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Understanding A Mezzanine Floor Can Be Tricky - Here Is Some Assistance
A good, reputable company is a must when designing a mezzanine floor. As designing a mezzanine floor is not overly complex but if not done correctly could result in injury or even death. So for these reasons always seek professional assistance.
You should really aim at around 5m of clearance for sufficient room when constructing mezzanine flooring. For more than one level, you should have the following clearances:
2 floors 7.7m
3 floors 10.4m
4 floors 13.1m of clearance.
You must consider the weight on your floor to avoid overloading it. There are four different classes of flooring dependant on the application for it. The classes are as follows, office with a load design of 3.5kN/m2 or 350kg per square metre, light industrial 4.8kN/m2 or 480kg per metre square, medium industrial 7.2kN/m2 or 720kg per square metre, heavy industrial needs 9.6kN/m2 or 960kg per square metre.
Your floor may require a 1 hour fire rating to the underside depending on usage, size and location within the building. This is normally done by having a suspended ceiling hanging for the underside of the floor, and then fire rated column cases and fascias to the exposed parts of the mezzanine floor.
If you need to move goods about which would be too large for someone to carry safely up and down the stairs but you do have a forklift truck then you can consider the use of a load gate. A load gate allows a safe opening to be made in the hand rail to allow a pallet to be lifted on to the floor space without the risk of a member of staff falling off. A wear plate extends out over an area typically 1500mm x 1500mm and extends down over the edge. This would be advisable if the load gate is going to be heavily used to prevent excessive damage to the flooring surface. This can also be used at the top of a stair case if they are going to be heavily used.
If you are having your floor installed in a building your already using, then start to plan on getting anything that is going to be under the floor space moved to allow good access for the installation team when they turn up. The team will install the floor a lot quicker if the area is open rather than trying to work around stuff. This is the real world and so is not always doable and so you need to discuss this with your designers to allow solutions to be found.
Are mechanical stops an OSHA trip hazard when applied to forklift truck rail guidance?
Call a local OSHA office and ask. Just don't give your name or location.
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