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Locker FAQ: When do you need to order side panels?
Note: this FAQ applies to designer, oak executive, and plastic series lockers only.
These sides of these types of lockers come unfinished. This is because a finished end is only needed if exposed and visible. Since the side of most lockers end up abutted to the locker next to it, it is not necessary or cost effective to finish the sides of each unit. Instead, side panels are offered so that the individual locker cost and material can be reduced. So, to complete the row with a finished look, you'll need to order side panels with your lockers. Keep reading below to find out how to calculate the correct number of side panels to order.
Do you need side panels for your designer, oak, or plastic lockers and if so, how many?
Side panels are strictly cosmetic but provide an almost necessary finished look to the side of any exposed locker. For example the last locker in a row that has a visible side or an individual locker that is not recessed into the wall. So, in order to calculate the number of side panels, you'll need to first know how you intend to arrange the lockers. For example if you have a single row of 7 lockers with one end of the row against an adjoining wall and the other end exposed and visible, you would need 1 side panel. If you are ordering a single locker or row of lockers that will be placed in the center of a longer wall, you'd want 2 side panels, one for each end of the row. If you will recess the lockers into the wall with a finished fit with the wall, you would not need any side panels. Similarly, if your locker row extends from one side wall to the next side wall, you would not need any side panels as there would be no exposed/visible sides. If you have multiple rows, you'd need to count the exposed ends and order that number of side panels.
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