Boxrail vs. Concrete Curbing
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 
For a long time now, concrete curbing has been the material/product of choice when it comes to protecting outside store fronts, inside vestibules, walk-in freezers, backroom areas and other places in a store where the retailer wanted to keep merchandise, carts and other equipment off the walls. There are two major problems with using concrete for these applications in stores:
First off, concrete is not damage prevention. Concrete by its nature composition is pourous. It will crack, scrape, break and become unsightly. If you’ve ever seen concrete curbing used in areas where shopping carts are stored then you’ve undoubtedly seen the scrapes and cracks I’m referring to. Now just imagine, if the concrete is cracked, what is happening to the casters on the shopping carts…. Ladies and Gentlemen I think we found our wobbly wheel maker. There are also other safety issues associated with concrete curbing and its porous nature. Because it is porous, fungus and mold can grow in the concrete and that’s the last thing you want happening in those backroom applications where food is handled or prepped for sale.