Our Most Popular Locker.
During our 25+ years in the locker business, Advantage Lockers has manufactured and installed tens of thousands of Wire Mesh Storage Lockers in buildings all across Western Canada.
Found in the secure storage rooms of new residential towers and mid-rise buildings, our all-metal enclosures are a simple, cost-effective way for residents to lock-up their extras.
Employing a flexible, modular design, Wire Mesh Storage Lockers are easily customized to meet the available space and site conditions.
The defacto standard storage locker, wire mesh lockers are an effective and economical way to provide code-compliant tenant storage for your next project.
Size & Configuration.
Although tenant storage lockers can be provided in many sizes, most projects opt to use the standard locker sizes of:
- Bike Locker: 2′ wide x 6′ deep x 75″ tall
- Double Bike Locker: 2′ wide x 6′ deep x 75″ tall
- Residential Storage Locker: 4′ wide x 6′ deep x 75″ tall
Lockers can however be produced in any size from 2′ x 2′ ~ 6′ x 8′. The maximum height of our products is always up to 75″.
Lockers are generally installed in rows against a wall, but can also be assembled in back-to-back banks of lockers, or as a free-standing single unit.
Locker Walls.
Assembled from our modular system of wire mesh panels, most lockers share a common wall with the unit beside it.
Produced in sizes from 6″ – 48″ wide, wall panels are attached to the wall, floor and one another to create a locker wall of the length you want.
Manufactured by Advantage, wall panels employ a 12ga steel frame with a 10ga wire mesh screen welded on the inside. All corners are mitered and neatly welded.
These walls provide an effective partition for stored goods, while also allowing ventilation, effective water penetration by sprinklers, and external inspection by the fire department if required.
These same wall panels can be used elsewhere in the project to enclose areas like stairwells, mechanical equipment or sections with low headroom.
Storage Locker Doors.
Locker doors begin with the same frame and welded mesh construction as used on our wall panels. We then turn them into doors by adding:
- 2 x Double hasp sets to accept a padlock
- 2 x Hinges with welded pins to prevent pin removal
- Reinforcing bars that run from the corner to the middle
- A steel striker to prevent door from opening inward
Once locked by the end-user, these doors provide an effective barrier to keep stored good contained and reasonably secure.
For high-end condos and buildings in safety-conscious neighborhoods, our Security Locker product offers enhanced security features and a more robust construction.
Wire Mesh Ceiling.
Locker ceilings are handled in different ways by different municipalities and building codes.
In Vancouver, per NFPA 13, the ceiling of all lockers can be no taller than 18″ below the sprinkler head.
The ceiling is made of 10ga steel wire mesh sheets welded in a 2″ x 4″ grid to maximize water penetration. These sheets are then wired to the wall panel to maintain future access to the services that commonly run above the lockers.
Transom
Wire mesh screen is installed from the top of the locker to the underside of the slab to form a transom barrier. Max. 24″ tall.
Required by many municipalities and inspectors, the goal is to prevent anything from being stored on top of the locker that would interfere with the sprinkler mechanism and/or its’ water coverage in the event of a storeroom fire.
Transom is an important life-safety feature and always best-practice to install. By default, Advantage Lockers include transom.
Quality Materials. Quality Workmanship.
Quality products begin with quality materials.
That’s why Advantage is proud of our long-established relations with all of the top steel and consumables suppliers. Every day, we convert thousands of pounds of:
- Precision cold-rolled sheet steel
- Custom manufactured welded wire mesh
- ERW tube & pipe in carbon and stainless steel
Our skilled welders then assemble these products into a finished product using top-brand equipment, consumables and specialized welding jigs.
All components are then acid-washed and finished with a baked enamel powdercoat. Our standard colour is RAL7010, a medium grey.
The end-result is a locker built to stand the wear of decades to come.
Installation.
If your project is located in greater Vancouver, Advantage Lockers provides installation services as well.
Able to tackle even the largest projects, our installers boast years of experience
Project Process
Advantage works on new residential construction projects only.
If you’re a Owner, Architect or Project Manager, you’re exactly whom we’re here to serve.
A typical project process will run as follows:
- Budget Pricing
- IFC Pricing
- You select Advantage’s bid because we’re the best.
- Document exchange
- Site Measure & Coordination.
- Shop Drawings.
- Manufacturing.
- Delivery
- Installation in one or multiple deployments
- Wrap-Up & Warranty.
Delivery
Advantage Delivers! Depending on your project, we will either bulk-ship using our flat deck truck, or move product directly to lower levels using our fleet of trade vans.
Installation Requirements
We understand that construction projects have a lot of moving parts.
To help get our teams installing, we kindly ask Site Supers to ensure that:
- The room is dry.
- The room is empty of any storage or other trades.
- Floors and walls are painted or sealed according to the project requirements.
- Any required spray insulation is installed.
- Firestopping is complete.
