With rising rental costs in the commercial and industrial sector, office space is at a premium. It is therefore wise to utilise the space you already have available. The modern industrial property (storage space and offices) is generally open plan, light and airy which makes for a great working environment. However, sometimes the headroom is too great and is not always conducive to maximising the available space. Internal offices can be created by dividing rooms with stud wall composite or glass partitioning and if carried out effectively, these changes can add a touch of style and class to your environment as well as privacy which is paramount in an office environment.
Installing a mezzanine floor is a great form of utilising available space. Mezzanine flooring systems will fulfil all of your warehouse storage requirements and could save you money on the costly exercise of moving buildings by allowing you to capitalise on the additional square footage provided by a mezzanine floor.
It’s surprising how many companies are unaware of the potential space available to them by creating a mezzanine. In warehouse situations you will often see very high stacking floor to ceiling, which may be appropriate for large heavy items that need forklifts to transport them, but is not necessarily beneficial if you do not want to use heavy equipment to mobilise smaller stored items.
A mezzanine floor is not necessarily the first solution you would consider, but it is often; by far; the most cost effective and obvious solution.
Common questions:
How much will a mezzanine floor cost?
It’s more cost effective than you think, we can offer a full survey and cost proposal or give you a budget cost over the phone (call us on 01753 364109 or request a call back)
What is involved with ordering a mezzanine?
Typically following our survey we would provide full structural drawings with all necessary calculations to submit to the building control officer, with all the detail being handled by ourselves on your behalf. Once we have the reply from the officer they will supply a notice to us to confirm they are happy and works can proceed, this process can take a week to two weeks dependent.
What type of mezzanine should I have?
STS can advise the best type of floor for you dependent on the usage and your storage requirements, further details of what happens next can be found here
How long will it take to install my mezzanine floor?
A typical floor 10m x 6m (60m2) can be installed in just one day
I have been reading about mezzanine floors and I would like to know, what does fire rating mean?
Fire rating will only be required if the mezzanine floor is being used for an office environment, is over 50% of the warehouse or over 400m2. We also take building control advice and if we can avoid these extra costs for you we will.
What happens with regards to electrics?
All our electricians are NIC EIC approved and can offer all sorts of services ranging from simple lighting and sockets through to fitting smoke detectors. All with necessary test and certification.
