Re: Too much weight- floor collapse?
Hello everyone,
if it was to think about a new wooden construction such a question would be easy to answer. But now we talk about a proudly aged house, so everything is possible.
In most cases timbers are sound and solid, engineered with caution considering the good possibility of someone placing a piano in the middle of the room and playing Schostakovitch with verve! But the other extremum would be the possibility of water having found a way to intrude the structure followed by rotting wood.
So, I would inspect the house thoroughly and follow Dave's tip. 0,1% Deflection is ok, so for a span of 6 m this would be 6 mm.
And well, Graham 1000 kg = 15 people? Sorry, no, I'm afraid that's not more than 10 people ;-) or maybe 11.
Regards, Joe
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