mezzanine floor

Try a web search for "Mezzanine Floor" and you'll get loads of hits for companies and firms that supply, fit and tailor make them for any situation.

companies and firms that supply,

I've had a thorough trawl through but mezzanine floors seem to mean warehouses for the most part, whereas I need something for home use.

It may be, of course, that I can adapt some sort of industrial kit.

Phil

companies and firms that supply,

It's amazing what a thin cladding of timber around the frame does. With a prefab' frame you know have something that will take the loads you need, and that it is going to last without lots of maintenance. So I personally would go for the kit and adapt it to suit the installation required.

You might be able to pick up a frame from a auction room or factory sale, so hold out for a while and search the local papers and salesrooms Etc.

Good luck with it, and have a Good New Year.

AIUI a mezzanine floor is a mezzanine, it's where and what you build onto or under it makes it either industrial or domestic. One thing to understand, just as there are reg's for most things, there are stringent reg's for mezzanine flooring.

"BigWallop" wrote | > I've had a thorough trawl through but mezzanine floors seem | > to mean warehouses for the most part, whereas I need something | > for home use. | > It may be, of course, that I can adapt some sort of industrial kit. | It's amazing what a thin cladding of timber around the frame does.

... in terms of adversely affecting the fire rating of the structure? ;-)

Owain

Timber can IMPROVE the fire resistance of steel structures, if its done properly.

Steve

Thanks for that. I hear that fire regs can also be tricky. Does anyone know any more about this?

All these obstacles! Who said that an Englishman's home is his castle?

Thanks

Phil