Tire Storage Racks in Denver, Colorado
Denver tire shops, dealerships, fleet garages and warehouses all hit the same two problems: a seasonal surge of tires and a fire code that treats rubber tires as high-hazard storage above just 6 feet.
6 ft
Tire high-piled trigger*
2 permits
Fire + building
Seasonal
Swap-season surge
Since 2016
Supplying Colorado
Tire storage in Denver: what is different
A tire rack in Denver is the same steel product as a tire rack anywhere. What changes is the setting. Front Range shops and dealerships swap tires seasonally, so storage demand peaks hard in the fall and spring. Denver also administers high-piled storage, including tire storage, as its own fire-permit category. Buyers who plan for both before ordering save weeks.
This page covers the Denver and Front Range specifics. For choosing a rack format, the national tire storage rack guide compares every option, and our pallet rack systems carry heavier tire stock on pallets in warehouses.
Four buyers, four layouts
Tire shops need size-sorted wall racks beside the service bays.
Dealerships need customer-labelled seasonal sets in a back room.
Fleets and municipal garages need heavier, taller storage for truck tires.
Warehouses need pallet-in, piece-out slotting, usually on pallet rack.
Denver’s 6-foot rule for tires
The Denver Fire Department’s warehouse and high-piled storage guidance defines high-piled storage as combustibles on pallets, in racks or on shelves where the top of storage is above 12 feet. It adds that high-piled storage also includes certain high-hazard commodities, such as rubber tires, where the top of storage is above 6 feet. It points to Section 413 of the Denver Building Code and Chapter 23 for the configuration, storage height and added requirements that depend on storage area, which can include sprinklers, detection, smoke and heat venting or extra exterior doors. High-piled storage operations need Fire Construction permits before installation, and the department runs annual inspections of storage heights and arrangements.
In practice, a tire rack whose top level of tires sits above 6 feet should be treated as a permitted fire-code project from the first sketch.
What Denver asks the design to show
Per the department’s published submittal list, the package includes:
The floor plan with high-piled storage areas, the usable storage height, the number of tiers in each rack, the clearance between top of storage and sprinkler deflector, aisle widths, maximum pile volume, commodity location and classification, and the sprinkler and detection systems.
A dimensioned rack layout supplies most of these items.
Confirm locally
Codes are adopted and amended on a schedule, and neighboring cities (Aurora, Lakewood, Boulder, Fort Collins) run their own reviews. Confirm requirements for your address with the fire code official and the building department, and with a fire-protection engineer if sprinklers change. We lay out racks to your approved storage height; we do not certify code compliance.
Which tire rack for which Denver operation
- Tire shops: sectional boltless tire racks sorted by size beside the bays. See tire shop storage racks and Tire Rack Builder to size a room.
- Dealerships: labelled seasonal sets in a back room, often the fullest racks in the building in fall and spring. See dealership tire storage.
- Fleets and municipal garages: taller, heavier-duty racks for truck tires, as in heavy-duty truck tire storage racks.
- Warehouses and distribution centers: pallet rack with tires on pallets, planned with the fire reviewer. Our Denver pallet rack page covers the local permit picture for warehouses.
- Tight rooms and overflow: stackable tire racks and mobile tire racks, kept low and out of egress paths.
Planning for the swap-season surge
Size storage to the busiest week of the fall changeover, not the average month. Zone by season and customer, keep every tire on the rack and not the floor, and leave a clear aisle for the scanner and cart. Our how to store tires guide covers orientation, rotation and conditions.
Warehouses and distribution centers around Denver
Denver is the distribution hub for the Rocky Mountain region, and tire distributors and retailers store tires on pallets or in tire-specific racks in the same buildings. At that scale the sprinkler design, commodity arrangement and storage height drive the layout more than the rack catalog does. Bring your sprinkler information and intended tire arrangement early. Our pallet racking in Denver page and our Utah tire rack project pages show how we approach permits and layout; for the permit and anchoring steps we follow on tire projects, see tire rack installation, anchoring and permits (Utah-specific, same method).
Bring this to the first call
Building address, room dimensions, ceiling and sprinkler height, tire mix by size at peak, and whether the space stays open during installation. With those we can sketch a layout and tell you what the fire reviewer will likely want to see.
Delivery and installation to the Front Range
We are based in Salt Lake City and have supplied Colorado businesses since 2016. Sectional tire racks ship by freight quoted to your destination; larger layouts come with a dimensioned drawing and, where a permit is involved, the engineering package your reviewer asks for. Our pallet rack installation crews assemble and anchor racks to the approved plan, and we can schedule around your open hours.
What we have not done
Our published tire rack projects are in Utah and California. We will not present them as Colorado work, and we will say so on the quote call.
Shop Tire Storage Racks Online
Sectional tire racks can be ordered online with freight quoted to your destination. For an engineered layout, a large room or permit support, request a quote.
Tire Storage Rack Applications for Denver Businesses
Denver tire shops, dealerships, fleets and warehouses use the same rack types we supply across the region. Each guide below covers sizing, layout and which rack fits the job.
Tire Storage Rack Case Studies Near Denver
We have no completed Colorado tire projects yet, so these are our closest tire projects from the region. The rack types, layouts and ordering steps carry over directly to Front Range shops.
Recent Regional Projects Near Denver, Colorado
We have not yet published a Denver-area tire rack project; the closest documented tire storage projects are along Utah's Wasatch Front.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a permit to install tire racks in Denver?
What height triggers Denver’s high-piled storage rules for tires?
What does Denver ask to see for high-piled storage?
Which tire rack type suits a Denver tire shop?
How should we store winter and all-season sets in a Front Range shop?
Can you deliver tire racks to Denver?
Do you have tire rack projects in Colorado to show?
Who is responsible for fire-code compliance?
Planning tire storage in Denver?
Send the address, room dimensions, ceiling and sprinkler height and your tire mix, and we will map the rack layout and the permit questions before anything is quoted. Call 800-326-4403.