mezzanine in studio

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Hi,
I spent some time considering how to construct a mezzanine in a studio and have settled on using scaffolding over wood for the ease of construction plus the modular/reconfigurable aspect. I've never used scaffolding before and therefore would like to check something before I place the order. The floor space will be a shade under 13 feet by 8 feet: can that area be safely supported only at the corners or will it need extra support along the 13 foot sides? Might 13' steel tubes be prone to bending over time if supporting the weight of a person plus a few other items, desk, computer etc, without mid-way legs/collumns?
 
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Thats far to much of a span for a tube , you would need to use beams ,and then you would have the depth of the beam to consider
 
Sounds lime a nice little private job for you phil...& will get rid of a few of those old ladder beams youve prob got lying around lol
 
Another studio occupant has a small 8 x 8' raised floor built with five horizontal parallel tubes resting on two perpendicular end tubes (with single couplers), connected to the vertical corner tubes/legs (with double couplers). The structure appears to be sound. A simple mdf floor is laid on top. My thoughts were to mimick that but make it larger, using five or six 13' tubes as the main floor support connected to two 8' end tubes. Obviously the number of 13' tubes will directly affect the strength.
Beams appear to be so expensive, i'd certainly opt for a mid point vertical tube if necessary.
 
Personally think ur barking m8 but tbh get a scaff to av a look at it or there maybe more than 1 or 2 things tbat might go bump in the nite lol
 
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