Mezzanines – What are they exactly?

A mezzanine floor is built above another existing floor. A warehouse, shed, or factory is where they are usually found. It is becoming more common for people to install a mezzanine level in older homes or units where they have high roofs. A Mezzanine level will make use of the ‘wasted’ air space in any building. People can use mezzanines for storage, as an office space, or even as an extra bedroom.

A mezzanine floor is essentially just an elevated platform. It may not have four walls surrounding it like a standard room. This makes it easy to build yourself if you’re working with limited resources. This is why you can find an excellent Australian supplier, working with 100% Australian materials to supply a mezzanine for your DIY installation.

Buy A Mezzanine Floor

Mezzanine floors are a terrific way to add extra space to your premises. They’re also the most affordable way of creating additional storage, office, working and living space in your existing building.

When buying a mezzanine floor, you have two options: buy a mezzanine floor kit with all parts already shaped, cut, and drilled, ready to install, or build it yourself. The first option is obviously the easiest way of getting what you need and the least expensive. When you do it from scratch yourself, you may encounter difficulties and incur costs. The first thing you will need, doing it from scratch, is a qualified engineer. They need to be familiar with the many Australian Standards necessary to construct a safe raised platform. Most engineers cannot certify your structure so you will also need to get it certified as complying to all necessary Australian Standards. You then have to source the correct steel which will involve buying lengths longer than you need, cutting and drilling the high-tensile steel, and having a lot of wasted materials.

For these reasons, we recommend going with buying a DIY Mezzanine floor kit designed to your exact specifications. A highly experienced engineer will design this and it will come with full certification for your state. The Professional Choice mezzanine kits also come with state-of-the-art engineering plans complete with a video link to see how every joint comes together.

DIY Mezzanines – Mezzanines and Mezzanine Floors supplied for DIY.

Building your own mezzanine has a few options available. An entire mezzanine kit with all the necessary components for building a DIY mezzanine floor can be purchased by you. Mild steel is commonly used for making mezzanine floor kits. These are often imported and of inferior quality. Even with the lightest loads, it is unlikely they are fit for purpose. Most kits will come with all the necessary hardware. Legs, beams, purlins, and brackets needed for assembly. You will need to source the flooring yourself but as stated earlier, particle floorboards are available from all big DIY stores or timberyards. All Professional Choice mezzanine kits will provide instructions on how to build a safe structure that meets building code requirements so you know it will be safe when completed.

Bespoke mezzanine floors supplied to your door for your project.

Professional Choice will supply a bespoke mezzanine floor for your project directly to your site. This could be any size or shape, with or without stairs or railings. The stairs and railing supplied by Professional Choice are of the very highest Australian Standards. These are excellent for areas that the public may access. It is often much less expensive to source your own stairs and railings, again from your local hardware. This is particularly good, if you don’t need the highest Australian Standards in stairs for your project.

Summary – Mezzanines and Mezzanine Floors supplied for DIY.

You will find that Professional Choice will give you all the help you need in designing your own mezzanine floor. We will provide you with an all-Australian bespoke mezzanine floor, built to the very highest standards, for your project. Find out more by giving us a call now.