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Floor reinforcement required for upstairs gym?
Majik
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As me and the new wife are looking around for a family house to move into now (it's about time I knocked her up 
), one of my demands is somewhere to have a home gym. The more houses I look at, the more I realise that having a gym downstairs is going to be unlikely in the areas I want.
Soooo...with that in mind, I am considering either a loft conversion or using one of the bedrooms as my gym. With 140 kgs of free wieghts, the 150kg+ multigym, cross trainer, and weights going up and down in one position over an extended time, I'm worried about the floor beams and ceiling below the gym room.
Is there a way to counter my worries with reinforcement or am I flapping for no reason?
Majik
), one of my demands is somewhere to have a home gym. The more houses I look at, the more I realise that having a gym downstairs is going to be unlikely in the areas I want.Soooo...with that in mind, I am considering either a loft conversion or using one of the bedrooms as my gym. With 140 kgs of free wieghts, the 150kg+ multigym, cross trainer, and weights going up and down in one position over an extended time, I'm worried about the floor beams and ceiling below the gym room.
Is there a way to counter my worries with reinforcement or am I flapping for no reason?
Majik
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