Mezzanine floors from UK Office Direct provide high quality, extremely cost effective space in areas that are often never used.  When a company expands and the need for extra space is crucial, people naturally think of expanding outwards, you need to think cubic space and not floor space. 

Mezzanine flooring is ideal for retail as raised platform structure are being increasingly used for expansion of sales areas and floors can be seamlessly incorporated in the retail area;, storage areas, office space and production areas can easily be accommodated as floor space can be doubled by providing raised working areas in existing buildings or multi-tiered floors can be installed to maximise high building structures such as warehouse.  Mezzanine floors are also a highly cost effective way expand and make use space for canteens and plant support environments.

What is a Mezzanine Floor?

A mezzanine floor is essentially a raised platform that is supported by steel columns and is totally independent of the host building. It allows you to create additional floor space from wasted air space above your existing work and storage areas and can be used to create extra office, storage, production, or even retail space. This may double, or even triple, the amount of space available. They are probably the most cost-effective and efficient means of significantly increasing your floor space and storage capacity and are a rapid alternative to relocation with minimal disruption.

Mezzanine floors can be as small as 2 m x 2 m or larger than 60 m x 40 m, and up to 6+ m tall. They can be one, two or three tiers high, have standard or special staircases, lifts or access gates, handrails or partitioning barriers. They can use wood or steel decking, be finished in special colours, and can be totally encased, if desired. In fact, almost any conceivable option can be incorporated!

There are no standard sizes of mezzanine, although the optimum grid size (distance between legs) is in multiples of 3.5 m x 4 m, with 2.4 m clear to the underside of the structure. The intended use of the floor will dictate the loading requirement. In practice it is usually based on a minimum of 70 lbs per ft2 for general office space, 100 lbs per ft2 for light to medium storage, and 150 lbs per ft2 for heavy duty storage or wheeled traffic. If required, your floor can be designed to accommodate much higher loadings. Every mezzanine UK Office Direct supply is calculated and designed to meet your individual site and usage requirements.

Because of the almost infinite heights, sizes, floor loadings and options available, the best course of action is to contact us and we can arrange for a free no obligation site survey visit and quotation.

Advantages and Features of Mezzanine flooring from UK Office Direct

• Full building regulations application made on your behalf.
• Detailed site survey carried out by qualified project engineers.
• Fully demountable, so they can be relocated at a later date.
• Increased potential storage space.
  Avoids relocation costs by making use of available space.
• Flexible design option, can be used for many purposes.
• Excellent fire protection available lightweight, economic steel structure.
• Bespoke design to meet precise customer requirements.
• Seamless integration within existing environment.
• Structures designed to BS6399, BS5950, BS449 and the latest building regulations.
• Structure conforms SEMA (British Trade Association of the Storage Equipment Industry) and DETR (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions) approved guidelines
  Fire rated designs and column castings.
• Handrail and gate systems also available.
• Fast, efficient installations by our own experienced mezzanine installation teams.
• Cost-efficient increased space