Metal Lockers
Metal lockers in this collection cover two different jobs that happen to share a padlock: stainless steel personnel lockers for people and their gear, and welded wire mesh storage lockers for tools, parts, and shared equipment that has to stay put. Both come from Vestil, and both sit at the durable end of the category rather than the painted sheet-steel banks a gym runs. The stainless units answer washdown, food, pool, and outdoor areas where an ordinary locker rusts, in single, double, and six-tier layouts. The wire mesh units secure bulk gear behind three padlockable doors rated to 1,500 lb. Prices run from about $1,046 for a single stainless column to $3,838 for a three-wide six-tier bank. The guide below splits the two by what you are actually locking up.
Compare Lockers
| Model | Price | Door Steel Gauge | Locker Body Steel Gauge | Hinge Style | Hinge Length (in.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vestil Stainless Steel Lockers | $1,308 | 16 | 24 | 5-knuckle | 2-1/2 | View → |
| Vestil Storage Lockers | $1,068 | — | — | — | — | View → |
Lockers Buying Guide
Two locker types, two problems. The word locker covers two needs here, and picking the wrong one wastes money. A personnel locker gives each worker a private, ventilated space for a coat, a bag, and a change of clothes, which is a storage-and-privacy problem. A storage locker cages shared tools, spare parts, and expensive gear so it stops walking off between shifts, which is a security problem. This page carries one of each in industrial-grade steel. If your problem is really keeping dust and eyes off inventory rather than issuing a compartment per person, look also at the enclosed and locking units in cabinets and shelving, and at the wider Storage Solutions hub these lockers sit under.
Stainless personnel lockers for wet and clean areas. The stainless line is built from 304 stainless steel, with 16-gauge doors over a 24-gauge body, which is why it survives places that eat a painted locker: food plants, pool decks, washdown bays, and outdoor lineups. It comes in single-tier for full-length coats, double-tier for a shorter reach, and six-tier for helmets, boxes, and personal kit, in one-wide and three-wide banks from 12 to 54 inches across, all 78 inches tall. Coat rods are available in 12 and 18 inch sizes. The units ship knocked down for assembly on site. The separation matters beyond convenience: OSHA 29 CFR 1910.141(e) requires that wherever a standard makes workers wear protective clothing because of possible toxic contamination, change rooms provide storage for street clothes and separate storage for the protective clothing, which is exactly what a double bank of these delivers.
Welded wire mesh lockers for shared gear. The storage locker is a different animal: a fully welded three-door cage on a 1-1/4 by 1-1/4 by 1/8 inch angle frame, with 2 by 1 inch 10-gauge woven wire mesh sides and 13-gauge shelves set 21 inches apart. It arrives assembled, holds 1,500 lb total at 500 lb per shelf, and comes in square footprints from 18 by 18 up to 36 by 36 inches, all 75 inches tall, running about $1,068 to $1,731. The open mesh is the point. You can see what is inside without opening a door, air moves through wet or oily equipment, and each of the three compartments has its own padlock lugs so three crews can share one frame without sharing a key. Bring your own padlocks sized to the lugs.
Choosing between them. Match the locker to the contents. People and PPE go in the stainless personnel lockers, and any washdown, food, or corrosive area forces the stainless build regardless of tier count. Shared tools and valuable loose gear go in the welded mesh locker, where visibility and per-door locking beat a solid door. When you need a fully closed, dust-tight, or compliance-rated enclosure instead, that is a cabinet job, covered in cabinets and shelving rather than here.
Frequently Asked Questions
They solve different problems. The stainless steel lockers are personnel lockers: private, ventilated compartments for a worker's coat, bag, and change of clothes, built in single, double, and six-tier layouts. The welded wire mesh lockers are gear cages: three padlockable open-mesh compartments for shared tools and parts, rated to 1,500 lb. Buy the stainless for people and PPE, the mesh for securing loose equipment.
The stainless steel lockers. They are made from 304 stainless with 16-gauge doors and a 24-gauge body, which resists the rust and sanitation problems that ruin a painted locker in food plants, pool decks, washdown bays, and outdoor lineups. A standard painted personnel locker is the wrong choice anywhere it gets wet or hosed down.
No. Both lines are set up for padlocks you supply. The welded mesh storage locker gives each of its three doors separate padlock lugs, so three people can share one frame with their own locks. The stainless personnel lockers accept a padlock at each compartment. Size the padlock to the lug or hasp before ordering.
Each welded storage locker carries 1,500 lb total, rated at 500 lb per shelf with the load spread evenly. The shelves are 13-gauge steel set 21 inches apart on a welded angle-iron frame, and the footprints run from 18 by 18 up to 36 by 36 inches. Keep heavy items low and evenly loaded to stay within the per-shelf figure.
When a standard requires workers to wear protective clothing because of possible contamination with toxic materials, OSHA 29 CFR 1910.141(e) requires change rooms with storage for street clothes and separate storage for the protective clothing. A double-tier or two-compartment locker setup is a common way plants keep street and protective clothing apart as the rule intends.
It depends on the line. The welded wire mesh storage lockers arrive fully assembled and welded, ready to place and load. The stainless steel personnel lockers ship knocked down to keep freight down, so they need some assembly on site before use.