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Paint Storage
Hi
Landlord been around with Insurance Risk Assessor… spotted our paints which are just shelved. These apparently have to be in some kind of explosive storage cupboard… anyone done any home work on this?Seen this like this:-
http://www.csstorage.co.uk/basket/hazmenu.htmlBut which one?
Also have to consider things like meths, surface cleaners, liquid glues and even ink I guess.
I haven’t found the regs or got what we have to do in writing yet, but want to make sure I get the right stuff. Someone must have had this happen to them
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No Edit post button?
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get reading Dave
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oh great 😳
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our paint is kept in the yellow one outside in our enclosed yard and bolted to a wall. it has its own locks etc
we have two the same which we use for all our adhesives and tapes, fixings etc but those are kept indoors in our tool store room.
we bought ours new but i have seen these for sale often in industrial marts magazines.
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My insurance agent told me the same thing.
I got a solid metal cupboard for free from someone who was throwing it away and stored my paint in it.
The agent said it is fine.
I guess I could take some of my paint and make it yellow!
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i can have as many free meal cabinets as i like, they’re the bases from coffee machines which get returned, they usually get dumped if they need repainting (powder-coat can come off / rust thru), i’m sure your local vending firm might also have them ! i’ve got two or thre in my workshop at my dads, just handy for storing oils, trans fluids, etc etc. can measure up to around 1200 x 450 for the biggest.
a lick of paint of flood of vinyl and they’ll look great !
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I’ve got two cabinets the same as the picture Robert posted, they used to live just outside my unit under cover but now I don’t have the unit they live in the garden. One is used for paint and the other for other inflammable items such as IPA, thinners etc.
Hugh, I wonder if an insurance company would accept your cabinets if you were unlucky enough to have a fire. Health and Safety has specific rules for inflammable storage lockers regarding construction, colour and markings.
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not sure Martin, to be honest, i can’t even insure my workshop and goods within, because a timber building, despite being a heavy duty, insulated, and f/proof plaster board clad workshop, is not considered commercial premises, so as a result, i’ve never had to specifically comply, the only flammable i have in there is thinners, which is in a metal tin, and some varnish, can’t think of owt else that would need to be put away !
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Hugh, I would think that a lot of people working from home don’t even think about it and have no storage for flammable items, if it hadn’t been for the fact that I had a unit and the landlords did regular checks I probably wouldn’t have thought about it myself.
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quote Hugh Potter:not sure Martin, to be honest, i can’t even insure my workshop and goods within, because a timber building, despite being a heavy duty, insulated, and f/proof plaster board clad workshop, is not considered commercial premises, so as a result, i’ve never had to specifically comply, the only flammable i have in there is thinners, which is in a metal tin, and some varnish, can’t think of owt else that would need to be put away !Eeek, I was thinking I should insure my equipment, but I have a duel fuel torch in a wooden shed, with a kiln a big unfinished sign & a few pots of paint & w/spirit too…I wonder what there answer will be :lol1: I do move the spirit out when the torch is on though…honest guv
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yep, we got to be careful, we have our insurance and the landlords insurance to consider. Also, we are in a block of 6 very old industrial units so we got to get things right now.
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