Custom manufacturer means the drawing comes first: steel sections are selected against your load, then the run is scheduled. Sample units are available before the first production batch.
A stock model fixes all eight at once. On a custom run each one is set against your load, your space or your packing, and written onto the drawing before anything is cut.
Bay dimensions
Width, depth and height come off your drawing, or off a photo with two measured dimensions. Nothing is rounded up to a stock size.
Upright section
Frame section and steel thickness are chosen against the total bay load, so a heavy tier does not borrow the section of a light one.
Beam profile
Beam height follows the load carried per pair of beams. Where pallet clearance is tight, a step beam buys back height.
Level pitch
Levels adjust on the upright, but the hole pitch is fixed on the line. It is set once, against your tallest carton or pallet.
Shelf deck
Steel panel, slatted, wire mesh or a plain shelf, chosen for what actually sits on it — cartons, loose parts or a pallet.
Finish
Powder coat matched to a RAL reference or to the sample you send. Galvanised where the air is wet rather than painted over.
Accessories
Dividers, bin boxes, end guards, corner protectors, label holders and bay numbering, fitted before packing rather than shipped loose.
Packing and marks
Bundled for container loading or palletised for your own warehouse, with your item code and shipping marks on every bundle.
Most enquiries arrive as one of these three. Each one returns the same thing — a bay schedule you can check before production — so the entry point matters less than it looks.
Best when — a project that is already engineered
Best when — a stockroom or a bay you want to fill
Best when — comparing suppliers, or repeating a tender
Cutting, punching, forming, bending, welding and coating run in sequence inside the same building. That is what makes a change to your drawing a change on the line, rather than a re-order from a third party.
Enquiry
Send the load, the footprint and the quantity. A photo of the space is enough to start.
Drawing
We return a layout drawing with bay sizes, levels and load ratings for your approval.
Sample
Sample units for size, colour and finish checks before the production run.
Production
Roll forming, welding, powder coating and packing, in batches against the approved drawing.
Loading
Flat-packed, palletised and container-loaded with a packing list per container.
Photos of the space, a hand sketch with dimensions, a CAD file or an existing drawing all work. We return bay sizes, levels and load ratings, and flag anything in the space that would block installation.
Start a custom enquiry
Every custom order leaves with the same set. If your bank, your customs broker or your installer asks for one of them later, it is on file under the order number.
| Document | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Layout drawing | PDF for approval and DWG for your own drawing set. |
| Load chart | Rated load per level for each bay in the run, against the section used. |
| Packing list | Bundle by bundle, matched to the item codes on your order. |
| Container plan | What goes in which container, in loading sequence, with weights. |
| Pre-shipment photographs | The packed bundles and the loaded container, before the doors close. |
Layout drawing
What it containsPDF for approval and DWG for your own drawing set.
Load chart
What it containsRated load per level for each bay in the run, against the section used.
Packing list
What it containsBundle by bundle, matched to the item codes on your order.
Container plan
What it containsWhat goes in which container, in loading sequence, with weights.
Pre-shipment photographs
What it containsThe packed bundles and the loaded container, before the doors close.
Shelving starts at ten pieces per size. Pallet racking is quoted per bay, and a run under ten bays is usually cheaper taken from a standard bay size than from a drawing. We will say so rather than quote it.
DWG, DXF, STEP and PDF, plus photographs with dimensions or a sketch on paper. If the only file you have is a scan of a hand drawing, that is enough to start.
Yes. A sample unit is built for size, colour and finish, and photographed under daylight before the batch is released. Production starts from the approved sample, not from the drawing alone.
Send a RAL number or a physical sample. The powder is matched to it, then a coated part is photographed next to the sample for your approval, because screen colour is not a match.
Standard profiles run on tooling we already hold. If your section needs a dedicated die, it is quoted as a separate line, made once, and kept for repeat orders on that part.
Bundles are film-wrapped and steel-strapped, then palletised or loaded loose against a container plan. Long uprights are bundled to the container length so nothing is cut to fit.
Load per layer, available height, aisle width and quantity are enough for a first drawing. Attach a file if you have one.
