Too Much Wiegth In A Room Floor Falling Trhough

I m 19 and still in my parent s house not too much longer.

Too much wiegth in a room floor falling trhough.

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 would like to put a 12 6 ft billiards table which stands on 8 legs and weighs approx. A proper design includes th. That area is capable of then holding 4000 lbs 40x100.

2755 lbs in the center of the room. My fiance and i are moving into our first apartment in two months. I guess maybe that qualifies as a dining room in new york. Let s say a room s measurement is 10x10.

40 lbs sqf is what the floor of the room can hold that s industry standard. I have never heard of someone falling through a floor or colapsing a floor. The lower floor hasn t seen my room yet. The thing i can t help thinking about is that that will be a fair amount of weight spread over not too much area.

I m sorry i had to laugh at your comment. Use a design value table to find the fb value for your floor joists. 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.

A design value table shows that the joists have an fb value of 1 495 and an e value of 1 900 000. 1 grade 2 by 6 douglas fir larch joists spaced 16 inches on center. It shouldn t be a problem unless the house is really really fricking old and or falling apart. 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. As an example consider a room with a floor area of 10 feet by 11 feet 2 inches built with no. A 300 pound refrigerator of 33 x 36 36 pounds per square foot. 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.

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. The rec room is the only room on the 2nd floor and contains attic access and a full bath. These days lots of folks weigh in excess of 300 lbs. I can just see people pushing their chairs back from the dining room table falling backwards and hitting their heads on the floor.

Unless making the dining room floor level with the living room floor is doable inexpensive i d pass. What is the likelihood the floor will support the weight and would it benefit me to place plywood or something beneath the table.