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Upstairs Weight Limit

  • 26-08-2018 9:47pm
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    wyf437gn6btzue
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    I have a few pieces of print equipment I intend to store on the upstairs floor of a semi detached house. Mainly a guillotine (about 100kg) and a printer (150kg) The house is 1990`s build.

    Out of curiosity how much weight would border on too much for an upstairs floor?


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  • #2
    Gumbo
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    Leonel Late Headphones wrote: »
    I have a few pieces of print equipment I intend to store on the upstairs floor of a semi detached house. Mainly a guillotine (about 100kg) and a printer (150kg) The house is 1990`s build.

    Out of curiosity how much weight would border on too much for an upstairs floor?

    250kg is like 3-4 people standing there constantly. Will you require working access to the equipment or is it 100% storage?

    Without getting into too much structural advice, check the size of the floor joists in the attic and maybe you can fix some decent thickness ply over a big area to help spread the weight.

    It’s a lot though, on top of all the other normal stuff you’ll be storing up there. Last thing you need is to be lying in bed and a guillotine coming down towards you at 345am :)


  • #3
    Lumen
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    150kg/sq m assuming it's not the attic, right?

    In terms of imposed point load, 150kg is one person carrying another over the threshold.

    If you want to be safe put them in opposite corners against external walls.


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,365 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Lumen wrote: »
    150kg/sq m assuming it's not the attic, right?

    In terms of imposed point load, 150kg is one person carrying another over the threshold.

    If you want to be safe put them in opposite corners against external walls.

    Apologies, I actually read that they would be stored in the attic space.


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