Gallery

This has multi-level Mezzanines – the openings are created for up and over safety gates (which although the floor is in use were not fitted at that time).

Moreover none of the floor levels has had Fire Protection fitted, and both Fire Protection and safety gates would be a requirement of Law today. There is an Office on one level, and the Mezzanine floors combined area was over 50% of the Unit total.

Also the column upright grid on both shows the most economic, meaning the uprights can be spaced further apart, but at a greater cost.

The mezzanine floors here shows a wire mesh steel wall, thought necessary for Health & Safety reasons.

Mezzanine floors can be shaped into bays, and or circular areas in units, with the use of angled main beams and canter levering purlins.

Here galvanised purlins are cleated into main beams to give a level floor.

Shows a straight steel staircase and extra supporting uprights needed in a cut out situation. The cross bracing was part of the outer fabric of this unit not part of the Mezzanine. The purlins used were not swagbeams, and needed galvanised tie rods to reduce “bounce”.

This shows basic office partitioning at both ground and first floor levels, and was the Customer’s Architects design and specification.

The staircase was in a most favourable position for our photographic purposes, and illustrates the footprint of a staircase rising to a height of over three metres, building regulations require a mid landing for floors reaching this height or greater.

The handrailing is basic but looks much better than standard industrial, which can be seen below in our gallery. Lastly this mezzanine shows Fire Protected column uprights, and a fire rated suspended ceiling to the underside of the floor, this would look exactly like the ceilings in the offices on the first floor level.

Shows a non ambulant straight steel staircase and handrail, again no fire protection to the floor.

Shows a mezzanine under construction, with larger span main beams and canter lever extension. This increases the size of the base plates. The working at heights legislation would not allow the use of a step ladder as seen here.