Timothy Reynold’s Blog

MAC containers are used all over the planet to store goods in, create office space, smoking shelters, shower rooms and toilets and because they can be placed like Lego have been used for some fantastically creative home alternatives. Fantastic how technology powers in the changes as there seems to be no stops to the uses for these amazingly secure containers that are also without condensation making them a space that people have used to house antiques as well as gorgeous sports cars.

I recently drove past the Southampton docks and saw huge vessels stacked to the skies with MAC containers it was an amazing site to be seen, knowing that you can easily store the complete contents of a 4 bedroom house in one of these containers just makes a place like that even more awe inspiring. The massive crane down by the docks lifting these vast containers through the air as if they don’t weigh anything is a real eye opener.

Having worked in the building trade for a time you often see MAC containers being used as office space and as secure stores. Because the hinges are on the inside of a MAC container they are thief and vandal proof which is the reason it has made them an obvious choice for the building trades. On site they are normally stacked with a huge assortment of tools that are secured away at night, but on really bad weather days you often find them filled with builders attempting to get out of the weather (and sometime work!).

Where as you used to have these horrible Porta cabins at school which tended to leak and were generally uncomfortable, MAC containers enable you to have a dry, condensation free, heated space with windows and good lighting allowing you to expand the space that a given school has available to it. This can make all the difference as planning permission is frequently hard to come by and the planning office may be more lenient with a structure that can be simply taken away at a later date or when enough funding has been raised to extend the existing structure. The other thing is with 190 colours to choose from you know you will choose something that will be able to blend into the surroundings.

For me as the price of a MAC container isn’t that much I purchased one for my home as It provided me with a space to work on my cars without the worry of someone trying to nick them. It also ensured I had a dry space that was simple to heat (I know but as the heating option was there it seemed daft not to take it) and ensured I could get on with complete strip downs and services without freezing outside.