gary you're right. cool website by the way.
you referred to distributed loads while i was considering point loads. the
worst case scenario in these calculations is whether the floor joist can
support the point load (ie, the weight of the tank).
although it IS distributed over a small area, if a standard joist can
support the load assuming reasonable bending moments, then we know the floor
can support the distributed load.
>From: "Gary Atwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: floor loading
>Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 01:07:03 -0600
>
>Standard BOCA and UBC codes are 40PSF live load 10PSF dead load for common
>rooms such as living rooms dining rooms etc and 30PSF live load for
>bedrooms. that is a uniformally distributed load across the entire
>floor.
>A person standing on one leg or even a smaller tank would be considered a
>point load, or a concentrated load, and as such are treated differently.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shane Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:26 PM
>Subject: Re: floor loading
>
>
> > gary, are you sure about your loadings? they don't seem in line with
> > canadian construction code. if i stood on one leg on your floor joist i
> > would exceed it by almost 5 times. i'm certain that your regional
>building
> > code would not have a factor of safety of 5 times, its simply too
>expensive
> > to build to that level.
> >
>
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