Signs Your Shelving Needs Replacing

It is important to have full confidence in your warehouse storage equipment, especially if you run a hectic paced business. You trust in your system to stand the test of time and secure all of your products in easy to access locations throughout each business day, allowing you to move swiftly and securely around them without risk of trips or the shelving falling apart. There are signs that your commercial shelving may be compromised and in need of replacement shelves.

No Products Fit

As your business starts to expand, there is a great air of excitement that your products are gaining so much demand and you are ordering and providing even more to meet it. Your first sign would be that you are getting short on storage to meet the demand, and the stock starts to occupy away from your shelving or pallet racking.

First and foremost, you need a safe working environment – not susceptible to trips and cramped working conditions. If your shelving has no room to fit the product then it is time to find more efficient options for storage.

The words optimum efficiency have to play into your shelving plans, ready to meet growth and stock a wide variety of products as the years and fads come along. Wider and taller shelving is always an option to stock your overfill.

Wear and Tear

With everyday use, your shelving will no doubt start to become weaker from elements and products stored upon them. Heavy products placed on and off these shelves over years can begin to showcase those wear and tear signs.

It only takes one load too many for that shelving to finally give in and collapse, and this can be a big problem when an employee is injured as a result. Not only that, it is even worse for the stock that gets damaged at the same time.

Keep an eye on dents and bends in your shelving as well as rusty joints and shaky shelves. They are huge warning signs that your system needs urgent replacement. See it as a warning not of what can happen, but what is destined to happen. If they cannot be fixed then it is time to replace them completely.

Warning Signs

There are plenty of warning signs in regards to your systems being no longer for the task at hand, and replacing them with a better and more secure system to meet your warehouse or store needs is a much cheaper option than the loss of stock you can experience.

Contact the team at Monarch Shelving today for all your needs on industrial storage racks, commercial shelving solutions and replacement shelves.