How the Pedestal system is built

The Pedestal system utilises storage units with plinths for benching support, available in a wide array of designs, mounted on adjustable levelling feet with worktops directly fixed above. The cabinets are constructed from 18mm melamine faced MDF, with a 2mm impact-resistant trim, machined and assembled in house using state-of-the-art CNC equipment. For more information on this please refer to the relevant cabinetry sections in our Technical Brochure (Pedestal and Materials & Construction).

Parametric designs enable most cabinet designs to be freely sized, within reason, to suit the installation. The resulting system is extremely rigid, and has a high load capacity, whilst efficiently utilising the available space. Pedestal benching can be combined with steel based systems to provide a mix of fixed storage and open underbench space to facilitate mobile cabinets or long working areas for seated users. For more information on our cabinetry offerings including Pedestal units, see the cabinetry section on page 20 of the Technical Brochure or contact us.

Where Pedestal suits

Pedestal earns its place wherever storage is the constraint. Supporting the worktop on the cabinets themselves removes the separate frame entirely, so the underbench space is usable rather than occupied by steelwork, and the resulting run is both rigid and high capacity.

It is rarely used alone. Mixing pedestal runs with 3R or Cleanline lets you put fixed storage where it is needed and leave open space elsewhere, for seated users, knee holes, or mobile cabinets that can be wheeled out. Because our cabinet designs are parametric, sizes can be adjusted to suit the run rather than forcing the layout to suit standard modules. See the full comparison.

Pedestal installations

A mixture of ALS Labs Ltd's pedestal cabinetry with Trespa Toplab Base worksurface above, sink, electrical services and lab coat hooks in a higher education laboratory.
Large bespoke stainless steel laboratory sink and drainer on ALS Labs Ltd's bespoke pedestal cabinetry with Toplab Base peg board using Interdyne Systems EP-5 pegs at the University of Glasgow's Advanced Research Centre.
Long run of ALS Labs Ltd's pedestal wall benching with mixture of laboratory cabinet designs including drawer units, sink and double cupboards below Trespa Toplab Base worktops with large stainless steel lab sinks and an Alsident extraction / local LEV arm at SBZ Corporations's laboratories in Essex, UK.

Pedestal units support Trespa Toplab and other chemical-resistant worksurfaces.