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So far we’ve provided solutions to attach a metal tube to a shipping container vertically, for attaching accessories like floodlights and CCTV. And horizontally, sticking out perpendicular to the container which can be particularly useful if you want to attach something at the same height as the top of the shipping container like a hanging sign. So the last orientation to solve was to attach a tube horizontally along the side of a container. 

A complete guide on How to Clad a Shipping Container. Step-by-step process, materials, tools & more. Including expert tips for a successful cladding project and a downloadable guide.

If you have been looking for ways to attach CCTV to shipping containers, you may have already come across our heavy duty CCTV pole option which will hold up to 4 professional cameras, up to 5m in the air. However, if you don't need such a heavy duty solution or you need a quicker, easier to install, or more lightweight option then this new Universal CCTV kit for shipping containers might be for you.

Many people are far more comfortable using woodworking tools than metalworking ones, so being able to fix timber and sheet materials to a shipping container was always a high priority for us. Learn how to fix timber to a shipping container with our Plywood-adapter.

Rather than simply placing lighting precariously on top of the container, attaching it with cable ties, or going to the effort of framing off the whole container with scaffolding or truss, this how-to will show you how to get a long steel pole up, rigged to your container, ready to hang some decorative lighting or festoon. 

Whether you’re trying to keep an eye on your self storage facility or maintain security over night on a building site, it’s easy to see why using a shipping container as structural ballast for a CCTV tower would be useful. 

A guide to securely mounting a flood light on top of a shipping container. Using Domino Clamps ensures the pole won't be disturbed by high winds or easily removed by passers by.  Used in conjunction with one of our CCTV kits, the container becomes the base for both the CCTV camera and the flood light to illuminate the area at night so the camera can continue to operate into the hours of darkness.

It's hard to understate the importance of clear signage, particularly where it concerns maintaining the safety of participants at an event, or workers on a construction site.  In this how-to we will show you how to attach a sign to a shipping container, so whether you need to mark the location of a fire assembly point or direct people to the exit, when you need to change or remove the signage it will be quick and easy to do.

Let's look at how to attach one horizontally out of the side of the corner casting so that it comes out at a 90 degree angle from the vertical one. This will be useful when needing to hang things at about the same height as the top of your container. 

A guide to securely mounting a speaker on top of a shipping container using Domino Clamps to fix to the container, and by using a palm railing fitting to attach a vertical pole, similar in size to that of a standard speaker pole to the Domino Clamp.

A how-to guide describing a method of attaching steel mesh fencing to a shipping container using a pair of tube clamps along with our Domino Clamps.

A guide to attaching 48mm steel, aluminium or scaffolding tube to a shipping container using Domino Clamps in conjunction with either scaffolding half couplers or tube clamps, along with the pros and cons of each method.