How much weight can go upstairs

steve h · Post by **steve h** » Wed Oct 12, 11 11:18 pm

Just wonderd if anyone knows how much weight
you can put in a upstairs room? full size slate pool table
total weight 220kg, its fitted with 4 legs about 70mm square at the base
does this mean that each leg will have 55kg of pressure on the floor,
or does'nt it work like that

db · Post by db » Wed Oct 12, 11 11:22 pm

Sounds fine to me- no different to having 4 large people stood in there

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Oct 13, 11 12:17 am

The floor loading will depend on the size of your main beams and the distance they are set apart, usually between 2.5 and 3 Kn/m2 so a point load of 55kg should be fine, to be safe just place a 300 square 1/2 ply spreader under each foot that will spread and reduce the point loading significantly, it can be offset so it is mainly under the table

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Thu Oct 13, 11 8:27 am

I had this concern with a cast iron rolltop bath. Took 3 of us to lift the damn thing in there, and its upstairs in a timber frame house. Full of water if probably weighs half a ton. I put some spreaders on floor as Bob says.

Its been there 5 years now and not made its way through floor. Dont take many baths though. Too scared.

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Thu Oct 13, 11 1:46 pm

Absolutely no issue with 220kg / 4.

Two fat people humpin the night away will put more load on a smaller footprint (Bed legs) than that.

I could'nt guess to the amount but id say that the SWL for a upstairs room per square foot would be far far greater.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Oct 13, 11 2:00 pm

db wrote:Sounds fine to me- no different to having 4 large people stood in there

Or one me

latil · Post by **latil** » Thu Oct 13, 11 2:00 pm

220kg sounds a bit light for a f/s slate bed table,some are nearer 2 tons.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Oct 13, 11 2:04 pm

aahhhhh me after a typical light snack then

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Thu Oct 13, 11 2:12 pm

if you put in a water bed

you need a survey done

Dave

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Oct 13, 11 2:16 pm

Dave999 wrote:if you put in a water bed

you need a survey done

Dave

weight wise?

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Thu Oct 13, 11 2:57 pm

yeah

concrete floor down stairs is ok

but they look a bit naff in the dning room

upstairs with wood floors

the bed doesn't weigh much

but each liter of water weighs a Kg and takes up a 10cm by 10cm by 10 cm space

you can fit a lot of them in a double water bed

Dave

Dart Vader · Post by **Dart Vader** » Thu Oct 13, 11 4:59 pm

Si,

NEVER GET A WATER BED

They don't make any bedroom strong enough for you in one of them

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Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Thu Oct 13, 11 5:24 pm

It should be ok in a modern building, timber framed or not, those cast iron baths are'nt that heavy compared to the old ones, should'nt be an issue, water weighs roughly 10 lbs a gallon, similar to gasoline

We did however sell a mate of our's a Jacuzzi corner bath with extra jets etc, he has an old cottage and he had a structural engineer have a look and he said no Bananarama! way

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Oct 13, 11 6:20 pm

Justin G wrote:Si,

NEVER GET A WATER BED

They don't make any bedroom strong enough for you in one of them

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I dont think i could even get away with it on a concrete floor mate.

and im not going to stoop to your level [although it is on your profile mate

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steve h · Post by **steve h** » Thu Oct 13, 11 7:59 pm

Thanks for the replies guys

The house was built in 1905 the room is 4mx5.5m
i dont know the joist dimensions as it has a hardwood floor
Thanks again