"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , dennis@home
scribeth thus


"Roger Mills" wrote in message
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
oblong wrote:

Please help!

I'm planning a home birth and would like to have an inflatable pool
for pain relief purposes, there are two options, they are both at the
smaller end of the birth-pool spectrum.. here are the weights of the
pools (filled):


Should I get the advice of an architect / engineer, would that be
pricey?


As those who have provided sensible answers have said, there shouldn't
be
a problem.

But, for added peace of mind, you could get advice from a Structural
Engineer. It's likely to cost you about £100.

If all they want is peace of mind its cheaper to hire an acro prop and a
couple of 4x2 battens.
Just as long as the batten goes across the joists and not along them or
they
will crack the plaster board.


LOL, course there us the start phase of this repro bizz, a mate of mine
had to have the ceiling re plastered in the room under their bedroom
apparently due to excessive stress loads....

That's because he put the prop in the bedroom rather than downstairs?