Pallet racking in Gloucester, from the docks basin to the M5 junction 12 estates.

Not until someone competent has looked at it. Inherited racking in Gloucester often has no load notices, mixed components from different suppliers and anchors of unknown condition. We start with an identification and inspection visit, usually half a day, around 4 hours, for a single unit of up to 500 pallet locations, and give you a written report grading each defect. Many bays can go straight back into use once load signs are fitted; others need beams or uprights replaced first. You then have a clear repair quote and a starting record for your annual inspections.

Usually, yes. On the survey, booked within 5 working days, we measure the frame depth, typically 900 or 1100mm on older Gloucester stock, the upright profile, hole pattern and beam connector, and record beam lengths, which run from 1500 to 5000mm. We then source compatible components from current or used stock. Where an exact match is no longer made, we replace complete bays with a new system, which takes 4 to 8 weeks from order, so you do not mix parts within a run. We check the slab before re-anchoring and price everything before work starts.

For a standard adjustable pallet racking scheme in a cleared unit near junction 12, expect 4 to 8 weeks from order to handover, most of that being manufacture and delivery. On site, a crew typically installs several hundred pallet locations in a few days. If you are moving into a new Gloucester unit with a fixed lease start, tell us at the survey and we will plan the design and delivery dates back from your go live date.

Yes. Parcel and logistics sheds near junction 12 rarely stop, so we inspect and repair in sections, closing 1 or 2 aisles at a time, and can work evenings or weekends. A typical inspection of a 1,000 pallet location unit takes 1 day on site. Our report records each bay checked, defects found and actions taken, graded so your team knows what to offload first. We can also train your shift leads to carry out recorded weekly visual checks between our annual visits.

It usually takes 3 systems working together. Cantilever racking holds bar, tube and sheet by grade and length; shelving and drawer units hold tooling and kits beside each cell; and a lockable mesh cage keeps quarantine or nonconforming parts apart. Pallet racking then handles packaging and finished goods. We design these together so material flows from goods in to machining to dispatch, and so traceability is easy to show at a customer audit in Gloucester or elsewhere.

No. Gloucester is around 80 miles and an hour and 40 minutes from our base by the A465 and A40, similar to our Haverfordwest or Newtown work. Surveys are booked within five working days. For installs we stay locally rather than travel daily, and annual inspections are planned weeks ahead. If you also run sites in South Wales, we can group visits so each location is inspected on the same cycle.

Often. We survey the column grid, clear height, slab and fire exits, then design the mezzanine so its own columns sit around existing structure and racking. Steelwork usually takes 1 to 3 weeks on site once the design and building regulations approval are in place. For canal side units on Bristol Road, where floor area is limited but height is good, a mezzanine is frequently cheaper than moving.

We can. If you are leaving a unit at Quedgeley or Brockworth, we can dismantle the racking, assess what is reusable and either refit it at your new site, buy it from you, or remove it so the unit is handed back clear. As a typical job, a crew dismantles 200 to 300 pallet locations in 1 to 2 days. Reused frames and beams are checked against their 900 or 1100mm depths and 1500 to 5000mm lengths, inspected and given fresh load notices. Used stock is also available through palletrackingwales.shop for smaller extensions.