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The Benefits of Mezzanine Flooring

As a business experiences commercial growth, no matter what sector they are in, they will often require more space to support this growth and there are several options available from acquiring additional premises to expanding the existing floor space, both of which are expensive and sometimes not physically possible. This is where mezzanine flooring is a great alternative that does generate space.

The word mezzanine comes from the Italian word ‘mezzano’, which means middle – so a mezzanine floor is the ‘middle floor’. This type of flooring often projects from the same walls as the floor below, but does not cover the ceiling, so basically shares the ceiling with the floor below and acts more like a semi-permanent floor system that can be dismantled and relocated in required.

As production and warehousing businesses experience growth they will need to expand to accommodate more stock and the installation of mezzanine flooring is critical and can be the most cost effective way to grow as the warehouse stock will still be in one space, under one roof. There is the option to acquire another building but this can lead to complications when it comes to stock management and stock can easily get lost quicker between two buildings than one building with two floors. Mezzanine flooring is commonly used in industrial operations such as warehousing, distribution and manufacturing for this reason to allow for extra storage capabilities.

Retail stores can often benefit from a mezzanine flooring as they often have high ceilings which can be utilised to create extra space. This can be in the form of storage or even office space above the store. It can make good business sense for the retail store to have the ‘behind the scenes’ office administration and customer services in the same place.

The other sector that can benefit from mezzanine flooring are companies or corporations that are looking to expand into other sectors and therefore need space, or simply growing and need more space to place desks and office equipment safely so they do not breach health and safety regulations.