Storing Hazardous Materials in a Shipping Container - Compressed Gas Cylinder Storage Modification
In today’s video, we will be following along as we modify a 40-foot shipping container to store compressed gas cylinders! Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) are not easily stored inside sea cans because they need to be modified to prevent any incidents from happening (health risks, explosions, fires, etc.).
We will be modifying this container by installing twenty vents (10 low, 10 high), a roll up door on the side, a man door on the end wall, and multiple customized cylinder bay holders all along the wall. These bay holders are built using Container Modification World’s Modular Strut Systems and strut channels.
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In this video, we'll be converting a 40-foot shipping container into a compressed gas bottle
A lot of our customer modifications are to do with hazardous material storage, specifically
pertaining to secondary containment of liquids.
But in this instance, our customer is looking to have a solution to store their compressed
gases in a shipping container, and so we've utilized our Modular Interior Systems and
the way that we strut line containers to create individual bays and slots where they can store
their compressed bottles and chain them up nice and tight against the wall.
In this container, we'll be installing a man door on the end wall, a whole bunch of low
and high vents, and a roll-up door in the middle that will have a heavy-duty ramp that
allows them to cart bottles in and out of this unit.
These vents being installed both high and low provide good cross flow ventilation and
ensure gases that are both heavier and lighter than air exhaust out of this container.
And so we have this strut lined every second corrugation, which is about 22 inches on center.
And then, so the next step here now is to cut out the openings.
We got a roll-up door going right in the center here and a man door in the end wall, so we'll
follow along as the boys do that and then get back in here and do the finishing touches
with the compressed gas storage system that we're using strut to accomplish.
And so here, this is the uh the roll-up door side, and we're gonna be putting all the vents
So we have uh five vents on the left side of the door, and then we'll have another five
And the guys, I believe, got her all marked out now, so this is our roll up door framing
It's the same idea as our man doors, windows, vents, everything.
It requires an outside corrugation.
It's super important that you mark this thing out centered between two outer corrugations.
Then, once we drop this panel, we'll be able to fit the threshold plate, two side frames
Hopefully, we'll capture that process, show you how this roll-up door works.
We do have other videos on the full installation process of these roll-up doors.
Here we are cutting out the rough opening in the end wall for our Dual Swinger Man Door
We can now sell this kit to people all over North America, and the customer can source
their door slab locally and install a North American door slab, so.
In this instance, we'll be installing our Chinese door slab, and then adding a Container
Modification World high security lock box for added security.
We've already strut lined up the two walls and across the ceiling.
Now, we're gonna drop a strut channel straight down from the ceiling and connect that to
the floor, and we'll also be running two horizontal slotted struts using our two hole gusseted
angle bracket, which will prevent the horizontal struts from twisting and also make sure that
We have these bottom base brackets here that we've made for this system.
We've already spring knotted and bolted them to the strut channel, and the screws that
we're using are a quarter inch, it's a three-eighth hex head driven sheet metal screw.
So, it's a nice thread that's perfect for going into this really hard floor, it doesn't
snap off, and it grabs very well in this type of floor.
Another thing that's interesting to note, and I can show you guys, is that this is a
one-time use shipping container.
We call them one time use, not new for a reason because, even though it's brand new, it's
You can see here that it's been sitting against another container, likely on its ocean voyage,
and the two are rubbing and it's worn the paint off and uh it's starting to rust, so.
If a customer gets a new container, they think a brand new Cadillac showing up, and that's
You can still expect scuffs, even minor dents, that's all normal for this condition of a
We love these roll up door framing kits.
The fit and finish is so refined, they install so smoothly and we don't burn any paint when
we're cutting the rough opening.
Same goes with these vents.
They're a matching color to the roll-up door and don't require any touch-up paint other
than the scratches on this container from its maiden voyage.
And so here you can see, our guys mixed up a blue.
They did their best to get it to match.
It looks better than the rust, it's not perfect but it does definitely dress up the can a
little bit better and the customer will be happier with that than a rusty corner post.
And so the final step on modifying this container is we needed to insert our chains that will
hold the bottles back, and so we actually just quickly got a laser cut a pretty cool
little hook that allows this to go inside the slotted strut and turn, and so they can
adjust it every inch and a half or so to change depending on how many bottles they have in
So that right there is a quick, easy, and durable way to convert this 40-foot shipping
container into a bottle storage shack.
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