Types of Shipping Container Doors
S1 Doors
- Description: 3mm steel panels, lightweight, single locking bar
- Advantages: Reduced weight makes them easier to use than shipping container doors. Fabricated from thicker 3mm steel rather than 1.6mm used for standard container doors.
- Recommended for: Storage containers for schools, clubs and domestic storage, where you require frequent use.
Compressed Door Seals
One of our most popular and highly recommended optional extras for our S1 doors. These are attached to the inside of the container door and compress to form a watertight seal when the door is closed. Cost: £65.00 plus VAT.
S2 Doors
- Description: Original shipping container cargo doors, corrugated steel panels, external rubber seals and two locking bars.
- Advantages: Excellent security and guards against all forms of water ingress without the need for extra modification.
- Recommended for: Heavy duty storage, especially construction sites, or where access is required less frequently.
S3 Doors
- Description: Steel panel doors, lightweight, two locking arms, internal compressed door seals. These doors are unique to Containers Direct!
- Advantages: Combines the best features of S1 and S2 doors.
- Recommended for: Storage of items easily damaged by moisture e.g. paperwork, fabrics, furniture.
S4 Doors
- Description: ROLLER SHUTTERS DOORS. Open upwards, fully welded galvanised steel, manual or electric operation. Can also be added to the long side of the container, and wider roller shutters are available upon request.
- Advantages: More space for loading/unloading, especially if using forklifts.
- Recommended for: Conversions used for business units e.g. warehouses, market stalls, garage workshops.
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S5 Doors
- Description: PERSONNEL DOORS. Made from steel, 10 point locking system, rubber sealed, thermal insulation.
- Advantages: Convenient for daily use, aesthetically pleasing and professional appearance, very secure.
- Recommended for: Containers for very frequent use, office conversions, pop-up shops and catering conversions as well as business premises conversions.
Bespoke Doors
Depending on what you're looking to do with your container, whether it's going to be a bespoke office or conference room, or a unique pop-up shop, we are able to fit a variety of other door options other than container style doors to any space available in the container. For example, we can fit a variety of household doors such as patio doors, sliding doors and bi-folding doors, or we fabricate add extra wide doors to really maximise the storage space available!
Testimonials
As a long established and reputable shipping container company, we want to instil confidence in our customers that we can deliver on our promises, and provide high quality products and service.But don't just take our word for it, see for yourself what our past and present clients have to say about Containers Direct.
Committed to Quality
We are ISOQAR Approved and certified to ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems, demonstrating our commitment to excellence. We are also members of MakeUK, who champion British manufacturing, and the Container Self Storage and Traders Association (CSTA), representing global operators and innovators. In addition, we are registered members of JOSCAR, the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register.
