Upstairs weight limit?

LolitaLove

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

It'll be alright as long as the weight is near the walls and distributed over several joists. And the stuff you have won't weigh that much.

Aquariums can be problematical, as can grand pianos where all the weight is on 3 little feet.

Your ceiling below will start cracking long before the joists give way - floors are rated for a minimal deflection of only a few mm but can bend to an inch or more before anything starts creaking.

Note however, the joists in your loft are sized only enough to hold the plasterboard ceiling of the room below up, and to stop the roof collapsing. Heavy items should not be stored in the loft (and water tanks will usually be positioned over a supporting wall).

Thank you. Merry Christmas everyone

tlh858

Domestic floors are rated to at least 1.5kN/m2 for distributed loads.

That's about 150kg for every square metre of floor area, or a 24 stone person standing on every square metre of floor.
Also note that is what the floor is rated to carry safely. In reality it would support far more before anything started to fail.

30+ stone morbidly obese people do not go upstairs because they are either too fat to move under their own power, or are too wide to fit on the stairs, or would probably die if they attempted any kind of exercise such as climbing stairs.

A.Penny.Saved

LolitaLove wrote: »

I will use all of it, and am looking through some amazing sales, heels and dresses calling to me but I'm worrying about the weight of it all.....if I can figure out if it is/isn't dangerous I can get on with shopping....sales shopping + glass of red wine = christmas heaven

The question is......do you have the money to spend on these sales, heels and dresses?

If not then your floor is likely to collapse under the weight if you buy one pair of shoes.:eek::rotfl:

If you do have the money and can spend it without any unpleasant financial consequences, then your floor can support as many clothes and other such things as you can buy......within a few days shopping.