Cantilever Racking Installation UK — Light, Medium and Heavy Duty

Cantilever racking is an arm-and-column storage system with no front upright. The load sits on horizontal arms cantilevered from a vertical column, giving completely unobstructed access along the length of the bay. This makes it the ideal — and often only — solution for long loads, irregular materials and side-loader operations.

• Timber merchants — softwood, hardwood, plywood, MDF, sheet materials.
• Steel stockholders — bar, tube, RSJ, sheet, plate.
• Builders merchants — plasterboard, insulation, decking, fencing.
• Carpet and flooring warehouses — long rolls stored horizontally.
• Plastic and pipe distributors — drainage, MDPE, ducting.
• Furniture and worktop manufacturers — long boards and sheets.

• Light duty — bolted construction, ideal for trade counters and smaller stores, typically 200–500kg per arm.
• Medium duty — welded or heavy bolted columns, 500–1,000kg per arm — the workhorse for builders and timber merchants.
• Heavy duty — structural I-beam columns and arms up to 3,000kg per arm, for steel stockholders and side-loader operations.

For external yards and exposed sites we install hot-dip galvanised cantilever racking with corrosion-protected fixings. Galvanised systems are engineered with wind-load and uplift calculations to remain stable in UK weather conditions.

Single sided cantilever sits against a perimeter wall and loads from one face. Double sided is freestanding with arms either side of a central column — doubling storage capacity in the same footprint and ideal for islands served by side-loaders or reach trucks.

1. Free site survey with load schedule and access review.
2. CAD layout, arm spacing and column sizing calculations.
3. Fixed price quotation.
4. SEIRS registered installation, floor fixing, levelling and torque check.
5. Load notices, SEMA-compliant sign-off and completion certificate.