Building a gym on the upper floor

[Perham]

I live in a wooden house built in the late 70s. I have a room on the upper floor that I'm thinking of setting up with a workout corner.

In total, it's about 250 kg distributed across weights and accessories. Then add the person training, say about 100 kg. What I'm worried about is that it will be a lot of load on a small area when, for example, doing squats. EX: Say you load up 160 kg and weigh 100 kg yourself.

My question is, can you safely load the upper floor with this?

I understand it's almost impossible to answer without blueprints, but does it sound completely crazy? I believe the floor structure is 45x 220mm. The room is 3.5 m x 4m

Best regards,

Daniel

 

[huggan]

Keep practicing.

 

[pelpet]

I don't think there's any risk that the floor will break.

 

[raveper]

Not more weight than that..? Just be careful that the house doesn't go into resonance when you bend up and down too much, because then it might end with the whole house collapsing.

 

[Nerre]

It is always possible to make a "raised floor" that distributes the load to avoid point loading. I don't think the joists are the big problem, though maybe the floor takes damage.

Floor foam, studs 45x45, and then some board material on top of that?

Sure, it will be slightly elevated, but it also has the advantage of protecting the floor from dropped weights, etc.

 

[raveper]

If you drop a 160-kilo bar, you should consider that pictures etc. on the floor below might move.

 

[Marlen Eskilsson]

Not more weight than that..? Just be careful that the house doesn't go into resonance when you bend up and down too much, because then it could end with the whole house collapsing.

You're kidding, right?

 

[huggan]

Yes, he does.

 

[Perham]

Considering laying foam, chipboard, and then a 1 cm thick rubber mat on top. But wooden beams at the bottom might be stiffer and distribute the weight better than just chipboard. I'll see how I do it. =)

 

[raveper]

Yes, of course. Google "tyngdlyftnings golv" to get some ideas about how and what materials.