Here at Chemstore we listen to our clients requirements and design bespoke storage solutions to suit your needs.
Our Chemical warehouses are made to comply with HSG71 guidelines 
and can be tailored to suit your specification needs, whether that is:
Trust in our reputation for developing and delivering market-leading products and services for hazardous materials handling.
Improving the level of safety in your workplace is where our work begins. From there, we’ll help you reduce your risk, liability and downtime, and therefore increase productivity. Plus, we’ll take you beyond the legal standards for Health & Safety and Corporate Social Responsibility, with products and services that are also designed to exceed your performance expectations.
Here are just a few examples of what makes Chemstore stand out from the crowd:
Full design service
Find out how a tailor-made solution could work for you. Discuss your specific site requirements with us and we’ll engineer a bespoke proposal that slots right in with your needs.
Fast turnaround
Your deadlines are our priority. We manufacture to strict, in-house quality guidelines and can deliver to suit your deadlines. Plus, our experienced steel fabricators operate to the highest possible standards of excellence.
Quality you can count on
You’ll benefit from a 10 year structural guarantee on most products.
Chemstore’s Thermovault – Temperature Controlled Stores are stand-alone and relocateable.
Thermovault is available as an insulated design option or a Fire Rated option, which are designed to provide secure, controlled storage for temperature sensitive materials. We offer a full range of sizes together with a bespoke design service to suit your requirements with heating and cooling options.
We also offer Drum & IBC’s Enclosures designed to heat the contents of standard drums and IBC’s from freezing, ambient or even hotter to your required processing temperature.
Features:
Sentence after teenage apprentice overcome by chemicals
South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court heard how, on 12 December 2017, the employee of Wheelnut Ltd, entered an area of the company’s former premises in Swalwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, known as the “acid room”. The employee entered the room to retrieve alloy wheels from one of three barrels of a chemical substance containing Dichloromethane (DCM), Methanol and Hydrofluoric Acid used in the stripping process. He was subsequently found by a colleague slumped unconscious over a barrel.
An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found a risk assessment for the chemical wheel stripping process was not suitable or sufficient. Appropriate control measures should have included suitable exhaust ventilation in the room as well as respiratory protective equipment (RPE) for the employees. RPE was provided but it was not maintained in an efficient or effective state. Several parts of it were damaged and the air feed to it from the compressor was not filtered correctly. The investigation found that on this occasion, and previously, the employee was not wearing the RPE when he entered the room. Employees were not provided with suitable and sufficient information, instruction, and training with regards to the risks involved with using the chemicals, particularly the risks involved with using DCM.
Wheelnut Ltd of Whickham Bank, Swalwell, Newcastle upon pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The company was fined £32,000 and ordered to pay full costs of £1718.50.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Joy Craighead said: “A young worker suffered a potentially serious injury. Breathing in DCM vapour can produce narcotic effects and, at high concentrations, unconsciousness and death. In this instance, the boy made a full recovery, but it could have easily resulted in his death.”
Commenting on the sentencing, Mike Brodie, Chemstore UK Managing Director said: “A storage arrangement with suitable extraction could have prevented this incident from happening. It is easy to underestimate the dangers of gases and vapours given off by chemicals because they can be odourless and vapourless but their effects can be devastating. Thankfully the apprentice in question made a full recovery but the incident is a reminder of the importance of storing hazardous substances correctly.”
If you are unsure of your obligations in this area, contact Chemstore today for a free site assessment.
You may also be interested in our free corrosives storage checklist.
3xIBC Spill PalletOur platform-free 3xIBC Spill Pallet is a one-piece unit that offers secondary spill containment when using 3 no. IBCs of compatible liquids together.
The 3xIBC Spill Pallet has a spill containment capacity of 1300L and is designed to withstand a maximum load of 4,500Kg with a low bund height of just 470mm.
The plastic construction is ideally suitable for the storage of aggressive or non-flammable chemicals.
Units are typically ex-stock for immediate shipping.
Dimensions: 470mm (H) x 3,255mm (W) x 1,340mm (D)
Weight: 86kg
Capacity: 1300L
Max Load: 4500kg
Order yours today by contacting Chemstore, emailing sales@chemstore.co.uk or calling us on 0208 704 1807.
S90.196.120 (WDAS) – 90 Minute Flammables Storage CabinetThe asecos range of Cabinets are a renowned standard of quality employed throughout a full range of industries in the UK.
Dimensions: External 1,196W x 616D x 1,968H (mm)
Cabinet Weight: 420Kg
Loading: 75Kg evenly distributed load per shelf.
Storage: 3 No. adjustable shelves and 1 no. bottom collecting sump with perforated insert.
Spillage Collection: 33 L Leak tested, welded steel, liquid collection sump in base.
Access: Twin hinged wing doors
Finish: Chemical resistant powder coat finish (Yellow)
If larger a larger flammable storage unit is required check out our Firevault range here.
V Line V90.196.081.VDAC 90 Minute Fire Rated Cabinet
The asecos range of Fire Rated Cabinet are a renowned standard of quality employed throughout a full range of industries in the UK.
90 minutes fire-resistant V90
Dimensions : External 819W x 863D x 1,966H (mm)
Cabinet Weight: 344 Kg
Loading: 50 Kg evenly distributed load per shelf.
Storage: 5 No. shelves and 1 no. bottom collecting sump with perforated insert.
Spillage Collection: 12.5 L Leak tested, welded steel, liquid collection sump in base.
Access: 2 No. Electric opening slide-out doors
Finish: Chemical resistant powder coat finish
XL90.222.155.WDAS 90 Minute Fire Rated Cabinet
The asecos range of Fire Rated Cabinet are a renowned standard of quality employed throughout a full range of industries in the UK.
90 minutes fire-resistant
W x D x H (mm): 1555W X 1018D X 2224H (mm)
Cabinet Weight: 1,150 Kg
Storage: 1 No. adjustable shelf and 1 no. bottom collecting sump with perforated insert.
Spillage Collection: 225 L Leak tested, welded steel, liquid collection sump in base.
Access: Twin hinged wing doors
Finish: Chemical resistant powder coat finish
The asecos range of cabinets for internal storage of hazardous materials are a market leading innovative solutions. Chemstore are the preferred supplier for asecos in Ireland and the UK.
ChempliChemstore Compliance (www.chempli.com) provides the most advanced software platform for the management of an organisation’s hazardous material; mitigating risk, lowering costs and guaranteeing compliance.
Operating since 1993 has given us plenty of experience, we have listened to you, the customer and understand the challenges and risks your job present. Through years of hard work and research, we have developed the compliance management software to enable you with a live, ready for use system guaranteeing compliance on your site.
Chempli will keep you step ahead with the latest safety regulations and expert articles and guides.
Comprising of a suite of modules, it provides your company with a cost-effective point of entry, coupled with a scalable architecture, enabling seamless migration to more advanced management, control and workflow functionality at any future point.
Imagine one centralised platform allowing you to:
Chempli is already being utilised in key industries such as Food Processing, Pharmaceutical, Universities & Medical Devices as some of our keynote clients have been instrumental for Chemstore developing this Compliance Management Software for Hazardous Materials – Chempli.
Chempli is compatible with the complete range of Chemstore storage solutions for flammables, compressed gases, hazardous, temperature-controlled, battery and corrosive material stores. It may also be seamlessly integrated with your organisation’s existing chemical storage infrastructure, to provide a central platform for the effective management of hazardous materials enterprise-wide.
For further information and to book a demo today please visit www.chempli.com
You can also download our pdf brochure detailing fully our compliance management software for hazardous materials here:
Organic Peroxide Storage- Firevault
Organic Peroxide Storage – Stainless Steel
Typically, chemical stores would be fabricated from mild steel which is then over-painted with a 2-part or 3-part industrial paint system. Standard units would also have exposed galvanized grid decking onto which the pallets would rest – these are unpainted and therefore expose the mild steel to the chemicals stored – in this case Organic Peroxide. Read on for our solution to your organic peroxide storage needs.
When designing an organic peroxide store a Grade 316 stainless steel finish is required, in all locations that could come into contact with the Peroxide. This includes the storage areas, the spillage retention bunds and the fire water retention tank.
The relevant HSE Guidance reference is called: –
CS21 – The Storage and Handling of Organic Peroxides. – Download it here
This is written, specifically to cover the
“… handling and storage of organic peroxides at customer or user sites.”
It clearly details the hazards associated with exposing such chemicals to mild/carbon steel: –
“… commercially available organic peroxides are capable of self heating and runaway decomposition. Initiation is by heating or contamination with, for example, transition metal compounds (particularly those of vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron and cobalt) amines, strong acids and alkalis.”
Furthermore, para 28, when discussing the handling of organic peroxides, states that: –
“… All containers and equipment which come into contact with peroxides must be compatible. Suitable materials include glass, porcelain, polyethylene and 316 grade stainless steel.”
Temperature Controlled StoresA very common problem our clients have is maintaining valuable liquids and and process chemicals within the correct temperature range for optimum safety and performance. Temperature Controlled Stores are the solution.
Valuable time is lost in waiting for chemicals to heated to performance temperatures and also product is fouled by exposure to incorrect temperatures.
Chemstore’s temperature controlled stores are stand-alone relocatable, insulated stores which are designed to provide secure, controlled storage for temperature sensitive materials. We offer a full range of sizes together with heating and cooling options. Depending on the hazardous material being stored by harnessing the SDS sheet Chemstore can provide the required storage temperature to alleviate any hazard presented by storing materials on site.
We also offer drum & IBC’s Enclosures designed to heat the contents of standard drums and IBC’s from freezing or ambient to your required processing temperature.
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