Comprehensive Guide to Container House Sizes

Container houses come in a variety of sizes, including standard sizes, foreign trade sizes, customized sizes, and special types of sizes.

Standard Sizes:

• The commonly used domestic standard size is typically 6 meters in length, 3 meters in width, and 2.9 meters in height, while the standard export size is 6 meters in length, 2.4 meters in width, and 2.9 meters in height.
• The external dimensions of a 20-foot standard container are 6058×2438×2591mm, with internal dimensions of 5867×2330×2350mm; the external dimensions of a 40-foot standard container are 12192×2438×2591mm, with internal dimensions of 11998×2330×2350mm; and the external dimensions of a 40-foot high cube container are 12192×2438×2896mm, with internal dimensions of 11998×2330×2655mm.

Foreign Trade Sizes: Foreign trade sizes range from 5.8 meters × 2.2 meters to 11.5 meters × 2.2 meters, corresponding to two main models: 20-foot and 40-foot, with areas of approximately 12.98 square meters and 25.96 square meters, respectively.

Customized Sizes:

• The standard width of a single Apple Pod cabin is 3 meters, with optional lengths of 3 meters, 6 meters, 9 meters, or 12 meters, supporting multiple arrangements and stacking.
• In Beijing, professional customization of container mobile homes is available, with widths of 2.5m/2.55m/3m/4m, etc., and heights of 2.6m/2.7m/2.8m/2.9m, etc.
• Foldable container mobile homes come in standard sizes (designed according to international standard container sizes, such as 20 feet and 40 feet) and non-standard sizes (customized according to special needs).

Special Types of Sizes:

• Construction site residential containers are available in small sizes of 3 meters in length, 3 meters in width, and 2.8 meters in height, as well as larger sizes of 7 meters in length, 3 meters in width, and 2.8 meters in height with corridors and awnings.
• In giant black container buildings, each container is approximately 12 meters in length, 2.4 meters in width, and 3 meters in height.