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Will my floor take the weight? bagarow 01-10-2007
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Posted by on January 10, 2007, 11:01 pm


Hi

We have bought a very heavy solid wood cabinet. I would like your help
to determine if my living room hardwood floor can take this weight.

Cabinet info:
It weights 580 lbs empty. With our items added to it, I estimate the
weight of this cabinet would be 830 lbs. The wood cabinet is 20" deep,
67" wide and 90" high. The cabinet would rest on the floor using 4
levelers. This implies the load on each leveler, will by 830 lbs
divided by 4 i.e. about 208 lbs approx per leveler.

The levelers have a 0.75 square inch surface area. This implies the
load on the floor through each leveler is 208 lbs / 0.75 square inches
= 277 lbs / sq inch.

Floor info:
We want to place the cabinet in a ground floor room, butting a wall
that is also an exterior wall of the house. [Cabinet would extend 20
inches out from this wall into the room].
The house has a crawl space below. The flooring in the room is Bruce
prefinished hardwood.

Can you advise on whether my floor can take the weight of the cabinet?
Is there additional data I need to gather, before this question can be
answered?

Thanks a lot for your help
Bob


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Posted by Tony Hwang on January 10, 2007, 11:23 pm


bagarow@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> We have bought a very heavy solid wood cabinet. I would like your help
> to determine if my living room hardwood floor can take this weight.
>
> Cabinet info:
> It weights 580 lbs empty. With our items added to it, I estimate the
> weight of this cabinet would be 830 lbs. The wood cabinet is 20" deep,
> 67" wide and 90" high. The cabinet would rest on the floor using 4
> levelers. This implies the load on each leveler, will by 830 lbs
> divided by 4 i.e. about 208 lbs approx per leveler.
>
> The levelers have a 0.75 square inch surface area. This implies the
> load on the floor through each leveler is 208 lbs / 0.75 square inches
> = 277 lbs / sq inch.
>
> Floor info:
> We want to place the cabinet in a ground floor room, butting a wall
> that is also an exterior wall of the house. [Cabinet would extend 20
> inches out from this wall into the room].
> The house has a crawl space below. The flooring in the room is Bruce
> prefinished hardwood.
>
> Can you advise on whether my floor can take the weight of the cabinet?
> Is there additional data I need to gather, before this question can be
> answered?
>
> Thanks a lot for your help
> Bob
>
Hi,
I don't know about your cabinet. I have a 6 feet grand piano sitting in
my living room and it did not cause any trouble. Also 3 curio cabinets
full of stuffs along the walls. Been 12 years since we moved in after
having this house built which has 12x8 inch laminated beam with 2x10
inch joist 16 inch OC on a concrete fuul basement.

Posted by Whomever on January 11, 2007, 12:02 am


On 10 Jan 2007 20:01:48 -0800, bagarow@yahoo.com wrote:

>Hi
>
>We have bought a very heavy solid wood cabinet. I would like your help
>to determine if my living room hardwood floor can take this weight.
>
>Cabinet info:
>It weights 580 lbs empty. With our items added to it, I estimate the
>weight of this cabinet would be 830 lbs. The wood cabinet is 20" deep,
>67" wide and 90" high. The cabinet would rest on the floor using 4
>levelers. This implies the load on each leveler, will by 830 lbs
>divided by 4 i.e. about 208 lbs approx per leveler.
>
>The levelers have a 0.75 square inch surface area. This implies the
>load on the floor through each leveler is 208 lbs / 0.75 square inches
>= 277 lbs / sq inch.
>
>Floor info:
>We want to place the cabinet in a ground floor room, butting a wall
>that is also an exterior wall of the house. [Cabinet would extend 20
>inches out from this wall into the room].
>The house has a crawl space below. The flooring in the room is Bruce
>prefinished hardwood.
>
>Can you advise on whether my floor can take the weight of the cabinet?
>Is there additional data I need to gather, before this question can be
>answered?
>
>Thanks a lot for your help
>Bob

Hi Bob

Using a live load standard of 40 lbs psf, I would say your going to be
fine.

What I would do is find out what your floor joists are, 2x8, 2x10,
2x12, engineered joist etc. Note the species/grade also. Then go to a
span table and determined what the floor will accept.

Personally I would be more concerned with movement. Walking towards
the cabinet can sometimes resonate into the joists. Especially on the
floating floors.

I would be inclined to nail two 2x6's together and firm up underneath
with a couple screw jacks about 20 inches from the foundation wall.
Just leaving the jacks there of course.

I would also find some way to anchor it to the wall, for safety.

I'm not a certified carpenter Bob, but this is what I would do.

Cheers
Dale

Posted by on January 11, 2007, 12:16 pm


Thanks to all for the info. Below is additional information based on
the questions you asked.

> From:                 Whomever - view profile
> ..
> What I would do is find out what your floor joists are, 2x8, 2x10,
> 2x12, engineered joist etc. Note the species/grade also. Then go to a
> span table and determined what the floor will accept.
> ...
> Bob

> From:                 Michael Bulatovich - view profile
> You don't mention the floor assembly at all, accept for the finish, which is
irrelevent.
> --
>
> MichaelB
> www.michaelbulatovich.ca

The sub floor is supported by I-Joists from Boise - called All Joist
that are I shaped with a 2x3 on the top and 2x3 on the bottom. In
between is what seems like OSB board 3/8" think. The total height from
top of top 2x3 to bottom of bottom 2x3 is 11 7/8". These I joists are
spaced 19.2" from each other.

The length/span of the I-Joist is 29 feet 5 inches. The I Joists run
from front of the house to the back. On the front end is the front
foundation wall. On the backend is the back foundation wall. About 12
feet from the front, there is four 2x10s that run left to right i.e.
are perpendicular to the I-Joists.

The room in question is in the front left corner of the house. The room
wall length running front to back is 11 feet 9 inches .The width of the
room left to right is 13 feet 5 inches. The cabinet would be placed.

The left wall of the room running front towards back of house is an
exterior wall - The cabinet would be placed parallel to & butting this
wall

The front of the cabinet would be parallel to an I Joist - with the
cabinet width being 67 inches. The cabinet depth is 20 inches - so I
imagine that the cabinet will probably cross over a I Joist somewhere -
but none of the levelers on the cabinet probably will exactly on top of
a I-Joist.

The finished flooring is Bruce pre-finished hardwood oak strips 3/4" x
2 1/4" nailed down.

The subfloor is OSB board.

Please advise

Thanks
Bob


Posted by mm on January 11, 2007, 3:43 am


On 10 Jan 2007 20:01:48 -0800, bagarow@yahoo.com wrote:

>Floor info:
>We want to place the cabinet in a ground floor room, butting a wall
>that is also an exterior wall of the house. [Cabinet would extend 20
>inches out from this wall into the room].
>The house has a crawl space below.

Good. This means no one will be killed when the cabinet plunges
through the hole.

>The flooring in the room is Bruce
>prefinished hardwood.
>
>Can you advise on whether my floor can take the weight of the cabinet?

If you have doubts, get some steel plates to put under the legs. You
can arrange this so they don't show.

>Is there additional data I need to gather, before this question can be
>answered?
>
>Thanks a lot for your help
>Bob


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