Traditional insulation methods can lead to problems in a storage container. Water vapor can travel through traditionally framed walls like water through a sieve. EPS insulation panels from InSoFast will help you maintain your container home in a comfortable, quiet and dry condition.
InSoFast is a style of engineered continuous insulation that comes in interlocking panels and is thermally stable. The closed-cell, injection-molded EPS foam panels can be applied universally to any interior or exterior wall assembly in both new and retrofit construction projects, and they are an ideal solution for storage container homes.
Why Insulate a Storage Container?
Intermodal shipping containers are designed for transporting cargo around the world on trains, trucks and ships, but they are being used today for homes, offices, restaurants, shops and storage. Why? These steel boxes are readily available and are some of the most durable structures in the world.
Used steel containers can sometimes be purchased for as little as several hundred dollars apiece, but they can present some unique challenges if you plan to live in one.
- Temperature Control: Metal is an excellent conductor of heat and cold. In winter, the interior of your container home may feel like an ice box. In hot weather, sun rays hitting the steel sheeting will quickly radiate heat into the container, making it unbearably hot and humid. Control the interior climate of your container by adding insulation.
- Condensation: The inside of an uninsulated metal shipping container can feel like a tropical rainforest. Condensation occurs when warm air comes in contact with the cool metal. Without insulation, water vapor travels through traditionally framed walls like water through a sieve. And, along with all of the moisture comes mold, rust and corrosion.
- Sound: Sound echoes inside a metal box. Insulating the container interior will help keep noise problems to an acceptable level.
Try InSoFast Panels & Container InSerts
InSoFast CX Container Panels are designed for the side walls of most shipping containers and take the hassle out insulating and framing. Their thin profile takes up only two inches of interior space. And most installations can be completed by do-it-yourselfers with a utility knife, glue and a caulk gun.
The 44” x 24” panels fit the width between the weld seams on the long side walls of the container and are set up for an 11-inch repeating pattern of corrugation. They are installed horizontally with the studs running vertically so that the studs adhere to the interior facing ribs of the container.
InSoFast InSerts for side walls, end walls, and ceiling are specifically shaped sleeves of EPS foam that are designed to close up the container’s corrugation air gaps. Once glued in place, the surfaces will be flush and ready for coverage in full InSoFast panels.
Call InSoFast today at (888) 501-7899 to learn more about the best insulation for your storage container home conversion. Our American-made patented and patent-pending panels are manufactured and shipped free of charge to project sites throughout the contiguous United States.
