| There are many materials from which shelving can be | | | | can talk things through thoroughly and the customer |
| made. Plastic and perspex shelving are used for | | | | service advisor can put together exactly the right |
| displaying small items, like you'd see in a jewellery | | | | kind of package. Such firms, being large, will have a |
| shop window. Wooden shelving is popular because | | | | lot of purchasing power. They buy their metal |
| wood is decorative and can be easily cut to size and | | | | shelving in bulk which means that they can get very |
| drilled. But metal shelving reigns supreme in industrial | | | | competitive prices which they can pass on to their |
| applications because of its superior strength and ease | | | | customers. For the same reason, they can offer bulk |
| of manufacture. It is also being seen more and more | | | | discounts for large orders. |
| in offices, public buildings and the home for these | | | | Quality is very important. If you're going to be |
| reasons. | | | | investing in metal shelving it should be strong and |
| It is advisable to go to one of the larger suppliers of | | | | durable of course, but you'll want all of the quality |
| metal shelving. Being large, they will also be well | | | | boxes to be ticked too. If it has pre-drilled holes, |
| established, and so have all the elements in place to | | | | these must be of consistent size, so that you can |
| support your purchase. These types of companies | | | | use the same size of bolts throughout. Also the holes |
| will have comprehensive websites which show you | | | | must be free of sharp protruding slices of metal |
| the complete range of metal shelving they have, with | | | | which could prevent the bolt going through and could |
| prices and sizes too. The website will help you find | | | | cut people handling the shelving. This also applies to |
| the shelving that suits you, and you can also discuss | | | | the rest of the shelving elements too. The quality of |
| the product with colleagues in different locations | | | | finish is important, and safety considerations are |
| easily on the phone if there's a website to look at. | | | | paramount. Again, large companies will only use |
| The products that the firm offers should be listed in | | | | suppliers which meet the very highest quality |
| a catalogue in addition to being on their website. | | | | standards. Another important quality aspect of metal |
| Sometimes you'll need a paper version to take on a | | | | shelving is its load bearing capability. A large, |
| walk-about in a large industrial space or even in a | | | | well-established shelving firm will have its metal |
| domestic garage. Catalogues in book form make this | | | | shelving independently tested to confirm that it does |
| so much easier. These kind of firms will also have | | | | what it says it will do. This way, the customer has a |
| customer service advisors who you can talk to in | | | | level of confidence about the product, which is |
| person or by phone. This is important, because they | | | | especially important in industry where a warehousing |
| will have a wealth of experience about the different | | | | company may be buying thousands of pounds of |
| types of metal shelving available. So the customer | | | | metal shelving in one go. |