Chemical Storage Cabinets
HERMEQ chemical storage cabinets and stores hold hazardous materials on jobsites and in industrial settings. The range covers poly and steel chemical storage cabinets, lockable Chemstor storage chests, fire-resistant steel drum cabinets, walk-in hazmat stores and gas cylinder cages, for flammables, corrosives, compressed gas and other hazardous substances.
Steel units resist fire and lock with 5-lever deadlocks, closed units sit over a welded or molded spill sump, and lockers and cages are vented or open mesh so air can circulate. They are used in warehouses, laboratories, workshops, industrial plants and on construction sites, for containers from aerosols to 55 gal drums and IBC totes.
Types of chemical storage cabinets
The range divides into closed units with a spill sump, which hold liquids, and open mesh cages, which hold compressed gas cylinders; within each group the right unit depends on the substance, the quantity and where the unit stands.
Poly chemical storage cabinets
Polyethylene cabinets hold acids, cleaning chemicals and other corrosives that would rust a steel body, from bottles and cans on shelves up to a single drum standing upright. They are light, they lock, and each sits over a molded sump that catches drips and spills. Our poly chemical storage cabinets suit workshops, laboratories, janitorial closets and pool rooms where the stock is modest and corrosion is the main threat.
Steel drum and IBC storage cabinets
Steel sump cabinets are the bulk store for oils, fuels and flammable liquids in drums, IBC totes and fuel cans. Thick steel walls resist fire, and 5-lever deadlocks secure the doors over a welded steel sump. The heavy duty drum and IBC storage cabinet takes the largest containers in the range behind wide double doors and a removable grid floor.
Lockable chemical storage chests and boxes
Steel chests are built for open sites where the store stands unattended overnight, with pry-resistant protection along the lid, reinforced 5-lever locks and a gas-assisted lid that stays up while the crew loads. The hazardous substances storage box is the compact size for one trade's paints, solvents and aerosols. The larger chemical storage and security chests hold a whole site's fuel cans and chemicals. Chemstor chemical storage containers follow the same pattern with a heavy-duty sump base and twin locks, and the tallest size has shelves.
Chemical storage lockers with shelves
Upright steel lockers with sliding lockable doors, two full-depth shelves and a welded sump put every container in view, which suits a store that holds many small containers of different products and is opened several times a day. Our chemical storage lockers with spill sumps come in two sizes, for a maintenance shop or for a facility's central store.
Walk-in hazmat storage units
A walk-in store is a freestanding, lockable hazmat building that staff step inside to pick stock. Choose one of our walk-in modular hazmat storage units when the quantity outgrows cabinets and chests, when several trades draw from one store, or when a site wants every hazardous substance in a single room that is checked and locked as a whole.
Chemical storage cages
A welded steel cage built on a sump, with mesh sides and a removable floor, holds fuel cans, gas cylinders and chemical containers together in one unit. The chemical storage cage combines the open sides of a cylinder cage with the spill containment of a liquid cabinet.
Gas cylinder storage cages
Galvanized steel mesh cages hold propane, butane, oxygen and other compressed gas cylinders upright behind a lockable door, with open sides so leaking gas disperses. Our gas cylinder storage cages ship assembled in five sizes, in hot-dip galvanized or black powder-coated steel. The galvanized gas cylinder cages come in the widest choice of sizes and carry OSHA safety signage. The stackable gas cylinder cage holds 4 to 12 cylinders and takes an optional solid steel roof for cylinders that stand in the open.
Gas cylinder cage or closed chemical cabinet
Liquids and compressed gas need opposite conditions, and the range is built around that line. A liquid that leaks spreads across the floor, so it belongs in a closed unit with a sump that holds the spill, a door that locks, and walls that keep heat, sunlight and rain off the containers. A cylinder that leaks releases gas, so cylinders go in open mesh cages where air moves freely, they stand upright, and they are held in place so they cannot fall or roll when the door opens.
Gas cylinders stay out of closed liquid cabinets, chests and lockers, because a sealed unit lets escaping gas collect around containers of fuel and solvent. Propane for heaters and torches, oxygen and acetylene for cutting, and spare forklift cylinders all go in a cylinder cage. Sites that keep both kinds of container in one place use the chemical storage cage, which pairs mesh sides with a sump, or set a cylinder cage apart from the liquid store with clear space between the two.
Chemical storage for jobsites, shops and facilities
Construction jobsites
Building, excavation and paving crews keep fuel for saws and compactors, form release agents, sealants, solvents and torch cylinders on open sites that change every few months. The store there has to lock against theft overnight, stand outside through every season and travel to the next job on a truck, and on a busy site each trade often keeps its own box near its work.
Maintenance shops and fleet yards
Fleet and equipment maintenance runs through engine oil, hydraulic fluid, coolant, degreaser and brake cleaner, in quantities from aerosols to drums and IBC totes. The store stands next to the service bays, so capacity, shelving that keeps products visible and a sump large enough for the biggest drum decide the unit, and portability matters less.
Facilities, schools and pool rooms
Schools, offices, apartment buildings and recreation centers keep cleaning products, paint and pool treatment chemicals in rooms that staff, contractors and sometimes students pass through. A lock that keeps the stock out of reach comes first, followed by clear hazard signage on the door and a footprint that fits a closet or mechanical room.
Commercial kitchens, events and fuel stations
Restaurants and event spaces run patio heaters, grills and catering equipment on propane, and fuel stations sell exchange cylinders from outside the store. Here the cylinders stand where the public can see them, so the cage needs a lock that only staff can open. Black powder-coated cages suit entrances where appearance matters, and galvanized cages suit yards where they stand in all weather.
Hazmat storage cabinets by substance, size and site
The substances you store
The safety data sheet for each product names its hazard class, and that class decides the body of the unit. Flammable liquids, fuels and oils go in steel, which resists fire, and acids, alkalis and other corrosives go in polyethylene, which they do not attack. Paints, adhesives and aerosols that a crew uses daily sit best in a chest or locker close to the work, where they go back at the end of each shift.
Container size and spill capacity
The containers on site decide the unit. Bottles, cans and aerosols fit poly cabinets, lockers and chests with shelves, while 55 gal drums and IBC totes need a steel sump cabinet, with sump capacities up to 293 gal across the range. A mix of fuel cans and cylinders goes in the chemical storage cage, and drums standing on an open floor in use go on a drum spill pallet. HERMEQ also supplies the drums and IBC totes themselves.
Location, weather and security
Inside a locked building, the choice comes down to capacity and access. On an open site, the unit has to keep rain out of its sump and stand up to an attempted break-in overnight: the steel chests are built for that, galvanized cylinder cages stand outside in all weather, and the walk-in store is weatherproof.
Moving storage between sites
The heavy duty drum and IBC cabinet and the chemical storage cage stand on forklift skids, so a forklift or telehandler can lift them onto a truck. The chemical storage cage also collapses and stacks between jobs, the walk-in store ships flat-packed and is assembled on site, and the stackable cylinder cage takes optional wheels for moving around a yard. Containers come out and the sump is emptied before any unit is lifted.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In this range, the chemical storage lockers have fire-rated vents built in, and the chemical storage cage and every gas cylinder cage have open mesh sides that let air pass freely. The steel chests, storage boxes and drum cabinets are closed units. Whether a closed cabinet must also be ducted to outside air is set by the fire code that applies to the building where it stands.
They should be stored apart. Corrosives attack steel shelving and fittings and some react with fuels and solvents, so flammable liquids go in a steel unit and corrosives in a poly cabinet, each with its own sump. Oxidizers, including pool chlorine and hydrogen peroxide, are kept apart from both because they intensify a fire.
Chlorine products and pool acids react dangerously when they mix, so they go in separate cabinets, each with its own sump to stop a spill reaching the other. Both are kept dry, cool and out of direct sun, away from fuels, fertilizers and cleaning products. Poly chemical storage cabinets resist the corrosive air of a pool room, and a lock keeps the chemicals away from anyone who does not handle them.
The sump must hold at least the full contents of the largest container standing over it, because a split drum or punctured tote empties completely. Cabinet listings give the sump capacity in gallons, so the biggest drum or IBC you store sets the minimum size.
The cylinder cages have pre-drilled feet for bolting to a concrete slab or pad, which stops a cage tipping and stops a loaded cage being carried away, and the doors take a padlock. Empty cylinders are kept apart from full ones and marked as empty.