Too Much Wiegth In A Room Floor Falling Trhough

1 grade 2 by 6 douglas fir larch joists spaced 16 inches on center.

Too much wiegth in a room floor falling trhough.

I would like to put a 12 6 ft billiards table which stands on 8 legs and weighs approx. If the floor is designed properly it s designed with a fudge factor for weight and movement such that reasonable weights and movement are within the structural design criteria. And my room is full of heavy crap. I have never heard of someone falling through a floor or colapsing a floor.

I m 19 and still in my parent s house not too much longer. These days lots of folks weigh in excess of 300 lbs. My fiance and i are moving into our first apartment in two months. What is the likelihood the floor will support the weight and would it benefit me to place plywood or something beneath the table.

A 300 pound refrigerator of 33 x 36 36 pounds per square foot. Let s say a room s measurement is 10x10. We bought a leather sectional which includes a 3 seat couch with the two outside seats that recline a corner seat a two seat love seat which each seat reclines plus a matching recliner. And occupy 1 square foot.

It shouldn t be a problem unless the house is really really fricking old and or falling apart. The rec room is the only room on the 2nd floor and contains attic access and a full bath. The thing i can t help thinking about is that that will be a fair amount of weight spread over not too much area. 40 lbs sqf is what the floor of the room can hold that s industry standard.

A proper design includes th. Problem is i have a terrible phobia of falling through the floor due to having too much weight on the floor and the sectional plus all the. I m assuming that my apt will probably not be a ground floor unit consider a rack weighs 300 pounds 300 pounds of olympic weights 240 pounds of dumbells 60 pounds for a bench 150 pounds for a piece of cardio equipment. I guess maybe that qualifies as a dining room in new york.

I would suggest working room by room so that way you can complete one area before you tear up the other. There is no way the table weighs that much hence mrwilly s comment about the waterbed which when filled can easily eclipse a ton. The most common floor issue in trailers are caused by water damage due to most trailers are built with a particle board subfloors and this type of sheeting does not hold up to moisture. Taking 1 room of 14 x 16 with a total of 224 square feet x 40 8 960 pounds equally distrubited throughout the room.

I m sorry i had to laugh at your comment. As an example consider a room with a floor area of 10 feet by 11 feet 2 inches built with no. Unless making the dining room floor level with the living room floor is doable inexpensive i d pass. The lower floor hasn t seen my room yet.

I can just see people pushing their chairs back from the dining room table falling backwards and hitting their heads on the floor. Use a design value table to find the fb value for your floor joists.