Whilst we continue to face economic uncertainty in the UK, it’s encouraging to hear talk turning to the need for us to look once more at nurturing and developing the nation’s manufacturing base – particularly in respect of technological advancement and high value OEM products.

Like many ‘low tech’ businesses, Jigfloor continues to maintain and where possible, grow it’s reputation and market position – we are committed to providing a quality product at what we believe to be SENSIBLE prices, and our success bears out the sanity of our approach to the opportunities which exist!  Read more...

We are often asked by our Customers for ancillary elements which complement our Mezzanine Floors – things like Office Partitions, Conveyors, Scissor Lifts and interior fitouts.

Whilst we have always been happy to consider these services, we haven’t pushed them since we are keen to promote our core products – Mezzanine Flooring, Fire Protection & Staircase Enclosures, and Steel Partitions. However, it’s clear that given our solid reputation, our Clients would much prefer to procure these externally sourced items from us too!  Read more...

Multi – tier floors or walkways around racking installations, or very large floors with relatively few exits, often require escape methods to be upgraded in order that persons evacuating the structure in the event of fire can achieve relative safety quickly, without necessarily leaving the building.

In these instances, the creation of fire rated enclosures around vertical exits (staircases) or the introduction of horizontal enclosures (fire corridors) – in both cases incorporating a final exit from the building  into an adjacent SEPARATE premises or to outside air, is an acceptable means of achieving this requirement and allowing escape to occur within permissable perameters.  Read more...

Modern Concrete slabs are typically very strong and uniformly level, whereas older premises can have slabs which fall far short of modern standards.

When proposing a new Mezzanine structure, the quality of the base upon which the structure will stand is of paramount importance, since a fully laden Mezzanine will exert heavy point loads which need to be accommodated.  Read more...

At Jigfloor we are quite evangelical about receiving testimonials from our customers – we obviously don’t print everything since the idea is to give potential clients a feel for what kind of thing is being said about us rather than publishing page upon page of similar comments.

We appreciate that there is often some Skepticism surrounding this type of ‘reccommendation’ since anybody can state that people love them and are impressed by them, but at Jigfloor we won’t print a logo without the customer’s testimonial, and in most cases we publish the name of the respondent so that should you wish, you can look them up and ask them for their opinion of us in their own words!  Read more...

Typically, Staircases are compliant with PART K or PART M of the current UK building regulations.

Part K stairs are standard access stairs where the design relates to the simple need to ascend to or descend from a structure safely, at a minimal cost – they are ‘bog standard’ with little emphasis placed upon aesthetic features or ease of use for those of us with mobility difficulties and as such, they lend themselves perfectly to incorporation for use on storage floors or floors where access by less mobile persons is not  factor.  Read more...

Whilst Plasterboard and pre-finished ‘timber’ type partitions are attractive and well suited to office enclosures, meeting rooms, showrooms and other spaces where aesthetic is perhaps more important than price, modern steel partitions are resurgent in a market where Manufacturing and Warehousing is now receiving considerably larger proportions of Company capital expenditure.

Single skin steel, double skin steel and mesh partitions are robust, cost effective and easy to install and relocate, since fixings are either exposed (in the case of single skin and mesh) or designed to facilitate simplified installation and take-down using well conceived componentry  (in the case of double skin partitions).  Read more...

It’s that time of year when suppliers take the opportunity to do their housekeeping and carry out all of the necessary processes that they struggle with during the rest of the year.

The Mezzanine Flooring trade is not immune to the disturbances that shutdowns can cause, with deliveries often going out by a couple of extra weeks and certain materials becoming temporarily difficult to get hold of in good time!  Read more...

Once you’ve determined that you need a floor and identified where it will be sited, invariably your thoughts turn to the subject of access, safety requirements and the other elements which might be desirable or necessary.

In the past, before the days of professional H&S  advisors and stringent legislation, many elements which are frowned upon today, would have met with little resistance at application/approval stage.

In order to assist you, here are some of the various considerations along with ‘OLD’ and ‘NEW’ solutions:

CHEAP ACCESS/ESCAPE FROM STORAGE FLOOR  Read more...

In most instances, we think of a Mezzanine floor as having a staircase leading up to the deck with handrailing to the perimeter and perhaps a loading gate, creating a defined storage space.

Often though, the structure might be relatively large or multi tier or have personnel working upon it – either in an office environment, or assembling, or engaged in full time order picking for example.  Read more...