20ft container
Standard 20ft steel shipping container
The most common container in the UK and the default for container storage sites. It takes the contents of a three-bed house, or a builder's tools and materials for the length of a job.
Size and capacity
| Internal length | 5944mm (19ft 6in) |
| Internal width | 2330mm (7ft 8in) |
| Internal height | 2350mm (7ft 9in) |
| Door opening | 2280mm x 2260mm (7ft 8in x 7ft 5in) |
| Load volume | 32.85 m3 (1160 cu ft) |
| Unladen weight | 2230kg |
| External size | 20ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in |
Source: Containers Direct. Sizes vary a little between companies.