Uses

In this blog we look at some of the reasons you might want to add lighting to a shipping container. But it’s not only the practical reasons for adding lighting to consider, stage lighting or festoon can enhance the appearance of a venue or concession stand making it more appealing to potential customers. Using Domino Clamps ensures the pole won't be disturbed by high winds or easily removed by passers by. 

Setting up a shipping container office can provide a good solution for those requiring a home office and small businesses alike. Our guide provides expert tips from start to finish for your container office conversion project.

Navigating the world of tube and pipe sizes can be overwhelming, especially when dealing with both metric and imperial measurements In this guide, we'll break down the basics of tube and pipe sizing, clarify key terminology, and introduce you to the various tube clamps we offer to fit them.  

In this blog we will be looking at the Pros and Cons of welding shipping containers compared to using a mechanical fixing like Domino Clamps. We spoke to Eyal Edelman, an experienced welder whose projects involving shipping containers include the Pop Brixton project in 2015.

There’s lots of reasons why you might want to make use of Domino Clamps’ ingenious reusable method of bolting structural accessories to shipping containers instead of opting for a method such as welding, bolts or other fixing techniques. In this blog we look at a few of these...

HOME TRUTHS PART 3 -  We have previously delved into both the reasons why shipping container homes are so increasingly popular, as well as some reality checks as to why they might not be the ideal solution that they first appear to be. Let's end this three part series on a constructive note by suggesting some ways in which you can make your shipping container home project easier and more practical, avoiding some of the pitfalls of shipping container homes, using Domino Clamps.

Pop Brixton is a temporary project that has turned disused land into a creative space for 55 local independent businesses. The project, using 57 recycled shipping containers and other reclaimed materials, was started as an incubator for start-ups to enable locals to test the market and get their businesses off the ground.  We spoke with Pop Brixton’s build manager, Tom Mattey about the project.

In this article, we’ll show you how to do it the smart way: by attaching your CCTV cameras directly to the shipping container itself using Domino Clamps. We’ve put together two tried-and-tested solutions: one for quick and easy installs, and another for heavy-duty, long-term applications.

The Truth about Container Homes PART 2 - In a previous blog, we explored some of the reasons that make shipping container homes so popular as a concept. In this blog, we’re going to delve a bit deeper into the realities and truths of building your own shipping container home and see how well those reasons stand up to closer scrutiny.

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. 

Browsing through the images marked by the hashtag #shippingcontainer on instagram, you could be forgiven for thinking that the main use for a shipping container was for building homes.  In fact Market Watch projects the use of shipping containers in homes will have a global compound annual growth rate of 6.5% from 2019 to 2025, so why are shipping container homes so popular?