What are demountable storage buildings?
If you have never seen a demountable storage building, you might find it difficult to imagine how it works. Something like construction kits for industry?
In fact, that description fits quite well. However, demountable storage buildings are even simpler than children’s toys, yet significantly more robust and durable.
Demontierbar? Wie?
The term “demountable” suggests that the building can be easily dismantled, and that is exactly the case. The straightforward dismantling is due to the fact that the frame is made of aluminium rather than steel. After the aluminium structure has been assembled, the roof and wall cladding are installed.
Since aluminium frames are significantly lighter than steel frames, the same load-bearing capacity of the ground is not required. As a result, they can be erected directly on existing ground using ground anchors and base plates. This process works just as easily and quickly during dismantling.
The procedure is the same for every assembly and disassembly, as these are standard buildings, albeit with an efficient and modular design.
Misunderstandings
The terms “demountable” and “mobile” might suggest that these are low-quality, fragile and short-lived products. This is definitely not the case for demountable storage buildings. The reason for this lies in their construction.
Although aluminium frames are lighter, they have a high level of resistance, functionality and durability, making them perfectly suitable for storage buildings.
- Aluminium does not rust.
- The frames of storage buildings can be designed and manufactured in different sizes to achieve stronger and more resistant profiles for high-altitude locations or harsh climatic conditions.
- A made-to-order supplier can design and produce frames that meet all site-specific load-bearing safety requirements, for example in relation to snow and wind loads.
- The warranty period for frames is 10 years. However, demountable storage buildings are often used for more than 20 years.
- At a time when our environment may reach a critical state sooner than expected, aluminium is the perfect material, as it can be recycled an unlimited number of times.
Advantages
The ability to quickly assemble and dismantle temporary buildings offers several obvious advantages:
With a typical assembly time of five days, this building is suitable for all companies that require additional storage space at short notice!
The simple dismantling and removal minimise the risk.
Significant savings, as no foundations or development costs are required and labour costs are minimal.
No disruption or downtime in ongoing operations during the construction phase.
The quick assembly means a rapid return on investment.
Summary
- A demountable storage building is a modular, standardised structure with an aluminium frame and various wall and roof claddings that is easy to assemble.
- The modular construction allows for a wide range of sizes, with widths from 5 m to 30 m, wall heights of up to 6 m and unlimited length.
- The assembly of such a medium-sized storage building takes approximately 5 days.
- Most buildings are installed on existing ground using ground anchors and base plates.
- Despite being lighter than steel frames, aluminium frames are more robust, durable in other important respects and perfectly suited for intensive industrial use.
- Demountable storage buildings create long-term on-site storage space in a fast, simple and functional way, offering a cost-effective, flexible and low-risk solution.
More and more companies are now, as part of their corporate strategy, turning to demountable, mobile storage buildings that are used at a single site or across multiple locations nationwide. For many companies, the savings in acquisition and running costs, the low risks, and the high level of flexibility in economically and politically uncertain times are decisive factors.
