Rack supported floors (also known as rack supported mezzanine floors or a floor over racking system) are a good economic alternative to a structural steel mezzanine floor support system, when it comes to the need for extra floor space in your warehouse. A floor over racking system is simply an area of shelving or racking with a lid on top that creates a floor accessed by a staircase.

With racking-supported mezzanines, either aisles are built between the racking rows or complete platforms are built onto the racking units themselves. This means that modular shelving, live storage racking or pallet racking can be used as the supporting system.

This method is mostly used when order picking is the primary task and/or additional conveying installations are needed. In these cases in particular, KDL Design & Storage Ltd makes the ideal partner. So if you are looking to create the highest possible number of storage locations in a limited space then a rack supported floor can be the preferred solution.

Raised platforms require building regulations approval and KDL can include this if required as part of the project