Top Tips For Making The Most Of Your Office’s Mezzanine Floor 

If you’ve just moved your office into a building with a mezzanine floor or you’ve recently had a mezzanine layer installed in your current premises, you may be wondering how best to make use of it. There are plenty of benefits to having a mezzanine floor, most importantly the fact that it creates extra space without reducing available floor space, so you’ll want to take advantage of the additional room in any way you can.

Here we share our top tips for doing so, with great ideas on how to use your new mezzanine floor.

Use it to create a social area

In any office, areas dedicated to work often take priority with regard to space and design. After all, if you only have limited space to work with, you’re likely to prioritise desks, meeting rooms and computer equipment. As a result, the importance of social areas and downtime zones may be overlooked, and you may fail to provide your employees with adequate space to relax.

This is where mezzanine floors can be taken advantage of, as they offer additional space that doesn’t encroach upon your work floor. With a mezzanine floor, you’ll be able to offer comfortable seating, dining tables and games (e.g. a football table) away from your office’s main working areas.

Create extra storage

From invoices to contracts, old computer equipment to spare office chairs, it’s fair to say that offices can become overrun with piles of clutter that you simply don’t have space for. Dealing with these items can be extremely stressful when you don’t have enough space to keep your office neat and tidy, so why not turn your mezzanine floor into a dedicated storage room? By investing in cupboards, cabinets and shelving, you can create a designated zone for any items that would usually be cluttering up your work floor.

Build meeting rooms away from your work floor

During meetings with important business guests or interviewees, the last thing you want is to be disturbed by the general hustle and bustle of your office. From colleagues chatting to the radio playing, it’s fair to say that there are a fair few distractions in the workplace, some of which can make it difficult to concentrate during meetings.

However, with a mezzanine floor, you have the option of relocating your meeting room areas upstairs. That way, you can overlook the office floor, giving your business partners or clients insight into daily life in the office without being disturbed by rising noise levels or people walking by.

Stagger your office seating

As we’ve discussed previously, offices can be noisy places. Unfortunately, this is often inevitable, especially when you’ve got lots of employees crammed into one room. For this reason, you may consider using your new mezzanine floor to create an upstairs work floor, separated from the main office area with room dividers and glass panels. By staggering your office seating, you’ll give your employees more space to work comfortably while also reducing noise levels.

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