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How much weight can a pine floor withstand? Amateur 01-04-2007
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Posted by Amateur on January 4, 2007, 10:20 pm


Can a pine floor stand up to having a ping pong table weighing 170 pounds
rolled across it repeatedly over time, or is the pine so soft that
something with that weight would leave indentations on the floor? My wife
and I recently purchased a house with a pine floor which had quite a number
of indentations and we want to make sure we don't repeat that problem now
that we've had the floor sanded down to get rid of those... Thanks for
your advice.

RL

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on January 4, 2007, 10:31 pm



> Can a pine floor stand up to having a ping pong table weighing 170 pounds
> rolled across it repeatedly over time, or is the pine so soft that
> something with that weight would leave indentations on the floor? My wife
> and I recently purchased a house with a pine floor which had quite a
> number
> of indentations and we want to make sure we don't repeat that problem now
> that we've had the floor sanded down to get rid of those... Thanks for
> your advice.

Weight is not the problem, distribution is. Chances are, you or some of your
friends are 170 or more and don't make dents. You want glides or casters
with a large area to support and distribute the weight.



Posted by Goedjn on January 5, 2007, 11:56 am


On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:20:28 -0600, "Amateur"

>Can a pine floor stand up to having a ping pong table weighing 170 pounds
>rolled across it repeatedly over time, or is the pine so soft that
>something with that weight would leave indentations on the floor? My wife
>and I recently purchased a house with a pine floor which had quite a number
>of indentations and we want to make sure we don't repeat that problem now
>that we've had the floor sanded down to get rid of those... Thanks for
>your advice.
>

Pine is about the most variable wood you can make a floor out of.
slow-grown yellow pine can be harder than oak. But if the floor
had dents in it before, then what you've got is probably fairly
soft. Which means it's going to dent. Get used to that, or
start budgeting for new flooring. In the meantime, replaceing
the wheels on the table with bigger ones (pnuematic, if you can
make them fit) Will help.


Posted by on January 5, 2007, 3:34 pm



>>>Can a pine floor stand up to having a ping pong table weighing 170 pounds
>>>rolled across it repeatedly over time, or is the pine so soft that
>>>something with that weight would leave indentations on the floor?

>>Hi Bob,
>>
>>I see from your site that a white pine floor has a Janka hardness of 380
>>pounds, ie it deforms 0.222" under about 380/(Pi(0.444/2)^2) = 2500 psi.
>>
>>How would we figure the min wheel diameter for a 170 pound pingpong
>>table, if we don't want to score the floor when we move it around
>>on 4 wheels?
...
>At 32.5 Pounds per wheel you don't have much to worry about if you just
>get rubber wheeled casters which are softer than pine and will deform
>before the wood floor does. For example
http://www.jwwinco.com/products/section13/lkpa-vpa/index.html

>Regards,
>
>Bob Formisano, AIA
>About Home Repair
>
>http://homerepair.about.com/

Nick


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