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Reef Wholesale Epic Warehouse Build
As you may have noticed, we have been a bit quiet on the forums lately. If you have been following our facebook group; https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reef-...30997073601127 you will have seen that we undertook a fairly large warehouse move, which we lovingly named "Operation Move An Ocean". We said goodbye to our warehouse at 12 Vulcan St in Etobicoke and upgraded to our new, just over 7,500 square foot warehouse at 6305 Northam Dr, Units 9-11, Mississauga and are redesigning our coral, inverts, fish system and drygoods facility. You've seen Epic Tank Build Threads You've seen Epic Tank Move Threads You've even seen Epic Store Build Threads We want you to be a part of this monumental event and will be doing an Epic Warehouse Build/Move Thread! See behind the scenes of Reef Wholesale as we create our new warehouse! Watch from the beginning the transformation from empty space to Canada's Best Livestock and Drygoods Distribution Centre! |
Looking forward to the progress.
This place is going to be epic for sure. So glad they are only 10mins away from us!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: |
Pretty epic place !!!
-Tony |
I dont think this has been said yet.
EPIC ! :) |
Hey guys! Sorry for the delay! We just got back from the Marine Aquarium Expo in LA a weekend ago. www.marineaquariumexpo.com What a great show! Check out the photo below of our booth set-up. I will create a new post with some of the new items found at the show; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=3 Not to get too off track in the thread, here are a couple photos of the new place before we moved in or started renovations; This is the Livestock Room from three different views; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 We forgot to take an office shot before we started work, but it is through the door in the middle of this photo. http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Shipping and Receiving doors - a third one through the door on the right and at the back of the dry goods http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Dry goods warehouse, from the back front http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 |
Nice display booth, model was probably the sweetest thing at MAX:biggrin::redface:
Warehouse looking good as well, can hardly wait to see the pics of the renovations. |
http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4
We actually have a total of three bay doors. The third door is on our drygoods side on the other side of the door in the pic. Thats where most of the trucks will pull up to. The middle door we are converting to a drive up door so that we can pull our cargo vans in to make loading and unlading of livestock much easier. Its only about 5 steps to carry it up right now.... but 5 more steps than i like to take when your unpacking +40 boxes!! The "blue zone" (aka the area of the floor with blue paint you can kinda see in the pic is out workshop area. We are building a nice tool bench area with all the tools up on a board. 1 chop saw for acrylic/pvc and one for wood. Its annoying swapping the baldes back and forth so often you end up trying to take short cuts and not swapping the blades which is not preferable. I am looking for a good deal dust collector too to keep this are even cleaner. We are pretty much ALWAYS building something new and working on 3-4 building projects at once. So ALL building project must remain here which will help keep the dust and mess to one area... in theory anyways :) |
Oh yeah, we have installed racking all across the wall the the right of the picture.
Water bins have also been installed but the setup isnt quite finalized yet so i will get a pic once it is :) |
We were at the London Frag Fest this weekend, so we didn't get any new renos done on the shop, but we did see some happy Raffle Prize Winners; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Raffle Prize - Alternative Reef Frag Pack http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Raffle Prize - Alternative Reef Frag Pack http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Raffle Prize - EcoTech Marine Coral Propagation Kit http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Raffle Prize - Fauna Marin Non-Photo System (Clam, MinF, SeaFan, Min D) including Julian's Thing Feeding Tool http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Raffle Prize - Fauna Marin Colour Elements Set 500ml |
Back to the warehouse build. The office and livestock area needed to get a fresh coat of paint. First Step.... figuring out how to mount the Go Pro ;) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Second Step.... figuring out how to operate the Go Pro ;) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Apparently my first attempt at programming the Go Pro wasn't entirely successfull as this is the only picture I have from our painting the livestock area ;) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 We had to do something about those glue covered floors in the livestock and office areas from the previous tile/carpet. Patrick's dream floor was an epoxy coating, we found a local contractor who was able to complete the project, grind it down and epoxy it in under 3 days ;) Setting up to grind the floors to remove the glue; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Starting in the Office area; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Onto the Livestock area; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 What a difference the 1st pass made! http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 |
With the second pass...all the imperfections are starting to disapear! http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 |
Once the grinding was complete, the epoxy coating process was really quick. First they had to fill all the cracks, http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 The first layer http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 The second layer - these guys look like they are having a great time ;) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 And the final coat http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Ready for the tanks to start coming in :) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Now this is where "Operation Move An Ocean" comes into full swing |
Any update? Is everything up and running ....
KS |
Looking for an update of epiq proportions :wink:
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Sorry everyone, you missed us just as we were getting on the plane for Interzoo....we are up and running, only closed for one full day during the move ;) Thank goodness for Red Bull and Coffee, good family, friends and amazing staff who helped us pull together and complete "Operation Move an Ocean" (all the water and livestock side) in 7 days! Check out the bright, clean, dry goods area; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Our first international order to land when we got keys to the new shop was fauna. Check out our first two racks to go in, and the Fauna on the shelf; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 As we only had two racks in and some product on the ground, until the next day, but all stock is up on the shelves now. How about a full room shot when we started moving the tanks over for some size reference; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Those beds in the back right hand corner are 96"Lx42"Wx12"H |
Gotta share this one as its one of my all time favourite car...
And I am def a big car guy! My neighbour has a GTR http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=2 Definitely love the new shop location! |
I have wanted one of those for a long time
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that floor looks Sweet!!! I'd love to do this to my garage. I wish I could come visit this place once she's all done, but I guess J&L will have to do for now. Maybe you guys could expand and open up a shop in Vancouver? I'd love to be able to shop at more than one store. lol
Staying tuned in for this epic move/build. Cheers-MM |
Sorry we've been so quiet... But here's some more photos from March/early April... We're not afraid of some heavy lifting; http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 I swear I could hear Kevin's spine crying... and then this happened http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 We were still under construction (bathrooms being built to the left) but loaded with corals :) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 |
Your place looks better and better every time we've stop by. Everyone there is super enthusiastic and doing an incredible job on such a massive build. All in stock Corals look great and very well cared for. A premium Reef Wholesaler indeed!!
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…I almost forgot. Here is the picture my daughters took of two memorable Reef Wholesale Team members who took a minute for a photo op.
Everything is under control http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75...s9950f6dc.jpeg |
Thanks for the kinds words guys :) Jack and Achilles do love visitors for some belly rubs and ear scratches :) Build is taking loads of time, and we are definitely due for quite a few photo updates as the shop has come a long way :) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 The office area is slowly but surely coming along, as you can see we have our trade show displays set up to highlight some of the products we distribute and use... but there's something lurking in the background.... |
I just noticed this thread! The warehouse is huge! Any recent pics?
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Darn I should have taken a few pictures when I was there last week. :redface:
Thanks again to Pat & Trina for their hospitality - It was nice to finally meet everyone. |
It was great to meet you too Greg! Can't believe it took so long for us to meet face to face :) Been alot going on since we updated last... http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=2 Got our name up on the business Park Entrance :) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=2 We aren't just a distributor for EcoTech Marine, we use the Radions and the Pumps in house. Looking for our settings, let us know and we can share them with you! This particular bed is where we are testing the Radion G3 Pros next to the ReefBrite Halide Hybrid.... http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=2 Here is a photo of the end of one of our Coral Rows, the awesome skimmer and of course the EcoTech Pumps which help provide the flow http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Hallowe'en had to be celebrated properly.... http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=2As did Christmas.... http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=1 But is hasn't been all play here at RW.... http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Kevin Fragging Up Corals for Shops....ok so maybe that is playing a bit ;) |
i knew it so kevin is real lol
i assume thats him with the paper bag lol |
Yes that is Kevin lurking in the shadows a few posts back.
He keeps us smiling here at RW with his great sense of humor! |
Kevin doing some maitenance and replacing the seals on our MRC Orca Pro 2 Big boys with tiny toys ;) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 |
We've been re-vamping our systems and more importantly adding more systems! Our latest project has been the next step in our fish system. As soon as the phones stop ringing, door gets locked and lights are out on the tanks, you will find Patrick, behind or in one of the tanks getting this system up and running... http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 |
You forgot the best one……..as found on your Facebook Page. :lol::lol:
Clearly, Patrick is "outstanding in his field". :razz: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y75...ps642362ac.jpg |
Awesome Bill! I completely forgot about that photo :) A great reason for people to join our facebook group and get to see our updates; https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reef-...30997073601127 |
We need to talk to Simon about RW safety protocals ;) Getting the final holes in one of the sumps for the fish system http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=3 |
Patrick climbing into the fish system for the last time, getting the live rock in just before we filled it with water :) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 Reef Wholesale is into the fish game! Our Fish System is now fully operational. Quality, treated and healthy fish - RW style! Contact your local dealer to find out what fish we have instock. |
Just Another Day at Reef Wholesale Cleaning an MRC Skimmer ;) http://reefwholesale.com/gallery/mai...serialNumber=4 |
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