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marsaday
I am just working out the weight which will be sat on my loft conversion floor and think it is easily accomodated by what joist i plan on using.
i need the floor to take no more than 0.5 Kn/m2 in weight.
1Kn = 100kg, so 0.5Kn = 50kg. This means i can load the floor up to 50kg/m2. Anyone confirm this rough calculation?
We have a double bed, 2 side tables, a chest of drawers and a chair in the bedroom. i reckon this will weight 200kgs max. So my floor area in the part of the conversion is 20m2.
So i get our weight on the joists to be 10kg per sq m, easily inside the 50.
Does this make sense to anyone out there?
It basically means i need a 9x3 c24 joist for this area and it will easily withstand the loads on it.
thanks
i need the floor to take no more than 0.5 Kn/m2 in weight.
1Kn = 100kg, so 0.5Kn = 50kg. This means i can load the floor up to 50kg/m2. Anyone confirm this rough calculation?
We have a double bed, 2 side tables, a chest of drawers and a chair in the bedroom. i reckon this will weight 200kgs max. So my floor area in the part of the conversion is 20m2.
So i get our weight on the joists to be 10kg per sq m, easily inside the 50.
Does this make sense to anyone out there?
It basically means i need a 9x3 c24 joist for this area and it will easily withstand the loads on it.
thanks