Prior to continuing the discussion on Solid Shelving I need to point out that I made a mistake in the last blog post. I used the photo below that I took off of the internet and referred to it as Cantilever Racking. This is an example of how as I age, my eyes are not as good as they used to be. I could clearly see the rack upright on the front part of the rack but could not see it on the back leg of the rack. If you look closely, you can see the rack upright on the back portio

And so it begins. In my first blog post (Fire Testing, January 18, 2016), I talked briefly about solid shelving and pointed out that there were no new tests introduced to the NFPA 13 committee justifying the change that took place in 1999. It is now 17 years and five editions after the first solid shelving requirements appeared in the standard and after all these years, and various clarifications and modifications, the industry in my opinion, is finally starting to recognize/