Overview
Everything in UNIT/5
Every component, in one place: the steel kit we make, every add-on and every Data Center package. Add-on and package parts are real products, shipped by their makers. Tap one for its spec sheet.
The kit
Cut, punched and lettered at the factory. The letter is printed on each part and used in the assembly guide.
Framing
Panels
Trim
Clips & brackets
Door
Hardware
Add-ons
Steel floor kit
$345Our 6" galvanized steel joist frame (we make it). Puts UNIT/5 on pavers, gravel or grass with no concrete. Add two sheets of 3/4" pressure-treated plywood from any lumber yard; the cut plan is included.
Ground anchor kit
$45Four eye anchors with cable, for installs without a concrete pad.
ground anchorsTie Down Engineering (Atlanta, GA) 59075 Storage Building Anchor Kit $45Steel shelving bay
$640Heavy-duty boltless shelving, 48" W x 18" D x 72" H, five shelves, US-made. Stands against the back wall and anchors to the studs.
steel shelvingTennsco RXHS-481872 heavy-duty boltless die-rack shelving48″ × 72″ × 18″$640Wall rail
$35Two 4 ft steel GearTrack channels that screw to the studs. Takes Gladiator hooks for bikes, ladders and tools.
wall rail / hooksGladiator (Whirlpool) 4' GearTrack Channels48″ × 6″$35Gutter & rain barrel
quoteGalvanized K-style gutter on the low (back) edge, a downspout, and a 50 gal rain barrel with diverter.
gutterAmerimax Home Products 5 in. x 10 ft K-Style galvanized steel gutter5″ × ?″ × 120″quote
downspoutAmerimax Home Products 2 in. x 3 in. x 10 ft galvanized downspout3″ × 120″ × 2″quote
rain barrel kitGood Ideas (Tank Holding Corp.) Rain Wizard 50 Gallon Rain Barrel with Diverter Kit 23″ × 30″ × 20″$215Thermostat exhaust fan
$175120 V wall fan with a built-in thermostat, plus an aluminum intake louver. Moves hot air out on summer afternoons.
ventilation-120vAir Vent (Gibraltar Building Products) WCGA Gable Mount Power Attic Ventilator with thermostat$140
ventilation-intakeAir Vent (Gibraltar Building Products) 14x24WH rectangular aluminum gable louver14″ × 24″$35Solar exhaust fan
$435Solar-powered wall fan with its own panel, plus an intake louver. Ventilates with no wiring at all.
Insulation
quoteFoil-faced polyiso foam board for the walls and roof. Cuts summer heat and stops condensation drip.
Off-grid power kit
$1,820One 430 W roof panel (the most the 5x5 roof holds), a 2 kWh LiFePO4 power station with six 120 V outlets, and an LED light. No wire to the house. We supply the rails and wiring.
solarQcells (Hanwha Q CELLS America) Q.TRON BLK M-G2+ 430 44.6″ × 67.8″ × 1.18″$365
batteryEcoFlow DELTA 2 Max 19.6″ × 12″ × 9.5″$1,185Hard-wire package
quoteEvery part for a 100 A-rated subpanel, surge protector, two GFCI outlets, an LED light and a rainproof conduit hub, each marked for its spot, with a wiring diagram. Your licensed electrician installs and wires it, runs the feeder from your house, sets the ground rods and pulls the permit.
electricalSquare D (Schneider Electric) QO QO816L100RB8.9″ × 12.6″$145
electricalSquare D (Schneider Electric) HEPD80 Home Electronics Protective Device3.72″ × 3.23″ × 2.1″quote
×2electricalLeviton GFWT2-W 20 A SmartlockPro self-test GFCIquote
electricalLithonia Lighting (Acuity Brands) Contractor Select CSVT L48 ALO3 MVOLT SWW3 80CRI5.375″ × 3.25″ × 50.25″$120
electricalSquare D (Schneider Electric) B125 bolt-on rainproof hub4.44″ × 1.4″ × 3.09″$20
×2electricalnVent ERICO 615880 copper-bonded ground rod0.56″ × 96″quoteGrid-tied solar (Enphase)
$1,535One 430 W panel with an Enphase IQ8+ microinverter and the IQ Combiner 5, feeding your house through the hard-wire package. Needs your utility's interconnection approval. Switches off in a power outage unless you add the battery.
solarEnphase Energy IQ8PLUS-72-2-US 6.9″ × 8.3″ × 1.2″$205
solarEnphase Energy IQ Combiner 5 X-IQ-AM1-240-5 14.75″ × 19.5″ × 6.63″$815Enphase IQ Battery 5P
$5,9555 kWh battery and the IQ System Controller 3 that keeps the outlets on in an outage. Installed by your electrician.
batteryEnphase Energy IQ Battery 5P IQBATTERY-5P-1P-NA 21.7″ × 38.6″ × 7.4″$3,425
batteryEnphase Energy IQ System Controller 3 SC200D111C240US01 19.7″ × 36″ × 9.7″$2,530Mini-split heat pump
$2,910MRCOOL DIY Hyper Heat 12,000 BTU, 230 V: heats and cools down to -22 F, pre-charged line set. Head high on the back wall, outdoor unit on a pad behind.
Data Center packages
Server Rack
$8,355+A cooled, hard-wired room for a 25U rack: servers, NAS, firewall and networking, on a UPS.
Server rack, 25U 4-postStarTech.com 4POSTRACK25U 23.6″ × 48″$415
UPS, 1500 VATripp Lite (Eaton) SmartPro SMART1500RM2U 1500VA/1350W line-interactive sine wave17.3″ × 3.75″ × 13.45″$1,085
Network switch, 24-portUbiquiti UniFi USW-24 17.4″ × 1.73″ × 7.87″$285
×2Rack PDU, 120 V 20 ATripp Lite (Eaton) PDU1220 basic PDU19″ × 2″ × 4.5″$400
Mini-split heat pump, 12,000 BTUMRCOOL DIY 5th Gen Hyper Heat 12K31.57″ × 11.69″ × 7.44″$2,910
Winter free-cooling fan + filtered intakeAC Infinity AIRLIFT T10 shutter exhaust fan 10 in. with temperature/humidity controller 13″ × 13″ × 7.79″$205
Winter free-cooling fan + filtered intakeHart & Cooley RHF45LF aluminum return-air filter grillequote
Solar exhaust fanAir Vent (Gibraltar Building Products) NPSG8 Solar Powered Gable Mount Attic Ventilator$400
Insulation & steel linerJohns Manville AP Foil-Faced Foam Sheathing 48″ × 96″quoteSubpanel, 100 A rated, 8 spacesSquare D (Schneider Electric) QO QO816L100RB8.9″ × 12.6″$145Surge protective deviceSquare D (Schneider Electric) HEPD80 Home Electronics Protective Device3.72″ × 3.23″ × 2.1″quote×2Ground rodsnVent ERICO 615880 copper-bonded ground rod0.56″ × 96″quote×2Conduit hubs (power + network)Square D (Schneider Electric) B125 bolt-on rainproof hub4.44″ × 1.4″ × 3.09″$40×2GFCI outletsLeviton GFWT2-W 20 A SmartlockPro self-test GFCIquoteLED vapor-tight lightLithonia Lighting (Acuity Brands) Contractor Select CSVT L48 ALO3 MVOLT SWW3 80CRI5.375″ × 3.25″ × 50.25″$120Mac mini Cluster
$18,305+74 Mac minis running flat-out in a 5×5, sized for a 100 °F day: five 16-Mac rack mounts, 36-outlet PDUs on the wall, two heat pumps.
Server rack, 25U 4-postStarTech.com 4POSTRACK25U 23.6″ × 48″$415
×5Mac mini rack mount, 16 per 3UMK1 Manufacturing (West Jordan, UT, USA) MMR-3G16XHDRS-3U high-density mount for 16 M4 Mac minis19″ × 5.246″ × 24.634″$5,025
Network switch, 48-port 10GUbiquiti UniFi USW-Pro-XG-48: 32x 10GbE RJ45 + 16x 2.5GbE + 4x 25G SFP2817.4″ × 1.73″ × 18.9″$2,530
×3Vertical PDU, 36 outletsTripp Lite (Eaton) PDUMV20-72 metered 0U PDU1.5″ × 72.47″quoteUPS, 1500 VATripp Lite (Eaton) SmartPro SMART1500RM2U 1500VA/1350W line-interactive sine wave17.3″ × 3.75″ × 13.45″$1,085×2Mini-split heat pump, 12,000 BTUMRCOOL DIY 5th Gen Hyper Heat 12K31.57″ × 11.69″ × 7.44″$5,820Winter free-cooling fan + filtered intakeAC Infinity AIRLIFT T10 shutter exhaust fan 10 in. with temperature/humidity controller 13″ × 13″ × 7.79″$205Winter free-cooling fan + filtered intakeHart & Cooley RHF45LF aluminum return-air filter grillequoteSolar exhaust fanAir Vent (Gibraltar Building Products) NPSG8 Solar Powered Gable Mount Attic Ventilator$400Insulation & steel linerJohns Manville AP Foil-Faced Foam Sheathing 48″ × 96″quote
Subpanel, 200 A main breaker, 20 spacesSquare D (Schneider Electric) Homeline HOM2040M200PRB14.8″ × 29.8″ × 4.5″$375Surge protective deviceSquare D (Schneider Electric) HEPD80 Home Electronics Protective Device3.72″ × 3.23″ × 2.1″quote×2Ground rodsnVent ERICO 615880 copper-bonded ground rod0.56″ × 96″quote×2Conduit hubs (power + network)Square D (Schneider Electric) B125 bolt-on rainproof hub4.44″ × 1.4″ × 3.09″$40×2GFCI outletsLeviton GFWT2-W 20 A SmartlockPro self-test GFCIquoteLED vapor-tight lightLithonia Lighting (Acuity Brands) Contractor Select CSVT L48 ALO3 MVOLT SWW3 80CRI5.375″ × 3.25″ × 50.25″$120Quiet Bitcoin XBT Mining
$5,280+A sound-insulated mining room: 240 V for each miner, acoustic walls, and every bit of air in and out through lined, baffled silencers.
×4240 V receptacles, NEMA L6-20RLeviton 2320 L6-20R locking receptaclequote
×4Acoustic walls & roofROCKWOOL Safe'n'Sound 3" stone wool batt 16.25″ × 48″ × 3″$420
×6Acoustic walls & roofSecond Skin Audio Luxury Liner Mass Loaded Vinyl$420
×10Acoustic walls & roofATS Acoustics ATS PET Acoustic Panel 24 x 48 x 124″ × 48″ × 1″$700
Exhaust silencer hoodJohns Manville Linacoustic RC duct liner59″ × ?″ × 1″quote×2Intake silencer hood + filterHart & Cooley RHF45LF aluminum return-air filter grillequote
Thermostat exhaust fan, 16″AC Infinity AIRLIFT T16 shutter exhaust fan 16 in. with temperature/humidity controller 19.09″ × 19.09″ × 7.72″$320Subpanel, 200 A main breaker, 20 spacesSquare D (Schneider Electric) Homeline HOM2040M200PRB14.8″ × 29.8″ × 4.5″$375Surge protective deviceSquare D (Schneider Electric) HEPD80 Home Electronics Protective Device3.72″ × 3.23″ × 2.1″quote×2Ground rodsnVent ERICO 615880 copper-bonded ground rod0.56″ × 96″quote×2Conduit hubs (power + network)Square D (Schneider Electric) B125 bolt-on rainproof hub4.44″ × 1.4″ × 3.09″$40×2GFCI outletsLeviton GFWT2-W 20 A SmartlockPro self-test GFCIquoteLED vapor-tight lightLithonia Lighting (Acuity Brands) Contractor Select CSVT L48 ALO3 MVOLT SWW3 80CRI5.375″ × 3.25″ × 50.25″$120