Plumbing Contractor Storage Yards

In a 40-foot container, yes. The interior runs just under 40 feet, so 20-foot sticks lie flat with room left over, and runs up to roughly 35 feet still fit. A 20-foot container is about 19 feet inside, which means 20-foot material does not fit. This is the most common reason plumbers move from self-storage to a yard: a standard 10x20 unit tops out around 20 feet of usable length and has a door you can't feed pipe through cleanly.

Yes. Insured, operational service vans and trucks park in your assigned yard space, and you have 24/7 coded gate access with no height restrictions. Most plumbing outfits use the yard as a morning staging point: the crew leaves personal cars in the space, takes the vans out, and swaps back at the end of the day.

It depends on fleet size more than material volume. Every Box Yard space includes a container, and Colorado starts at $525 per month for a space plus container, which suits a one- or two-van operation. A three-to-six-van shop typically wants an 800 sq ft yard, which holds a container plus room to park and maneuver. Outfits running jetters and trailers move up to 1,200 or 1,600 sq ft. Call 720-266-0400 and describe your fleet.

Yards are fenced with coded gate entry, and your material sits inside a locked steel container rather than in a van on the street. Be clear-eyed about the limits, though: yards are unsupervised, cameras may be present but continuous monitoring is not guaranteed, and Box Yard is not liable for loss or theft under the lease. Carry inventory coverage on high-value material the same way you would anywhere else.

Containers are not climate controlled, and Colorado swings from below freezing to well over 100 degrees inside a steel box in summer. Solvent cements, primers, and some sealants have storage temperature limits printed on the label and will fail outside them. Keep those on the van or in a conditioned space. Pipe, fittings, fixtures, and tools are fine.

Minor repairs and maintenance on your own vehicles and equipment are allowed. Fluid changes are not, since a gravel yard has no containment for oil, coolant, or hydraulic fluid. Full teardowns and running a repair operation for other people are also out, and Box Yard containers may not be painted, drilled, welded, or cut. For anything past minor maintenance you need a shop.