Frequently Asked Questions:

• How are the joints between containers hidden? Are there any means to protect water from penetrating the areas between containers?

• Inside – the containers for joining are “unfinished”, i.e. no corner fittings are installed.

   

  
  

   

  After the placement in the designated location, our assembly team seals all the joints with mineral wool

   

  

   

  ...and then installs finishing sheet elements to hide any structural parts.

   

  

   

  Finishing sheet elements are matched to places they are used.
  Below – a floor element...

   

  

   

  ...and finishing elements of a pillar located at a joining point of 4 containers

   

  

   

  Special masking elements are installed on the outside of the containers’ roof to direct precipitation towards gutters of the neighbouring containers and not between them.

   

• How can you join containers?

• Every container has a standard corner fitting in each of the corners for hoisting with a crane or for vehicle transport in BDF standard. After placing the containers next to each other, special stays are installed and screwed together in the corner fittings’ openings. They guarantee stable and non-separable joints between containers and eliminate any gaps between containers caused by the floors not always being perfectly horizontal. The individual floors are not joined together because the weight and the use of screwed stays in the horizontal plane are optimum and safe solutions.

   

  

   

   

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• What are the surface requirements for the containers?

• The containers can be placed on any hardened floor, be it concrete, paving stone, asphalt, a specially poured out concrete plate or a standard foundation. It is advisable to put sheet or concrete plates to guarantee the correct distance of the container's frame from the floor. This also prevents the container from getting wet from underneath...

   

  

   

  

• How can I fix defects in the anticorrosive coating on the container’s frame or places where corrosion is visible?

• You can simply clean the surface using a wire brush to remove rust, ground with anticorrosive primer and then coat with a surface enamel, colour: RAL 5010 (blue).

• How does the electrical system of a container work?

• Each container has an independent electrical system with automatic fuses as protection. The standard design is lamps on the ceiling, and switches and sockets on the walls. The containers are equipped with a 1.5 m, 3-phase cable with a plug for connection to the power source. Each container is equipped with a 3-phase socket integrated in the container’s frame – in the case of placing more than one container together, the cables are connected between the containers and the first one is plugged into the power source. See details on the pictures below.

   

  

   

  

   

  

   

  

   

  

   

   

• What is the weight of a container? Is it possible to transfer/transport? How?

• An office container weighs about 2.5 t; washroom containers are heavier – up to 3 t.

  The containers are transported on trucks in pairs, on a vehicle and trailer using the so-called BDF system, or on a platform. For the unloading of containers, a crane with the lifting capacity of the minimum weight of a container is required. After the placement of the container on a smooth, level floor it can be moved using a forklift truck (containers are equipped with special “pockets” in the bottom frame) to lift it couple of centimetres above the ground. Roller sets are often used for the placement of containers.