On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Only the seriuos collector would be asking this kind
of thing :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
"Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" wrote:
>
> I am looking for an online reference to help me calculate how
> much live load (AKA VAXen) I can put on my living room floor.
>
> The floor: 2x10's 2 foot on center, approximately 14 foot
> span (guess, too lazy to measure just yet). 3/4" OSB on top,
> carpet, 1/2" OSB (to keep the VAX from squishing into the
> carpet)...
Check out the allowable floor load in the Building Code and see how
many pounds/sq.-foot it is built for.
- don
The VAX: 1100
lbs of true blue & white BIG IRON! minus
whatever I remove for hand transport.
Me: 300 lbs of Coca-Cola and Hostess fruit pies :)
Clint
PS I also want to replace a smallish steel IBeam with
a micro-lam, so steel numbers would help too...