How To Insulate A Shipping Container Roof

The huge advantage to a shipping container is its flat roof.

How to insulate a shipping container roof.

Insulating your shipping container is essential if you plan to spend any time in it. Adding a man door and a window to that insulated container and you have a good size on site office guard shake or a mobile shop. This post shows how i started to insulate a shipping container using foam sheet. A shipping container insulation is a material used to keep the internal temperature of the shipping container to the desired level.

If you have the money foam insulation is the best option. Having your shipping container insulated is an expensive service but there are ways of doing it yourself for a much lower cost. For instance you could use closed cell polyurethane spray foam insulation for the container walls and roof and then use rock wool blankets underneath the container to keep the cost down. That being said it can protect you from the harsh cold winter days and the scorching heat of summer.

When a garden is constructed on top of the container this insulates the roof from the sun and the elements helping keep the interior cooler in summer and warmer in winter. By insulating the shipping container or storage container in turn you have a some control over the inside temperature of the container protecting the inside from the heat at summer and the cold at winter. For instance you could use closed cell polyurethane spray foam insulation for the container walls and roof and then use rock wool blankets underneath the container to keep the cost down. I am working on my 40 foot shipping container so that i have a nice condensation free insulated room that i can both heat and cool.

You can even combine insulation in the same area. You can even combine insulation in the same area container stop. The first thing i did was frame in a wall about 10 feet from the back of the box. When insulating a shipping container.