I have a question for an expert on hallway/mezzanine systems: has anybody ever seen a triangular-shaped storage unit? For instance, a vertical hallway meets a slanted hallway and two 10x10's form an equilateral triangle. Is it possible to wall in the triangle, put on a roll-up door and create a 50-square-foot triangular storage unit?

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Not an expert (and I don't even play one on TV), but I think that would be a tough sell.

As a manager I have a tough time here with a square 5x5 - I can't imagine trying to rent a triangle! The rent would have to be real cheep.


But them I was never good a selling snowballs to Eskimos.

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All American Self Storage
Palmdale, CA.
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Yes, I wouldn't want to fill the building with them. I figured it looked beter than an open corner or putting a 5x5 in the angle.

IF you could remove the wall between the triangle and the unit next to it, charge a little more, for example, of a combination of O & RR, then just an O by itself, that might work, but I think the sharp corners of a triangle by itself would be a difficult sell. Plus we always have a problem with a small room and a wide door, because the roll up ball at the top when you have the door open takes up most of the top of the unit.

Good idea, Lisa. An O + RR would be 150 square feet - it could be priced more than a 10x10 but less than a fully rectangular 10x15.

Great idea Lisa -- when I decide to design my new place I will give you a call for layout advice

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All American Self Storage
Palmdale, CA.
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stevedore:

I really like Lisa's suggestion. It give you an unique unit that would be much easier to rent then the triangle. However, if you had to you could also use a simple swing door at the far edge of the triangle thus giving customers the illusion of a deeper unit and eliminating the problem the roll up door creates in the up position.

MisterJim444

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I actually had one such space at a property in Ft. Slaughter, er Lauderdale. It was 1" wide at the back, and about 3Ft at the door. I couldn't get the thing not to rent. It didn't matter what the charge was for it (can you say cheap) cause it was hust wasted space.

Bob (Astro)

Sorry. That word was supposed to be "just".

Oops,

Bob (Astro)

I have talked to reps from both Trachte and Betco about triangular units. Both say that their hallway systems have been configured this way in rare situations - typically when they have to avoid a support column in a conversion project. The use of a swing door in this case will avoid the problem of the roll-up door taking up a lot of space at the top of the unit. These areas may also be a good place to use stacked lockers - where cubic feet is not as important as getting some smaller units into the unit mix.