Unit Size Guide

Selecting Storage Unit Sizes

 UnitCompare To
Typical Contents
Other Suggested Uses
 5x5 Small walk-in closet

 - Small furniture
 - Chest of drawers
 - Chair
 - Boxes
 - Miscellaneous small items

- Office or personal records

- Tools and equipment 

 5x10 Large walk-in closet

  Furniture from one large room plus boxes 
 - Couch and chair
 - Chest of drawers or dresser
 - Box springs and mattress set
 - Plus small items and boxes

- Outdoor furniture
- Lawn mowers
- Garden tools
- Bicycles
- Motorcycles

 5x15  
Furniture from a small
one-bedroom apartment
without appliances;
 - Small boxes and small items

 
 10x10  About half the size of a
standard one car garage

 Furniture from a two-bedroom
 apartment or house;
 Miscellaneous items and cartons

 
 10x15   
Furniture from a two-bedroom
 apartment or house;
 Miscellaneous items and cartons

Small car may be stored
if unit has a garage door
 10x20 

 About the size of a
standard one car garage

 
Furniture from a two-bedroom house
 with appliances,
 Miscellaneous items and cartons

 Car or truck
and other small items
 10x25   
Furniture from a large two-bedroom
 house with appliances,
 - Miscellaneous items and cartons

 Car or truck
and other small items
 10x30  Will hold the contents of a
40 foot moving van

Furniture from a
Three-bedroom House
with miscellaneous items
and cartons

May be used to store a car
or truck and other small items

Boats or RVs and some furniture
and cartons, depending on the
height of the garage doors
 20x20

 About the size of
a standard 2 car garage

 
Furniture from a Three to Five
Bedroom House and Basement

 2 automobiles

 
SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND UNIT CAPACITIES GUIDE

 UnitSq. Ft.
Cu. Ft.
Pounds
Rooms
Residence
Truck-Trailder
Size Unit
 5x5
25
225
1,260
 1
 Sm-Med Trailer
5x5x9

 5x10 

 50 450 2,520 2  Large Trailer
 5x10x9
 5x15 75 675 3,750 3  12' Truck 5x15x9
 10x10 100 800 5,040 4 1 bdrm apt
 14' Truck 10x10x9
 10x15 150 1,350 7,560 6 2 bdrm apt
 18' Truck
 10x15x9
 10x20 200 1,800 10,080 8 3 bdrm house
 22' Truck  10x20x9
 10x30 300 2,700 15,120 12 4 bdrm house
 24' Truck
 10x30x9
 
The above table may be used for estimating a prospect's storage space requirement.  This is a general guide only and is based on the assumption that the average customer will not pack a unit as "tight" as a professional mover would.  How much any unit holds depends directly on the type and amount of goods to be stored and the manner in which they are packed and stacked in the unit.


Calculations:
- square foot was determined by the length and width of each type unit

- cubic foot was arrived at by multiplying square foot by 9' (average height)

- pounds were determined by multiplying 5.6 times cubic foot (movers use 7)