FINALLY found the time to floor the skeleton of pallet racking running down the shop. I wanted to do a mezzanine down the center for several reasons:
-takes advantage of the 19' peak, vertical space that would otherwise go unused (storage and office)
-allows me to postion workbenches and boxes so that they can service either bay
-makes for a great place to run air and electric in what would otherwise be an open void
-makes service of my peak lights, ceiling fans and exhaust fans safe and easy
-just generally gives the shop more structure and function
The lowest point of the mezz floor is 9', so it's still easy enough to move most large objects under it.
I never envisioned this when I first had the shop built, and it's another reason I'm glad I didn't do in-floor heat (lots of concrete anchors here and their locations were not very flexible).
Adds about 250sq ft of storage up top
I built the stairs and anchored them to the floor, helping to add some triangulation.
-takes advantage of the 19' peak, vertical space that would otherwise go unused (storage and office)
-allows me to postion workbenches and boxes so that they can service either bay
-makes for a great place to run air and electric in what would otherwise be an open void
-makes service of my peak lights, ceiling fans and exhaust fans safe and easy
-just generally gives the shop more structure and function
The lowest point of the mezz floor is 9', so it's still easy enough to move most large objects under it.
I never envisioned this when I first had the shop built, and it's another reason I'm glad I didn't do in-floor heat (lots of concrete anchors here and their locations were not very flexible).
Adds about 250sq ft of storage up top
I built the stairs and anchored them to the floor, helping to add some triangulation.