{"id":21,"date":"2026-08-20T04:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/why-square-feet-lie\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T04:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:16:56","slug":"why-square-feet-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/why-square-feet-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Why square feet lie"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21\" class=\"elementor elementor-21\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10d496b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10d496b7\" 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-5749b383 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5749b383\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a134dac elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a134dac\" 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-15fd1475 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-post-meta-divider-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"15fd1475\" 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\/sizing\/\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">Sizing<\/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-5afd78b3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5afd78b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77ffb14a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_heading\" data-id=\"77ffb14a\" 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\">Why square feet lie<\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799c0df7 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"799c0df7\" 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-63577e7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63577e7a\" 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-ccf4d8a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccf4d8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4201768b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4201768b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32763028 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32763028\" 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-187fb4e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"187fb4e5\" 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-79d9c450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79d9c450\" 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-431b677f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"431b677f\" 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-1e4b4439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e4b4439\" 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-1eb697b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb697b3\" 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-6a005ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_image\" data-id=\"6a005ba\" 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\/corridor-1.jpg)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/08\/corridor-1.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-63d1c8d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63d1c8d5\" 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-536cc290 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"536cc290\" 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-1ae7942f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ae7942f\" 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. 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