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Avraham

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Ok, wasn't sure what area to post this in so I was safe and put it here. My question is, how much weight can the second floor of a 2 story house with no basement handle? I am looking at some equipment that I would like to invest in, but don't have anywhere on the first floor to put it. I have an extra bedroom upstairs that is currently an office/spare room, but would like to put some equipment in there. Anyone know how to figure out the weight a second story can support?

I googled and didn't really find much on it and hoped someone here might have some experience with a similar question.

I guess I could have one of the cars park in the driveway but I hoped to avoid that with winter coming on.
 
Can 5 300 pound men stand in the room? I thinky they can. that's 1500...you shouldn't need that much at all even with the bench and all that added up.
 
what you need is to know the pounds per square foot that you can place on the floor. that is dependent on how the floor joists are placed. in really old houses, they might not have had a safety code to follow, and thus fewer pounds per sq foot.

consider this though: water is 8lbs per gallon and the average tub holds 75 gallons, which is 600lbs of water...plus the tub's weight, plus the weight of the person in the tub.

i think your biggest area of concern would be dropping weights (esp, heavy barbells).

i also think a good fitness equipment store could probably give you some ideas. unless you're getting a large universal gym in the center of the room i bet you'll be fine.
 
Is there any way you could do a little re-arranging?

Personally I wouldn't want to have a gym on the second floor if not for the noise alone...Much less dragging all the equipment up there...believe me....it sucks....

I understand that is where you have the room, but is there a way to get it on the first floor, and use the room upstairs for something that was downstairs?

We were lucky, we had an "unfinished room" so we overbuilt it (with the initial idea of sticking a huge safe in there) then decided we would use it for our gym :)

worked out....

But hubby had suggested the gym in a room upstairs at one time and I was dead against that as I couldn't bear the idea of the noise up there. The way we have it now, we don't hear anything......
 
Thanks for the input
JohnnySolo said:
Can 5 300 pound men stand in the room? I thinky they can. that's 1500...you shouldn't need that much at all even with the bench and all that added up.
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I am not sure I can say yes or no. I know I wouldn't want them all in an elevator at the same time as me LOL

malkore said:
what you need is to know the pounds per square foot that you can place on the floor. that is dependent on how the floor joists are placed. in really old houses, they might not have had a safety code to follow, and thus fewer pounds per sq foot.

consider this though: water is 8lbs per gallon and the average tub holds 75 gallons, which is 600lbs of water...plus the tub's weight, plus the weight of the person in the tub.

i think your biggest area of concern would be dropping weights (esp, heavy barbells).

i also think a good fitness equipment store could probably give you some ideas. unless you're getting a large universal gym in the center of the room i bet you'll be fine.
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I am going to have to go call one. As for the gym, it is a free weight set that I found out on Craigs list for dirt cheap with teh weights, bars and benches.

NoLoveLost said:
Is there any way you could do a little re-arranging?

Personally I wouldn't want to have a gym on the second floor if not for the noise alone...Much less dragging all the equipment up there...believe me....it sucks....

I understand that is where you have the room, but is there a way to get it on the first floor, and use the room upstairs for something that was downstairs?

We were lucky, we had an "unfinished room" so we overbuilt it (with the initial idea of sticking a huge safe in there) then decided we would use it for our gym :)

worked out....

But hubby had suggested the gym in a room upstairs at one time and I was dead against that as I couldn't bear the idea of the noise up there. The way we have it now, we don't hear anything......
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In a few years, yes, when I trust my son to play on his own and go up and down the stairs by himself, then I can make his playroom into a gym, but until then the upstairs is unfortunately the only option for me...or join a gym but that really isn't me.
 
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Avraham said:
In a few years, yes, when I trust my son to play on his own and go up and down the stairs by himself, then I can make his playroom into a gym, but until then the upstairs is unfortunately the only option for me...or join a gym but that really isn't me.
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yeah, I hear ya.....I know what that was like with my boys!
 
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