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Racked warehouses are high-rise (9 stories or more are common), using brick, cement blocks or a steel clad structure, with concrete floors and tin roofs. Casks are stacked up to 8 –12 high on tall racks fitted with steel rails.  
Racked warehouses are high-rise (9 stories or more are common), using brick, cement blocks or a steel clad structure, with concrete floors and tin roofs. Casks are stacked up to 8 –12 high on tall racks fitted with steel rails.  


The thinner walls and tin roofs of a racked warehouse transmit temperature changes more readily than the thicker walls and slate roofs of a dunnage. Additionally, racked warehouses can have a larger range of temperatures between the floor and roof (depending on the height). Nevertheless, average annual temperatures are similar in both types of warehouse.
The thinner walls and tin roofs of a racked warehouse transmit temperature changes more readily than the thicker walls and slate roofs of a dunnage. Additionally, racked warehouses can have a larger range of temperatures between the floor and roof (depending on the height).

Revision as of 09:21, 15 September 2017

Racked warehouses are high-rise (9 stories or more are common), using brick, cement blocks or a steel clad structure, with concrete floors and tin roofs. Casks are stacked up to 8 –12 high on tall racks fitted with steel rails.

The thinner walls and tin roofs of a racked warehouse transmit temperature changes more readily than the thicker walls and slate roofs of a dunnage. Additionally, racked warehouses can have a larger range of temperatures between the floor and roof (depending on the height).