Good Day,
We have just moved in to a unit that has a open mezzanine floor space. It is constructed from wooden joists. Its an L shaped floor space with one section having 18 beams @ 4m span (beam size 225 x 50mm), and the second section having smaller beams of 12 beams @ 5.4m span (beam size 125 x 45mm).
The plan is to erect a contained office space onto this mezzanine using metal stud / plasterboard walls and suspended ceiling.
The 1st section above seems chunky enough to have good loading capacity. But I have some concern about the second section which might need strengthening.
I have found calculations for working out the loading capacity per joist, but what is the planned metal stud walls are to be directly above the support pillars etc. Does this then become a UDL compressing directly on to the support structure?
Also, what should the loading capacity per square meter be for an office space?
Cheers
We have just moved in to a unit that has a open mezzanine floor space. It is constructed from wooden joists. Its an L shaped floor space with one section having 18 beams @ 4m span (beam size 225 x 50mm), and the second section having smaller beams of 12 beams @ 5.4m span (beam size 125 x 45mm).
The plan is to erect a contained office space onto this mezzanine using metal stud / plasterboard walls and suspended ceiling.
The 1st section above seems chunky enough to have good loading capacity. But I have some concern about the second section which might need strengthening.
I have found calculations for working out the loading capacity per joist, but what is the planned metal stud walls are to be directly above the support pillars etc. Does this then become a UDL compressing directly on to the support structure?
Also, what should the loading capacity per square meter be for an office space?
Cheers