What Fits in a 20ft High Cube Storage Unit?
20ft High Cube Container — What Fits and What It's Used For
A 20ft high cube gives you the same 160 sq ft of floor as a standard 20ft container, with roughly a foot more headroom. The footprint is identical at 20ft by 8ft. What changes is the volume, around 1,400 cubic feet instead of 1,200, and every bit of that gain is above head height.
That extra foot sounds marginal but its the difference between standing a sheet of plasterboard on end and laying it flat. If your storage problem is about height rather than floor area, this is the unit that solves it.
What fits in a 20ft high cube?
- Standard 2440 x 1220 sheet materials stood on end — plasterboard, ply, OSB, MDF — instead of laid flat and taking up floor
- Pallets stacked high.
- Racking with an additional shelf level over the same footprint.
- Tall household items upright: American-style fridge freezers and full-height wardrobes
- Everything a standard 20ft takes, with the top layer you would otherwise have wasted
What doesn't fit in a 20ft high cube?
The floor area is exactly the same as a standard 20ft, so if you have run out of floor rather than height, this will not help — you need the 40ft container instead. Nothing longer than twenty feet will go in, and if you need both length and height, the 40ft high cube is the largest unit we have.
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How much taller is a high cube than a standard container? Around a foot of additional internal height over the same floor area. Exact internal dimensions are listed on the booking page.
Will 8x4 sheet materials stand on end in a high cube? Yes — standard 2440 x 1220 boards stand upright.
Does a high cube give me more floor space than a 20ft? No. The footprint is identical at 160 sq ft. You are buying height and volume, not area.
Do you offer a compound with a high cube? Yes. Palisade-fenced compounds with a 20ft high cube inside are available for trades needing secure outside space as well as a container.
What are the terms? One month minimum, no deposit, no long contract, and free cancellation up to 24 hours before move-in.