DIY for cost-effective new warehouses

KERPEN, Germany - Nov. 26, 2024 - PRLog -- Rack-clad warehouses where the rack installation columns also act as a supporting structure for the roof and sidewalls are an attractive option for companies that quickly need weather-protected storage capacities. They offer a significant cost advantage over standard buildings with separate rack systems. OHRA also enables its customers to reduce costs further by performing work themselves. Hungarian companies Farkas-Fa, a woodworking business, and timber dealer Sarok-Fa made and mounted the roof constructions for their OHRA rack-clad warehouses with their own wood.

New storage capacities in no time

Both companies quickly needed new capacities for storing planks, beams and other wood protected from the weather. Farkas-Fa and Sarok-Fa opted for rack-clad warehouses based on cantilever racks. Warehouse construction and rack assembly are done at the same time and not separately, enabling significantly faster construction times.

Custom solutions

At Farkas-Fa, two cantilever racks each measuring 12.4 metres in length form the walls. As the columns of the OHRA racks are made of hot-rolled steel profiles, offering high load bearing capacities, they enable large spans for the roof construction: At Farkas-Fa, the distance between the two rows of racks measures 15 metres. A third row of racks can easily be placed in the centre of the warehouse at a later time. By contrast, Sarok-Fa opted for a rack-clad warehouse without sidewalls, allowing air to flow freely through the stored wood and dry it further. Three rows of two-sided cantilever racks act as the supporting structure. For Sarok-Fa, one important feature of the OHRA racks was that the flexibly suspended cantilever arms can be adjusted in a 100-millimetre grid without any tools. The racks can be adapted to a changing product range at any time.

Roof construction

Both companies had the workforce and expertise to build the roof construction themselves. OHRA simply tailored the supports at the racking columns to the respective roof construction in consultation with the two companies.

Increased capacity and efficiency

Thanks to the rack-clad warehouses from OHRA, Farkas-Fa and Sarok-Fa were quickly able to create new, sheltered warehouse capacities. Before constructing the rack-clad warehouses, both companies stored their wood, or at least some of it, on the ground. Thanks to storage in cantilever racks, they have significantly expanded their storage capacities in the same floor area. They also benefit from easier, faster access to the goods, improving warehouse efficiency significantly.

A new video shows the construction and use of the two rack-clad warehouses:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/dC8gAB4K5gU