Row Spacers

Row spacers are critical for maintaining structural stability and keeping your warehouse layout perfectly aligned. Their primary benefits include:

• Anti-Topple Stability: By tying two independent rows of racking together, you create a much wider, stabler base footprint that drastically increases resistance to tipping.
• Flue Space Preservation: They ensure a consistent gap is maintained between back-to-back longitudinal rows. This “flue space” is vital for fire safety and prevents pallets on opposite sides from knocking into each other during loading.
• Alignment: They keep the aisles perfectly straight across long production lines.

Absolutely not. Row spacers add rigidity to the upper portions of back-to-back systems, but every single upright post resting on the warehouse floor must still be fitted with a compliant footplate and bolted directly into the concrete slab using heavy-duty masonry anchors.

The number and placement of row spacers depend entirely on whether your pallet racking is installed indoors or outdoors. To comply with safety standards, you must adhere to the following rules per back-to-back frame set:

For Indoor Racking:
Minimum Requirement: A minimum of 2 row spacers is required per frame set.
Bottom Spacer: The first row spacer must be installed no higher than 381mm from the ground and as close as possible to the first frame node point.
Spacing: Consecutive row spacers must be spaced at intervals of no greater than 5334mm apart.

For Outdoor Racking (Subject to Wind Loading):
Minimum Requirement: A minimum of 2 row spacers is required per frame set.
Bottom Spacer: Varies depending on model;

• Option 1: X-Brace Spacer (Model RGGH070)
  Due to its structural design, the first bottom spacer must be installed exactly 610mm from the ground.
• Option 2: Welded Spacer (Model RGGH060)
  The first bottom spacer must be installed no higher than 381mm from the ground and as close as possible to the first frame node point.

Spacing: Because outdoor environments are exposed to wind forces, consecutive row spacers must be placed much closer together, at intervals of no greater than 1829mm apart.