20ft, 40ft, high cube, modified, and refrigerated containers delivered to Tacoma and Tacoma, Pierce County and the South Sound, including Lakewood, University Place, Puyallup, Federal Way, Fife. Price always includes delivery.
Tacoma is Washington's third largest city and the center of Pierce County, a county of roughly nine hundred thousand people that runs from the Puget Sound waterfront up to Mount Rainier Deliveries reach Pierce, King, Thurston, Kitsap, Mason, Lewis, Grays Harbor, Jefferson counties, and the practical questions change from one part of the area to the next. the North End, the Proctor District, the Stadium District, Old Town, Hilltop, Central Tacoma, the Lincoln District, South Tacoma, the Eastside, Northeast Tacoma, Browns Point, Dash Point, McKinley Hill, Fern Hill, Salishan, downtown and New Tacoma, the Tideflats and Port Industrial area, the Nalley Valley, the West End, Titlow Beach, Point Defiance, the Ruston Way waterfront, Oakland-Madrona, Larchmont each bring their own access, placement, and ground-preparation considerations.
Tacoma is a home rule city and its land use rules sit in Title 13 of the Tacoma Municipal Code, the Land Use Regulatory Code, administered by Planning and Development Services in the Tacoma Municipal Building. Tacoma is unusual among Washington cities in that it writes about shipping containers explicitly rather than leaving them to be inferred from accessory structure rules, which is good news for a buyer because a real answer is available before you order. Lakewood, University Place, Fircrest, Ruston, Fife, Puyallup, Gig Harbor, DuPont and unincorporated Pierce County are separate jurisdictions with their own codes.
We have delivered containers throughout Tacoma, Pierce County and the South Sound and we know the local ground: Glacial ground across the Puget lowland, laid down by repeated glacial advances, the most recent around 15,000 years ago. The two materials at or near the surface behave very differently under a load. Till, the dense material builders here call hardpan, is strong but close to impermeable, so water perches on top of it and travels sideways. Outwash drains freely and generally bears well. Down in the Duwamish, the Kent Valley and the Puyallup and Nisqually deltas the ground turns to soft fill, delta silt and peat instead. That matters more for a container than for a house, because a container puts essentially its entire weight through four corner castings rather than spreading it along a continuous footing. Four point loads on ground that softens through a Puget Sound winter is how a box ends up out of level, with doors that no longer close and a roof that ponds water., along with the access and clearance realities of the streets here. Tell us your address and your situation, and you get an honest assessment and an accurate delivery quote.
The Tideflats run on containers already, and the businesses around them use their own for staging, parts and seasonal overflow. A container on the yard absorbs a peak without signing for warehouse square footage that sits empty in the slow months.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord moves people constantly, and a household in transition needs somewhere secure and dry that is not a rented unit an hour away. A container at the house holds furniture and gear through a move, a deployment or a rental gap, with one key and no daily access fee.
Crews working across Pierce County use a container as the lockup on site. Tools, copper, fixtures and appliances stay in one steel box, which is a simpler answer than loading a trailer at the end of every day and hoping the site holds overnight.
Houses in the North End, Proctor and the Stadium District are older, close together and often short on garage space. When one gets opened up, a container keeps furniture, cabinetry and finish material on site and out of the rain for the length of the job.
Commencement Bay and Gig Harbor keep a working marine trade alive, and gear comes off the boats between seasons. Containers hold nets, line, spare parts and deck equipment secure and dry at the yard rather than filling a shop bay.
South and east of the city, through Graham, Eatonville, Orting and Roy, parcels get bigger and outbuildings get scarce. A container holds feed, tack, fencing, mowers and implements out of the weather without a barn project.
Kegs, packaging, patio furniture, festival gear and seasonal stock all need dry space that does not have to be indoors. A container behind the building keeps the back of house clear and the good square footage in use for customers.
A few things shape how a delivery goes in this area:
For permit questions on a specific address, contact City of Tacoma Planning and Development Services, Tacoma Municipal Building, 747 Market Street, 3rd Floor, Tacoma WA 98402, phone (253) 591-5030, department permit site tacomapermits.org. For addresses outside the city, Pierce County Planning and Public Works and each suburban city are separate jurisdictions..
Used wind and water tight and one-trip containers are both available. Every unit is inspected before delivery.
All-in pricing with delivery included. Call or text (330) 510-5817, or use the quote form above.