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Mezzanine Floors Sunshine Coast

Up As Far As Noosa

We build steel mezzanine floors, access stairs and fitouts on the Sunshine Coast, as far north as Noosa. Every mezzanine floor is engineer certified and installed by our own team, not a subcontractor.

We're based on the Gold Coast, so the Sunshine Coast is at the outer edge of the area we cover. That's why the travel is shown as its own line on your quote.

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Tell us where it is and roughly how big, and we'll get back to you with a rough price.

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Engineer Certified

Every floor comes with engineer certified drawings

Our Own Team

We measure the site and we install it

Gold Coast To Brisbane

Coomera and Yatala through to Logan and Ballina

What The Distance Changes

The distance changes three things, and none of them affect the mezzanine floor itself. It changes how we schedule the job, whether our team stays overnight, and how we organise the site measure.

It doesn't change who builds it. Building a mezzanine floor comes down to a site measure, a set of drawings, a steel delivery and the installation, and the same team stays on site for the whole installation.

You get a team that has been building mezzanine floors for four years and has built more than a hundredof them. The travel is shown on the quote so you can see what it adds. On a small job, the travel cost can decide whether it's worth using us.

What A Sunshine Coast Job Usually Looks Like

Most enquiries from the Sunshine Coast come from businesses that have run out of floor space and don't want to move. Usually their lease makes moving expensive, and their warehouse has unused height.

It's the same work we do on the Gold Coast. The only difference is the travel.

Storage Over The Quietest End

Most first mezzanines go over the quietest end of the building, usually along the back wall or the side away from the roller door. That way you gain floor space without getting in the way of your racking or forklift paths.

An Office That Looks Over The Floor

The next most common request is an office or lunchroom up on the mezzanine, so the floor space underneath can still be used. A space people work in has to be built to a different standard than a storage platform, so let us know when you first get in touch.

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This is a floor plan of a warehouse with the mezzanine drawn over the top of the racking. The racking underneath keeps working, so you use the area inside the dashed line twice. How far the mezzanine can extend depends on your clear height, not on how much free floor space you have.

How The Travel Is Priced, And Why You Can See It

The travel is shown as its own line on the quote. We do this on purpose, because if travel is hidden inside a price per square metre, you can't compare it fairly with a local quote.

That way you can see what the mezzanine floor costs and what the travel costs. If a local fabricator's total is lower, you can see exactly where the difference is.

One Steel Delivery

The steel is delivered in one load. We plan Sunshine Coast jobs around a single delivery and back to back days on site, which keeps the price reasonable.

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This shows the same warehouse at three stages of an install. We work in one bay at a time, moving towards the door. The rest of the building stays open for business while the finished floor grows behind us. The bay at the roller door is done last, because everything else has to come through it.

Is Your Job Big Enough To Be Worth The Trip?

We're based on the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast is on the other side of Brisbane. Jobs there are planned trips, with our team staying overnight.

On a larger mezzanine floor, the travel is a small part of the price. On a very small job it isn't, and we will tell you which yours is before you wait a week for a quote.

A Full Floor, An Office Or A Racking Job

These jobs are worth the trip, and we price them the same way as a Gold Coast job.

  • Travel and accommodation are shown as their own lines on the quote, at cost
  • Our team stays overnight and works back to back days, so driving doesn't slow the job down
  • The steel arrives in one delivery

A Single Small Platform Or A Short Stair

Often not worth the trip, and we will tell you.

  • The travel costs the same whatever the job size, so on a small job it's a big part of the total
  • A local fabricator will usually be cheaper for that job, and that's fine
  • If you're stuck on the stairs, access or certification, ask us anyway, because we can help with that over the phone

Send us the details either way. We can usually tell you quickly whether the job is worth the trip.

Why Load Ratings Differ Between Quotes

A mezzanine rated for light storage and one rated for pallets of stock can look the same from above, but they are built very differently underneath. This is often where one quote comes in cheaper than another, and you don't want to find that out later.

That's why we ask what you plan to store up there before anything is drawn. The engineer sets the load rating to suit, and it's written on the drawings you keep.

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This shows the same deck with three different stack heights, and the load the floor has to be designed for under each. Two of the numbers are the same, because the standard sets a minimum of 7 kilopascals for general storage, however low you stack. Only above about 3.5 metres does the stack height push that number up. For most storage floors, 7 kilopascals is the figure.

Getting The Most From The Site Measure

This matters more on the Sunshine Coast than anywhere else we work. If a site measure on the Sunshine Coast turns up a problem, we may need a second trip, so we sort out as much as we can by phone first.

So we sort out as much as we can before anyone travels, and most of it you can send us from your phone.

Four Things To Send Us First

Send us the clear span from wall to wall, the height to the lowest thing overhead, a photo down the length of the building, and what you plan to store upstairs. With those four, we can work out most of the design.

The lowest thing overhead is rarely the roof. It's usually a light, a sprinkler pipe, a duct or a roller door track, and that is what sets your headroom.

Two Things To Check First

Check whether your landlord will agree to structural work, and whether there is anything buried in the slab. Either can stop a job, and both are much cheaper to find out over the phone than on a site visit.

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The height on your shed's paperwork is usually the ridge, which is the highest point down the middle. The height that matters is at the knee, where the wall column meets the roof. That height has to cover three things: headroom underneath, the floor structure itself, and headroom on top. The floor structure is the part people often forget to allow for.

What A Sunshine Coast Quote Covers

It covers the same things as a Gold Coast quote, with the travel shown as its own line. If a quote you are comparing leaves out any of these, it doesn't cover a finished floor.

  • A planned site measure on the Sunshine Coast
  • Structural design and engineer certified drawings for your building
  • Steel supply: columns, beams, joists and decking to the loading you tell us about
  • Access stairs, landings and handrail to every exposed edge, built to AS 1657
  • Pallet gates where stock is lifted between levels
  • Installation by our own team, on back to back days
  • Travel and accommodation shown as their own lines, at cost

Mezzanine Floors On The Sunshine Coast: Common Questions

These are the questions we get asked most about Sunshine Coast jobs. Click on a question to see the answer.

Do you actually build on the Sunshine Coast, or just quote it?

Yes, we build it. The Sunshine Coast is at the outer edge of the area we cover. The same team that installs on the Gold Coast installs there, and we don't subcontract the installation. The only difference is that we plan it as a trip, with our team staying overnight.

How far north do you go?

As far north as Noosa. Past Noosa, you're better off with someone closer.

Does a Sunshine Coast job cost more than the same floor on the Gold Coast?

The mezzanine floor itself costs the same, but the travel adds to the total. Travel and accommodation are shown on the quote as their own lines, at cost, so you can compare them with a local quote. On a larger floor, it's a small part of the total.

Do you have a Sunshine Coast office?

No. We're based on the Gold Coast. If you need someone who is always fifteen minutes away, we may not be the right fit.

My job is small. Should I still ask?

Yes, ask us, and we will give you a straight answer. On a single small platform, the travel is a big part of the cost and a local fabricator will usually be cheaper. If so, we will tell you.

If you're stuck on the stairs, access or certification, we can still help with that.

Does a mezzanine floor on the Sunshine Coast need building approval?

Often, yes. The rules are set by Queensland, not by your local council. A small storage platform is sometimes exempt, but the stairs and guardrail usually mean it needs approval. A licensed building certifier makes the final decision.

We can manage the approval for you as a separate item on the quote, or give you the engineer certified drawings to handle it yourself.

Does a Sunshine Coast job take longer?

The installation itself doesn't take longer. Our team stays overnight instead of driving home each night, and we plan the job to need as few trips as possible. The main thing that affects the timeframe is certification: about a fortnight without it, and around six weeks with it.

Can you build a mezzanine in a leased warehouse up there?

Yes. Please sort it out with your landlord before we quote, because we plan a trip this far to be done once. Whether the mezzanine can be fixed to the slab, and whether it has to come out when the lease ends, both change the design.

What We Build On The Sunshine Coast

These are the jobs that are big enough to be worth the trip: a full mezzanine floor, a mezzanine office, or a mezzanine built into your racking.

The rules for stairs, access and edge protection are the same everywhere in Queensland, and the mezzanine stairs page explains them in full.

Is your job closer to Brisbane? Read what a mezzanine floor in Brisbane involves, or see every area we build mezzanine floors in, from Coomera through to Ballina. Working out a budget first? Read what drives the cost of a mezzanine floor.

Tell Us Where Your Job Is, And How Big

Send us the address, the clear span (wall to wall) and what you plan to store upstairs. We will tell you honestly whether the job is worth the trip, and if it isn't, we will say so instead of sending a quote.

When We Answer
Monday to Friday, 6am to 4pm
Where We Build
Coomera and Yatala through to Logan and Ballina
What To Have Ready
Your address, the clear span (wall to wall), the height to the lowest thing overhead, and what you plan to store up there.

Get A Mezzanine Floor Quote

Tell us where it is and roughly how big, and we'll get back to you with a rough price.

Or call 07 2802 4421