours for an expandable unit and about three hours for a flat pack unit with a crew of four.

Yes. Written and video installation guides come with every order.

Flat pack and folding units can be taken down and set up again more than ten times.

Yes. Every quote includes a layout drawing for approval.

A layout drawing. For homes, start from our nine expandable floor plans: one to three bedrooms, 35 to 69 m² inside.

Yes. Standard sizes can be mixed in one order - for example 20 and 40 ft expandable units with folding offices and toilet units - and we plan them on one loading plan.

Yes. Every quote comes with a layout drawing and a container loading plan.

Yes. We give video factory tours on request.

The minimum order is confirmed on each quote.

Yes. Choose from 8 standard colours or wood grain, stone grain and metallic finishes; logo walls can be added.

The price of a container house is set by five things: the unit type (expandable, folding or flat pack), the size (20, 30 or 40 ft), the fit-out, the freight to your port and the work on site. Read the full answer

How long a container house lasts depends on the steel frame protection, the wall panels and how it is maintained. Read the full answer

Choose expandable for a large, fitted-out room that opens in about two hours (35 to 69 m² inside). Read the full answer

A porta cabin is a prefabricated cabin that can be moved and reused - used as a site office, guard room, toilet or staff room. Read the full answer

A container house needs a level, firm and drained base, not a full building foundation. Read the full answer

Container houses ship from China by sea to your nearest port. Read the full answer

A man camp is temporary housing for workers at a remote construction, oil and gas or mining site. Read the full answer

The main downsides are limited room size (an expandable unit is 2240 mm high inside and up to about 69 m² per unit), the need for good insulation in hot or cold climates, local permit rules, and site access for a truck and crane. Read the full answer

A container home is usually faster to build because most of the work is done in the factory - an expandable unit opens in about two hours. Read the full answer

A porta cabin lasts as long as its frame and panels are maintained. Read the full answer

Porta cabin walls are sandwich panels: two steel sheets with an insulating core of rockwool or EPS. Read the full answer

Yes. Read the full answer

Yes, for homes, offices and guest rooms that need a large room fast. Read the full answer

A folding container house can be folded and unfolded more than ten times. Read the full answer

Up to three. Read the full answer

Flat pack container houses are built to be stacked: we design them to join side by side and on top of each other into multi-storey buildings with stairs and walkways. Read the full answer

For most single units, concrete pads or piers under the corners on level, drained ground. Read the full answer

It depends on the route, the season, your port and how many units share the space. Read the full answer

A man camp looks like rows of multi-storey dormitory blocks with outside walkways and steel stairs, a larger canteen building, toilet and shower units beside each block, offices near the entrance and a gate cabin with turnstiles. Read the full answer