Concrete floor strength and support

[diyman123]

Hello everyone!

I am new to this forum (just joined few minutes ago!).

We live on the first floor of a 1950s maisonette (ground + 1 floor) made of red brick walls. The floor is made of concrete with laminate flooring on the top.

In the bedroom we have recently built a three-double-door Pax wardrobe (6 mirror doors in all) which is very heavy. We have kept two chest of drawers (heavy) and a wooden bed (heavy again) next to the wardrobe.

Can somebody please educate me on the following?

Is it safe to keep so much of heavy items?
Will the floor sag?
What is beneath these concrete floors? (I know my ground floor neighbour lives there!). I mean what supports these concrete floors?

Any response is gratefully appreciated.

Regards

 

[Shytalkz]

Hi Diyman and welcome

The floor can be any of:

precast concrete
insitu concrete
post-tensioned concrete
pot and beam
wide beam
omnia
etc etc.

The common theme is that they are all concrete, reinforced with steel of some description and are designed to span between certain walls downstairs in your neighbour's place. They will have been designe to carry their own weight plus an occupancy loading, which takes into account the likely weight of furniture.

Although your wardrobes may be heavy, they are unlikely to cause a problem with the floor, the more so as, presumably, they are at the perimeter of the room and not in the middle.

 

[^woody^]

Just be careful with the vibrations from the beadstead

 

[diyman123]

Dear friends,

Thank you very much! Your replies have lessened my worry.
But a question still remains un-answered.... 'What actually supports the concrete floor?' Is it wooden beams or steel frames or someting else?

regards