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The surprise element of the retail mezzanine floor
From our factory in Leeds, West Yorkshire WSL design and manufacture bespoke mezzanine floors for all types of environments including warehouses, offices and retail units. A smart addition to any establishment with adequate headroom with the need to increase usable...
How to safeguard your warehouse and reduce costs using Guide Rails, Barriers and Bump Stops
Designed to keep your warehouse structures, equipment, inventory and most importantly your staff safe, guide rails, Barriers and Bump Stops have a huge role to play when it comes to warehouse safety. Their use will ensure the traffic flow within your facility is done...
Improve functionality in your warehouse with essential pallet racking accessories
Your pallet racking system is the backbone of your warehouse, supporting the flow of inventory, assisting your operation and improving productivity making it an invaluable part of your business. But did you know that the capabilities and sustainability of your pallet...
The concept behind the mezzanine floor
What does the word "mezzanine" mean? The word mezzanine stems from the Italian mezzanino which means “in between” or “middle” so where an additional floor is intermediately placed midway in between the ground floor and ceiling a mezzanine floor is created. The floor...
Choosing the right decking type for your racking or shelving system
Decking is an integral part of a pallet racking or shelving structure designed to store smaller sized pallets or loads. It creates an infill between beams to prevent items with lower dimensions than that of the shelf breadth from falling between beams. Decking types...
How an office mezzanine floor can transform your warehouse
Are you looking for a way create more office space in your warehouse without compromising space in your current operational area? You have come to the right place. Here you will discover how this can be achieved with the installation of a mezzanine floor. All you need...
How to achieve fail-safe stock rotation in your warehouse
Is stock rotation a priority for your business? If it is you will know that the First-in First-out (FIFO) method is gold standard. Pallet racking and shelving systems of specific types can automatically work by the FIFO stock rotation procedure, creating an effective...
A gym mezzanine floor – discover the how’s and why’s!
There are countless benefits of a mezzanine floor installation and with the right height space a mezzanine floor can establish itself in any setting so it shouldn’t surprise you that gyms are no exception to this. Like any other environment including warehouses or...
Warehouse storage solutions for none palletised goods
It’s true that pallet racking is the most common type of warehouse storage system, but what if your inventory is too long, too big, too small or too delicate to store on pallets? Which storage solutions are available to support your inventory needs? Here you will...
Which pallet racking type is suited to your business?
Pallet racking comes in many different formats, so how do you decide which type would be most beneficial to your business? To help you to understand the different factors involved when choosing the right pallet racking solution for your warehouse, I have been talking...
The benefits of a warehouse mezzanine floor
Running out of usable space within a busy warehouse setting is a common problem which can have a negative effect on overall productivity. Are you faced with this dilemma? If so read on to discover the warehouse mezzanine floor and how it can transform your workspace...
Is cantilever racking the right storage solution for your warehouse?
Cantilever racking has a unique ability to provide safe handling and storage for items which are unsuitable for pallet racking due to length, size, shape or weight. If your inventory comes under this umbrella of characteristics then cantilever racking could be the...
Covid-19 Our office has officially reopened
WSL would like to announce the reopening of our office for the first time since temporary closure due to Covid19 in March. Before today’s opening our team were fully informed of the changes and new procedures put in place to help ensure their safety. With a positive...
Warehouse Pallet Racking: What is it?
Pallet racking is a systematised structure which enables the safe storage and handling of palletised goods within a warehouse. It provides organised storage allowing pallets to be stored across multiple rows on multiple levels with loading and picking made easy and...
Mezzanine Floor Installation: What’s involved?
Your mezzanine floor has been designed and manufactured to your specifications and requirements by our design and engineering teams, now it’s time to install the mezzanine floor. During this process you will see your mezzanine floor being constructed at your site as...
Manufacturing your mezzanine floor
Once the design of your mezzanine floor has been approved,the exact specifications of your mezzanine floor is transmitted to our in-house structural engineering team with instructions to begin manufacturing all steel components needed to build your mezzanine floor....
Your new mezzanine floor: Our design process explained
Your new mezzanine floor will undergo three significant stages before completion; design, manufacture and installation and it is crucial that each of these processes are strategically planned and carried out with deliberate emphasis. WSL provide all of these core...
Mezzanine Floors – Your Questions Answered in this Complete Guide
What is a mezzanine floor? A mezzanine floor is a custom-made semi-permanent structure constructed within a building to provide an upper level floor or even multiple floor levels. The new floor is placed central to the ceiling and ground floor creating a new level of...
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