For year-round protection of equipment, Openchannelflow offers Fiberglass Single-Piece Equipment Shelters. These shelters are perfect for housing equipment, instruments, and chemicals and are available in a range of widths and lengths to suit your exact needs.

Wide Range of Sizes

Maintenance Free

The exterior of all Openchannelflow single-piece shelters is a smooth, gloss finish.  Unlike “satin” finished shelters, the gloss finish of Openchannelflow shelters means that there is virtually no need for maintenance other than a periodic washdown.    

The “satin” finish of other shelters can be used to hide a number of fabrication or finishing issues.  Satin finishes are also perfect surfaces for atmospheric dust, dirt, and debris to cling to and algae, moss, mold, and lichen to grow on - all of which are avoided by a gloss finish.

High Strength

Single-piece construction means that there are no joints to seal or maintain periodically.  Also, as Openchannelflow single-piece shelters are chemically bonded and then fiberglassed together, they are incredibly strong and capable of withstanding harsh conditions. 

Our X-Web technology bonds the inner and outer fiberglass skins together by creating a web (or I-beam) of fiberglass around each insulating core panel.  The result is wall / roof sections that are incredibly light yet pound for pound, stronger than steel.

The standard single-piece shelter design is for:

• Wind speeds up to 135 mph [217 kph]
• Snow loads up to 45 psf [2.155 kPa]
• Type III / U occupation group

with higher wind / snow load reinforced designs also available.

Well Equipped

Openchannelflow equipment shelters come with a long list of standard equipment:

• 3068 single door
  • Aluminum overhead hydraulic door holder / closer
  • Stainless steel ball knob
  • Molded-in door frame / threshold 
• 125 A main lug load center
• Pre-wired 12 gauge THHN in PVC conduit
• Weatherproof GFCI outlet and switches
• LED light
• Insulation
• Exhaust fan, heater, and intake shutter
• Fiberglass equipment mounting struts
• Maintenance-free exterior 
• Removable lifting eyes

Endless Customization

While our shelters come with a long list of standard equipment, we also take a personal approach, designing each fiberglass shelter to meet our customers' exact needs.  

We can easily modify widths and depths to allow for the perfect solution, and offer a wide range of equipment packages and options:

• Doors (single, double, roll-up, and custom widths / heights)
• Electrical (outlets, switches, PVC / EMT / rigid conduit)
• HVAC (heaters, vents, fans, powered, unpowered, solar)
• Floors and Bases 
• Lighting (interior, exterior, skylights)
• Access panels / bulkheads
• Safety equipment (horns, lights, emergency showers)

 We love to challenge our fabricators, so don't be afraid to challenge us!

Easy to Install

With factory provided lifting eyes, Openchannelflow single-piece shelters arrive on site ready for immediate installation.  Common construction equipment and minimal manpower are all that are required, with most installations completed in less than a day.

Protection Options

For applications where Openchannelflow's single-piece shelters are too large or too small, Openchannelflow also offers Modular Shelters and Equipment Enclosures.