⚠️ Are You Accidentally Overloading Your Cabinet and Weakening Its Fire Protection?

More weight ≠ More safety. It might be the opposite.

🧯 Introduction

Flammable storage cabinets are engineered with specific load ratings and fire-resistance limits. But often, businesses treat them like any other metal cupboard—stacking in as many cans, drums, and containers as will fit.

Here’s the reality: Overloading your cabinet could turn it from a safety device into a hazard.

❗ Why Overloading Is a Critical Mistake

Spilldoc cabinets are tested under strict conditions to resist heat and fire for a specific amount of time—typically 30 to 90 minutes. But that performance assumes:

• Even weight distribution
  

• No bending or warping of the shelves
  

• Vapour pressure not exceeding fire-resistance limits
  

When overloaded:

• 🔥 Internal temperature rises faster during a fire.
  

• 🔩 Shelves can collapse or warp, damaging containers.
  

• 🧪 Chemical reactions are more likely if incompatible materials are squeezed together.
  

• 💣 Vapours from cracked or leaking containers could ignite—fast.
  
  

🧠 Quick Reality Check:

Ask yourself:

• Are we storing more than the maximum weight limit per shelf (typically 75–100 kg)?
  

• Do we have loose containers stacked without spacers?
  

• Have we checked for shelf bowing or corrosion recently?
  

If you answered "maybe" or "I don’t know" to any of those—it’s time to inspect.

✅ Spilldoc’s Safety Advantage

Every Spilldoc Flammable Storage Cabinet includes:

• Clear load capacity labels per shelf.
  

• Adjustable galvanized steel shelves with high load ratings.
  

• Reinforced construction that maintains structural integrity even under heat stress.
  

Our support team is here to help you choose the right cabinet size and layout so you will never need to overload again.

💡 Final Word:

It’s not about fitting everything into one cabinet.
 It’s about fitting only what your cabinet is designed to handle safely.

Don’t wait for a shelf to collapse—or worse, a fire to reveal the oversight.

 Check your cabinet’s loading today.