Warehouse Striping

You are probably aware that correctly applied markings and stripes can make your parking lot safer, help drivers find their way, maximize your space, and help maintain the efficiency and organization of your parking lot. However, you may not realize that striping can provide similar benefits for your warehouse striping.

What Is Warehouse Striping?

Basically, warehouse striping is the application of painted lines, stencils, or other markings to the concrete floor of a warehouse. The purpose of warehouse striping is to enhance safety and efficiency while simultaneously optimizing storage space and providing guidance to warehouse employees and visitors.

How Does Striping Enhance Safety?

Most warehouses are visited by office personnel, service technicians, and maintenance workers, and these pedestrians are often not aware of areas that hold potential dangers. When you add forklifts into the mix, the risks can be multiplied. Color-coded markings can define separate travel paths for pedestrians and forklifts to keep these two groups away from each other. Markings can be used to convey additional information, including identifying hazardous areas, marking no-go zones for pedestrians or forklifts, or identifying the location of fire extinguishers and other safety equipment.

How Does Striping Enhance Warehouse Efficiency?

Organization is a vital part of the efficient operation of your Columbus warehouse. Storage aisles can be sized to accommodate pallets of a certain width, while labels identify each aisle. This makes it easier for forklift drivers who are placing or retrieving pallets, and it helps you conduct physical inventories faster and with greater accuracy. Forklift drivers will be less likely to simply leave pallets wherever they can find an empty space, so there will be less time wasted when others need to find the products. Furthermore, by designating certain aisles for products awaiting quality inspections, items to be returned to the supplier, or products reserved for a specific customer, you can reduce errors that could cause delays or unhappy customers.

How Does Striping Help Optimize the Storage Space?

With storage aisles that are sized to match the pallets, forklift drivers will be more likely to ensure that pallets fit properly within the assigned space. They will be less likely to leave excess room around the individual pallets, place pallets so that they extend into the traffic aisle, or cram pallets too close together.

What Else Should I Know About Striping My Warehouse Floor?

A great warehouse striping project starts with the proper preparation of your floor. The extent of the preparations varies by job and by the product used for the striping. Therefore, you should expect that there will be some operational impact.

At Columbus Line Striping, we understand the warehouse striping procedure thoroughly, so we know how to complete the tasks efficiently to minimize the disruption. Our other services include residential sealcoating, asphalt crack repairs, parking lot design, parking lot maintenance, asphalt sealcoating, and parking lot striping. We have earned an impressive reputation for consistently providing outstanding workmanship and unrivalled customer service. We offer around-the-clock assistance and free quotes, so call us at 614-370-5762 anytime. You can also use our online form to contact us.