Boarded victorian loft weight
On 05/11/18 12:29, GB wrote:
On 05/11/2018 12:18, Tim Watts wrote:
Mine span 3.5m and are 2x4" of 1950s grade timber. All 100+kg of me
can stand on a single one mid span with no flexing.
Whilst the timbers can take considerable loads for a while, they may
distort slowly from long-term loads (like the books you mentioned),
leading to a bowed or cracked ceiling.
I don't think the one inch chipboard increases the strength - it just
adds to the load!
No - but it does spread any point loads over several joists.
Our loft was fantastically overloaded in a small area (because only a
bit was boarded with simple planks).
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