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2nd floor weight limit?
We have a fairly new house...about 3 years old. I'm looking at
purchasing some exercise equipment, in particular a smith machine that weighs around 300lbs before adding the weights. It's a pretty large unit that's approx. 6' wide and 6' deep so the weight is distributed fairly evenly. Is it too much weight to put this on the 2nd floor in a room above my garage? |
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2nd floor weight limit?
The Other Mike writes:
We have a fairly new house...about 3 years old. I'm looking at purchasing some exercise equipment, in particular a smith machine that weighs around 300lbs before adding the weights. It's a pretty large unit that's approx. 6' wide and 6' deep so the weight is distributed fairly evenly. Is it too much weight to put this on the 2nd floor in a room above my garage? For reassurance, you can always call your local municipality where building permits are issued and ask them the minimum load limits to which a 3 year old house should adhere. You'll probably find them way higher than the load yer pondering. In a low tech way, handwaving way that shouldn't be trusted though, I'd be shocked if your home couldn't withstand a couple of 300lb NFL linemen hugging each other on your 2nd floor. That'd be more load per square inch than what yer proposing. Best Regards, -- Todd H. http://toddh.net/ |
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Code is typically a load of 100 or 200 pounds per square foot (100 psf
of "live load", i.e. things you put in the room). This is way under that, even with a 250 pound person on it. If you think about it, it's like having a person and a couch in a room. A room that collapsed with that load would be .... well, OK, it would be humorous, but it would also be a lawsuit. On Mar 26, 10:00 am, The Other Mike wrote: We have a fairly new house...about 3 years old. I'm looking at purchasing some exercise equipment, in particular a smith machine that weighs around 300lbs before adding the weights. It's a pretty large unit that's approx. 6' wide and 6' deep so the weight is distributed fairly evenly. Is it too much weight to put this on the 2nd floor in a room above my garage? |
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On 2 Apr 2007 09:48:44 -0700, someone wrote:
Code is typically a load of 100 or 200 pounds per square foot (100 psf of "live load", i.e. things you put in the room). NO ****ING WAY!!!! Not for residential. That is like commercial or "place of public assembly" Like the exit ramp of the stadium where it will be wall to wall people. Residential live load is more like 40 lbs per square foot. Which for a 36 sf area (6 x 6) would be 1,440 lbs. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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On Apr 25, 3:20 pm, (v) wrote:
On 2 Apr 2007 09:48:44 -0700, someone wrote: Code is typically a load of 100 or 200 pounds per square foot (100 psf of "live load", i.e. things you put in the room). NO ****ING WAY!!!! Not for residential. That is like commercial or "place of public assembly" Like the exit ramp of the stadium where it will be wall to wall people. Residential live load is more like 40 lbs per square foot. Which for a 36 sf area (6 x 6) would be 1,440 lbs. Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. You mean I can't put 20,000 lbs in a 10 X 10 room? Where' my garbage truck gonna go? LOL |
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