People sometimes ask about Mezzanines for Australia and where can they be installed?
Mazzanines are not just for large sheds and warehouses, there are many places and ways of using a mazzanine and a variety of options available. Let’s have a look at some common mezzanine floor questions.
Typically a new mezzanine will cost from around $100.00/m2 for the framing and the cost of flooring is then totally dependent on what surface you choose! The final price will depend on how big the floor is and what other variables are involved. The larger the floor, the less per m2 , a small floor may increase the cost per m2.
Professional Choice Sheds can supply quotes quicker than anyone else with their state-of-the-art software and you can expect a quote from them within around 2 business hours!
A mezzanine floor is simply a story (or floor) in a building which has one or more open edges (that is an edge which doesn’t butt up to the building walls and is left ‘open”).
It can also be used to describe a floor that has been added to a space after the building was completed. The term is also used for a floor structure which is classed as non-permanent, regardless whether it has an open edge and its size.
In Australia, “mezzanine floor” is usually a steel structure with timber decking which is installed into existing buildings in order to add further useful space. This ‘space’ is usually above an existing original floor.
STORAGE
OFFICE SPACE,
A PRODUCTION AREA
Or even a CANTEEN AREA
Once you decide upon the purpose of your mezz floor, you will be guided by the manufacturer toward a suitable uniformly distributed load (UDL)) capacity.
Roughly in Australia we tends to use the following as a good guideline:
PRODUCTION USE – up to 500Kg/m2
OFFICE USE around 350kg/m2
GENERAL STORAGE around 500kg/m2
HEAVY STORAGE around 1000kg/m2
RETAIL USE – up to 500Kg/m2
CANTEEN/MESS USE – up to 500Kg/m2
Disreputable installers and manufacturers may ignore deflection limits. This means the amount of allowable ‘bend’ which the floor experiences when loads are applied. Australia has Australian Standards for these, just like in shed building, but again these standards are often ignored. A professional, competent company like Professional Choice Sheds® will assist you in determining what your requirement demands are, then explain their proposal with their quote.
A basic Mezzanines follows pretty much a standard design irrespective of its proposed use and basically a steel structure of beams and joists. The floor can be almost anything that will take the weight but Particleboard or steel decking tend to be most common.
A ladder may be all that is necessary in a rural shed or warehouse to gain entry to the mezzanine. However, you can specify the type of stairs you require and upgraded handrail designs and different paint finishes to suit.
The stairs and handrails are in so it’s now the way you develop the floor that changes the mezzanine finished look
(1) Floors can have partitions, floor coverings, upmarket stairs and balustrades added; all very common in a retail setting
Your project might benefit from a more sophisticated look, then specifying high quality stair and handrail finishes.
Add things like; Glass infill panels, stainless steel components, designer architraves and textured walls. Your imagination is all you have to limit your choices.
It could be in your home, in a shed or in your commercial premises, a mezzanine is a fantastic space-giving idea! The can be rough and basic or sophisticated and different; your imagination can only limit choice.
The best and safest mezzanine structures can be designed and costed for you in a couple of hours with Professional Choice Sheds. Their access to state-of-the-art software will ensure a very safe, full Australian Standards design in a very short time. Further ideas from overseas can be found here.
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