ameijers wrote:

"Anthony Ewell" wrote in message
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Hi Tim,

My washer, dryer, water heater, and forced air heater are
all next each other in a big square. Is there a way to
reinforce the floor just under the laundry room? The crawl
space is about 2-1/2 foot from the ground to the bottom
of the floor. (I was thinking of a bigger water heater as
well.)

--Tony



Anything can be reinforced, but why do you think you need to? Unless you
keep getting the floor wet and it rots, a typical residential floor can
easily handle that load. The big metal things themselves don't weigh that
much empty- basically big tin boxes plus a few pounds of
castings/motors/etc. Water does weigh, but only 8 pound per gallon or so. So
figure 40 gallons for the water heater, maybe 10? for the washer, for 400
pounds plus hardware. Call it maybe 800 pounds overall? You wouldn't worry
about four big guys being in the same room at once, would you? (I'm sure
someone will jump in and correct my SWAG estimates as needed.)


It is the constant vibration that concerns me.
--Tony


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