In this video, we show how to modify a 10ft container into a Backyard Patio Bar with Kiosk Window. This container was previously used for seasonal storage during winter months. They continue to gain popularity as they can be modified to meet your specific needs. Also these containers are durable, cost-effective & customizable.
PRODUCTS USED:
➤ Man Door: Commercial grade man doors made of galvanized steel frame, steel insulated door. This includes door lever, rain drip, threshold plate, and door sweep https://bit.ly/3ABTyqk
➤ CSM Heavy duty upper decker roof brackets. https://bit.ly/3Rez263
➤ MSS Modular Sturt Systems : Self-tapping screws or bolts protruding from the exterior are a safety hazard and will render your container unshippable. https://bit.ly/3ek14ys
➤ Kiosk Windows: Made up of solid steel frame, very robust and secure.
➤ Upper Decker CSM Brackets: Premium Powder Coated CSM Heavy Duty Upper Decker Roof Brackets https://bit.ly/3RvOGd5
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hi i'm channing mcchoriston the
container guy today's video will follow
along as we modify a 10-foot container
into a lakeside bar in the summer and be
used for seasonal storage in the winter
we'll paint the container install a
mandoor strut line and slat the interior
install our upper decker brackets for a
pergola wire it and finally show off our
kiosk window that's under development
stay tuned hope you learned something
so we got the can back from paint the
customers supplied us their paint coat
of their cabin and we painted it a
matching blue on the inside we've also
painted it a nice gray which is going to
reflect the light better in there and
one thing to note about when we paint is
we paint first so our mandoor kits and
our kiosk window kits they install with
a weld lift system they rivet or
self-tapping screw in and that allows us
to paint ahead of time and not have to
worry about welding burning the paint or
taping off individual components when
now that it's painted we have it here
and we have it all marked out to cut out
the ro of the kiosk window and the
mandar you'll notice again i'll repeat
all of our components are corrugation
dependent so we've selected the outside
centered on the sidewall of this 10 foot
what's cool about the kiosk window
these windows are are meant as a serving
window and so in this instance he's
using it as a bar that's facing the lake
but a lot of people who purchase these
will be people selling ice cream or
selling lick or hot dogs or something
when you're on the outside of a
because the floor is six inches up
on the inside versus the outside it's
kind of nice bar stool height where this
kiosk window ends up on the outside of
the can and it's a nice waist height
serving height on the inside of the
container so that works out very well
and it makes up the two differences on
and then lastly yeah i think we're ready
to start cutting this thing so we'll
follow william along as he cuts this
again i'll also repeat make sure that
when you're cutting these out
you leave a couple tacks along the
bottom so that when the panel drops it
hinges outwards make sure you have no
extension cords laying on the ground so
that you you make an electrical spark or
you know cut your cord just safety issue
and sometimes when you're dropping a lot
of these you can just drop them right on
a pallet and that's super efficient for
removing these panels afterwards while
you're modifying so be super careful
when you drop these control the fall
just a safety concern especially if it's
first time doing it and you're doing it
so we just finished cutting out the
rough openings for the man door and the
kiosk window we're gonna send the kiosk
window away hopefully and get someone to
wood countertop instead of the
galvanized we find that the galvanized
countertop really reflects the sun in
some instances right back in your eyes
it's pretty bright so we're gonna try to
play around with this and make that out
so what we're going to do next is strut
line the interior and we're strut lining
putting horizontal 2x6 treated boards as
flat so it's a decorative thing but also
the customers gonna be able to mount
their tv and electrical to this so
they'll have freedom and flexibility of
just using regular wood screws to mount
whatever they want inside this thing and
what i'm excited to showcase in this
is these uh modular strut system we call
mss brackets uh they are we have the
meant for the floor and also potentially
terminating either up at this uh the top
a strut that only goes along the wall
and doesn't continue across but if you
know you're going to be going up the
wall and across the ceiling then there's
this mss double so in this instance the
60 millimeter tubing would be right here
and this is perfectly aligned so it uh
allows you to install a vertical strut
and one horizontally and perfectly
spaces it out so that it can be
installed either in the non-insulated or
the insulated position so we're gonna
william and curtis will start strut
lining this we'll follow it along and
these are sweet because they're very low
cost so they're not now sound blasted
and powder coated which is a bit of an
unnecessary expense when you're already
installing galvanized strut channel so
these are made out of galvanized they're
laser cut with nitrogen so all the edges
are still sealed and treated and yeah
we've done water tests stuck these
things in buckets of salt to see if
anything would rust they don't so even
outdoor rated these things are going to
be great and yeah low cost so if you're
looking to for the lowest the lowest
cost or the least expensive method of
check container modification world's
website it's container modification
containermodificationworld.com and
you'll find these you can shop and just
grab individual quantities figure out
how many you need and order the exact
so we're just throwing on gate latches
portion of this kiosk window here
we're just drilling through and this
container flooring that we used as the
it's a it's a dense wood so you got to
pre-drill them holes prior i just
learned so started stripping that
you can see as soon as i get to where i
where i stop pre-drilling it gets hard
and so that's good though it'll be a
good strong grab this thing won't go
and this isn't meant to be locked it can
be but the lock will be exposed the
deadbolts will be actually what keeps
locked this is just so that when you
bar top you can get it closed hold it
there and you don't have to have your
fingers in the way when you go to close
mint works yeah really good
so by utilizing our container door
flashing kit we're able to put the same
ebony stained wooden slats to match the
interior so we love this this utilizes
modular interior systems are strut
lining of containers and so we're able
on the door side and the end wall this
really just cleans up the architecture
feel prettier feel like a bit of a tiki
they're like an allen key head driven
same stick with the galv theme here and
then uh and we made sure we do two of
these one time we just did one in the
center and the boards kind of warped so
so that was something we learned there
black electrical and we actually we
this thing's all wired with just a
single circuit so it's plugged in with
just one extension cord so there's only
15 ounce of power inside of here but
lots of plugs for him just lots of
this is an extension cord style
cable running from each and we did our
best to conceal all the wiring so you
lighting behind a valence here so that
gives a nice cool effect especially when
it's night you can see some of that
lighting come down the corrugations and
out in front and then obviously you need
the patio lanterns for this 10 foot
container patio to give you that feel
and those patio lanterns are on the
hanging from the pergola so we'll jump
outside there and just check that out
right now party time so this is what the
kiosk window looks like from the outside
there's the uh the bar top here which
we've just lacquered so i'm not going to
lift it up and touch it because it's
drying and then the awning portion of
this here closes up there's the uh
the bolts here that allow you to lock it
and what's really cool about this kiosk
window here is that on the outside of
the can because the floor on the inside
is six inches higher than the outside
it's perfect bars tool height on the
outside and then it allows you
in the inside for someone to serve out
you could have a lower stool or
on the interior of the can so
the offset in floor heights actually
works out very well especially for
for portable kiosks and then this
customer this specific customer here is
going to be having their fire pit
of the kiosk window and then they're
going to have a tv ceiling mounted
inside this thing and that's going to
drop down they're going to be able to
watch football games or movies or
whatever right at the campfire in here
protect their expensive tv
so that that's really cool that's a
nice idea of the customer and then i'm
excited to see that or at least photos
of it when he gets it all up and running
so these brackets here are made with 3
16 mild steel they're white metal
sandblasted and powder coated this nice
textured black finish they have a gusset
inside them and that gusset and this
folded profile hug this top 60
millimeter tubing perfectly and so these
screws that go into the top 60
millimeter tubing actually aren't even
really required as long as there's upper
decker brackets at the matching
corrugation on the other side and
a chunk of lumber spanning across
and they have multiple bolt hole
locations and sizes so they can use a
regular wood screw we got quarter inch
leg bolts and even up to a 3 8 bolt that
could be drilled and bolted right
through this upper decker bracket here
so these things are very versatile and
puncture the envelope of your shipping
container and now structurally support
something above on the roof of your
container not just placing things right
on the roof corrugations which are very
squishy you know you dimple them even
when you step on them so this is the way
to do it if you're looking to do
but not continuing another container
above that's what twist locks are for so
this modification is almost all buttoned
up now i'm very excited for the customer
to see it i'd like to point out a few
other things before we load this up and
deliver it one thing is our upper decker
installed up in the top tubing of the
container which allows us to build this
really nice pergola now this sticks out
three feet on the mandor end and five
feet on the uh the kiosk window end and
this is going to make it very
interesting for us to deliver this thing
now this thing is 16 feet wide but what
we're going to do is we're going to take
the 10 foot end of this 10 foot
container and load that on our truck so
now we're going to be 10 feet wide
driving down the highway and 16 feet
long which is similar to an 8 by 20 foot
container and we'll be able to deliver
something we came up with there to allow
us to install this pergola show you guys
how this looks and also just
save the labor for our customers now
let's jump inside and check out the
black rubberized flooring that we did
and so here's this black rubberized
floor this is actually gravel guard
we've used this product quite a bit in
the past for spraying over very
cancerous rusts on the side of shipping
containers so especially when yeah the
paint's real bad in certain areas we've
used the the spray cans that are
typically meant for like fender wells of
trucks and stuff and we didn't even
realize the same brand has
a can or you can buy it by the gallon
and roll it on and and it's amazing and
uh typically on on used floors this
container was out on a rental prior to
modifying it and so there is some some
scars to the floors and it seemed to go
right over there and really you know
tie this back together it's the same
stuff that you'll see on tv where
they're making boats at a screen doors
and stuff so it worked really well um
maybe we'll leave a link in the
description below to show you guys you
know the product that we used and yeah
if you have a used container and maybe
you want to clean up the floor this is i
would say a good option and kind of who
knows what it looks like in in a year or
so i guess i can try to update you but
upon initial inspection i endorse it
also another thing maybe just to show
kiosk window here finished up so
we put a layer of waterproofing lacquer
on this is a container plywood flooring
so this is out of a new container and it
seemed to look nice and it really
matches the color of the red treated
wood on the pergola and then maybe as
this summers and fades and weathers for
a year if he does decide to stain that
he probably can still throw a coat of
stain on this to to match the at least
the exterior of the container but let's
uh let's open this thing up here from
the inside and see the process
so the bottom has our deck style
this is awesome we love this kiosk
window this is you know i guess the
slats in this thing are really nice but
i think this is the feature of the mod
and something that we're working on and
we thought we had it perfected but now
we're going back to the drawing board
and starting from scratch but this
thing's going to be available
along with you know if you're looking to
strut line a container similar to this
and you want our specialized brackets or
you're looking to do a rooftop deck or a
pergola on your shipping container check
out our website all these products will
be listed there you can also search
under the container guys store on
amazon.com or dot ca so we'll
as we get these things refined and
perfected we'll get them all available
to purchase and and typically a lot of
these things can package and ship via
parcel freight so it's uh it's
relatively easy to ship all across north
america and even sometimes now we're
shipping to australia and to europe so
uh yeah check us out there and i guess
that pretty much wraps it up for this
mod the next step is to get it delivered
uh we'll get on that it's going out
tomorrow morning but please if you
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