{"id":191,"date":"2026-08-20T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/?p=191"},"modified":"2026-08-20T04:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:17:25","slug":"pack-the-unit-not-just-the-boxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/pack-the-unit-not-just-the-boxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pack the unit, not just the boxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"191\" class=\"elementor elementor-191\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ebef21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28ebef21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337b6f1d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"337b6f1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54fb0cd3 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54fb0cd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the office<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-166bcc2 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-post-meta-divider-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"166bcc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/category\/packing\/\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">Packing<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">August 20, 2026<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1602ee9d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1602ee9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b9b2d7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_heading\" data-id=\"67b9b2d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gum-widget-title\"><h1 class=\"section-main-title size-default\">Pack the unit, not just the boxes<\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ba9c091 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ba9c091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two units of the same floor area can hold wildly different amounts. Height, door width, and the walkway you keep decide it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d96d92f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d96d92f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79917857 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79917857\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b3881e6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b3881e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61268abd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61268abd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Everybody shops for storage in square feet, because that is the number on the price list. It is also the number that tells you the least. A 10 by 10 and a 5 by 20 both give you a hundred square feet, and in practice they hold entirely different amounts of furniture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c329e12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c329e12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Height is the free dimension<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40064bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40064bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our units are 8 ft 6 in to the ceiling. That is a third more usable volume than most people plan for, and it is free. Stack boxes to head height along the back wall and a 5 by 10 will swallow most of a one bedroom flat, which is why we so often talk customers down a size at the counter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a5c3bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a5c3bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The unit you rent is measured in square feet. The unit you use is measured in cubic feet, and the difference is roughly a third.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293ff0be elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"293ff0be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The door decides the awkward items<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3feb52b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3feb52b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A four foot roller door will take a sofa turned on its end, a standard wardrobe, and a mattress. It will not take a full size dining table without the legs off. Before you book, measure the largest single thing you own rather than adding up the volume of everything.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a9dce elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_image\" data-id=\"87a9dce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-featureimage\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/08\/boxes.jpg)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/08\/boxes.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5770644b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5770644b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Northgate ground floor, where the widest doors are<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6727af76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6727af76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The walkway you keep costs a size<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2a7608 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a2a7608\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you will visit monthly, leave a corridor down the middle and rent one size up. If this is deep storage that you will open twice a year, pack it solid to the roof and save the money. Deciding which of the two you are is the single most useful thing you can do before booking.<\/p><p>None of this is complicated, but no price list explains it, which is why we drew every unit to scale on this site instead. Look at the plan, look at your largest item, and pick the honest size.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bfadd44 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bfadd44\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5521e42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5521e42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Filed<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125a64fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"125a64fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342efad4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"342efad4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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