Re: Floor load capacities

["Ray Ravary, Jr." <rravary@provide.net>]

I built and designed my own garage several years ago. Unfortunatly you have to
break eggs to make an omelet. You will have to access those boards that form your
floor and  the joists supporting it. Measure your joists, check their condition
for rot and damage, measure their spacing, and get a sample of one so you can key
it out. Different species of wood have different load bearing capacities -- they
can be found in many books. TAB books may have something along that line, or
archetechial design books. Your choices are 1) ignore, 2) research and learn and
save yourself a lot of money, or 3) throw the cash around and have someone to do
the work for you but it is expensive. If you are worried about ID'ing rot or
damage ask a roofer for an example or to show it to you at a job site. Keying and
finding loading capacity is a matter of a trip to the library or spending
$30-40.00 on books. The ignore or proffessional routes will cost you in the
$1000.00's.

R3

IDMiamiBob@aol.com wrote:

> Francine writes:
>
> <snip>> Geez!  How do I figure out what the capabilities of the flooring is
> if one
> >  room where I have the tanks in is carpeted and  the other room is covered
> >  with linoleum?
> >
> >  Let me tell you what I have.  In the living room:  I have two 20 gal high
> >  tanks on wrought iron stands sitting on individual pieces of 3/4 inch
> >  plywood.  Both of these tanks have 10 gals underneath.  The tanks all have
> >  gravel.  Next to these tanks are four 2.5 gal bare bottoms on a cabinet.
> >  Next to that is the 30 gal with the 20 long underneath.  These tanks are
> all
> >  on the same outside wall.  This room measures 14 x 11 with the usual tv and
> >  stereo, coffee table, sofa and chair.  The kitchen has 4 10 gal tanks, 1 5
> >  gal and a 2.5 on a stand I built out of 4 x 4's for legs and 2x 4,s for the
> >  shelving.  The kitchen is 14 x 17 with table and chairs with cabinets.
> >
> >  Does anyone have an opinion on load weight capacities
>
> Well, carpet vs. linoleum isn't going to make much difference except the
> carpet can hold moisture and cause rot.
>
> The best way to figure it out is to hire an architect.  He/she will know how
> to calculate it.  As for the two rooms, the room with all those tanks on the
> outside wall is defiinitely a lot safer than the kitchen if the tanks there
> are on an inside wall.  The further the weight load is from the support of
> the foundation, the more strain it puts on it.  You could always go down in
> the basement/crawl space and put some pillars in to hold it up.  Slab floors
> like basements and garages are definitely stronger because they are against
> the ground.
>
> Bob Dixon
>
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