{"id":213,"date":"2026-08-20T04:19:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/?p=213"},"modified":"2026-08-20T04:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:20:02","slug":"the-five-things-that-always-get-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/the-five-things-that-always-get-damaged\/","title":{"rendered":"The five things that always get damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"213\" class=\"elementor elementor-213\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109319a4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"109319a4\" 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-276ecf0e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"276ecf0e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1227533b elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1227533b\" 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-4f151d60 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-post-meta-divider-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"4f151d60\" 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-31bd4f89 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31bd4f89\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c2c006 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_heading\" data-id=\"77c2c006\" 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\">The five things that always get damaged<\/h1><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b99e742 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b99e742\" 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-67ca61cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67ca61cc\" 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-163d87e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"163d87e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1275b21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1275b21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d1cfe2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d1cfe2e\" 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-55de932a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55de932a\" 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-2c855f39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c855f39\" 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-14cd7ff7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14cd7ff7\" 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-1b4057d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b4057d9\" 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-597bac2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"597bac2c\" 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-749a355 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_image\" data-id=\"749a355\" 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\/loading.jpg)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/stowvia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2026\/08\/loading.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-2d596df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d596df\" 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-714f1f26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"714f1f26\" 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-2727b824 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2727b824\" 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-2068874c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2068874c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-161abc2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"161abc2a\" 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-505c0b08 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"505c0b08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74476ac2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74476ac2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Height, door width, and the walkway you keep decide it. Everybody shops for storage in square feet, because that is the number on the price list. 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