Major Outdoor Clothing Retailer’s New Store

When installing equipment in a listed building it's crucial to ensure that any changes to the interior safely meet the building's floor loading requirements. Otherwise you can risk overloading the floor and causing excessive deflection or even structural collapse. This was the challenge faced by storage equipment specialist Action Storage when planning the installation of a stockroom shelving system in a new outdoor clothing and equipment store in Chester.

The retailer wanted to install a new 'back of store' shelving system for stocking its wide variety of camping equipment, backpacks and other outdoor hobbyist products. As the new store was in a listed building careful planning was needed to ensure they could make the best use of the available space without the risk of overloading or causing undue stress to the building's floor.

Knowing how storage equipment can be safely arranged in a listed building can pose a challenge for many suppliers. However, thanks to its turnkey survey and design service, Action Storage was able to assess the available space and produce drawings that detailed the best possible stockroom shelving arrangement that met the building's floor loading requirements.

With simultaneous refurbishments taking place, Action Storage also had the added challenge of coping with many last minute changes to the store's layout. This meant additional visits were needed to ensure the shelving system would meet the retailer's storage needs whilst not overloading the building.

Action Storage's ability to make quick changes to the planned store layout was aided by the versatility of its Supershelf™ shelving system. The bolt free Supershelf™ can be arranged in a wide variety of heights, widths and shelving levels for maximising the available space in any retail stockroom area.  It can also be customised with garment hanging rails, modular steel storage bins and shelf dividers for storing a wide variety of items.

Thanks to the combination of its survey and design service and versatile Supershelf™ shelving system , Action Storage was able to ensure the installation was completed safely so that the new store was fully stocked and ready to welcome outdoor enthusiasts on schedule.

Further information on the Supershelf™ shelving system, garment hanging shelving, and other innovative products in Action Storage's range can be found on its website, where you can also order or download its new 160 page catalogue free of charge and find out more about its free survey and design service. Councils and other public sector organisations can place orders on credit with a valid purchase order, and all online orders receive a 5% discount.