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When purchasing your shipping container, whether it’s renovated or not, you’re committing to maintaining your shipping container – if you want it to last anyway. Before you purchase it, it should’ve undergone many checks to make sure it’s safe to sell anyways. Any good shipping container company would do so. That’s only one of the reasons FABBOX LLC is the best option for container solutions, UAE. However, there is always the off chance that a company can forget to check an issue on the container, and not disclose it. It unfortunately means you’ll have to check them yourself, to avoid any health and safety issues. One tip we extremely recommend before performing any of the below checks, is make sure you ensure it is on a flat surface. This is extremely useful, but not only that, it will make it a stable area, lowering the possibility of water gathering at the bottom too (avoid mold and rust etc.). This can be done by laying your shipping container on slabs or even railway sleepers. Just be sure it is flat and totally level.
When performing maintenance, we recommend you check for:
Door Inspection : How strong are the doors? The number 1 priority for your container should probably be security – as you don’t want all your hard work, progress and money stolen. Making sure that locking mechanisms are all working fine and changing them if necessary.
Structural Integrity : Your container’s general strength and structural integrity is very important, especially in the event that you’re wanting to convert your shipping container into a home or workplace etc. Inspect for any holes, formation of pinholes, and make necessary repairs to ensure yours and whoever uses the container’s safety.
Mold & hygiene : It happens everywhere, and shipping containers are no exception. It would be hard for inspectors to miss, but if they somehow did, you must deal with the mold problem. Especially if running a food place within your shipping container. Normal bleach usually does the trick.
The flooring : The flooring of the shipping container is one of it’s more strong areas. Usually built with heavy-duty timber they are very reliable. However, being wood, they can always be vulnerable to degrading over time, splintering and breaking. Definitely test your flooring – sanding down any splinters, or if needs be, remove it all together and refloor to be safe.
Rust and Odors : This part is just general cleansing of the shipping container. Obviously with the material of the shipping container being metal, it’s susceptible to rusting. It’s normal, it generally always happens. But it will effectively rot away your shipping container’s strength, so it must be taken care of. It can be sanded down, or even sandblasted away and painted over to maintain it. Odors can be dealt with easily with just general regular cleaning and some air. These are just general things you need to look at in order to maintain your shipping container overtime. However, as time goes on, shipping containers are evolving, as are trends. You’ve probably heard of things like shipping container restaurants, offices and homes – they will need different treatments to maintain them, obviously depending on what the purpose of the container is.
Here’s the general rundown of the maintenance required to run a shipping container
that people work/live in:
Electricals : This is general office safety. Loose electrical appliances, checking wires to make sure they aren’t broken and/or laying around, and making sure power outlets aren’t near water, etc. There isn’t much maintenance needed for this section, however it is very recommended to prevent fires and power cuts.
Water Sources : This again could be dangerous – checking pipes within water installation, and tightening or replacing them. Failing to do so could result in, again electrical fires, damp odors, flooding and definitely mold.
They are the two main basics – if they aren’t checked and maintained properly, if any incident happens you are liable to blame – don’t take the risk, be safe. The rest is generally normal maintenance, keeping the place clean, well painted, the flooring and metal looked after etc.
In the instance that it’s a workplace (such as a restaurant, food stall, cafe), a lot of maintenance should be applied to the outside, to make the shipping container look attractive, clean and ready to serve the public.
We hope this advice will help you in the future. Interested in getting a shipping container yourself? Speak to FABBOX LLC, the best container solutions, Dubai.
