Can this apartment support 200kg/m2 (drawings included)?

[basickarl]

Hello!

I'm wondering about the weight capacity of the floor in my apartment as I want to move in something quite heavy, about 200kg. I'll be at the point too, so it will be 300kg, but it won't be static, only when I'm there!

I recently got hold of the old blueprints and I'm wondering if someone could help identify what type of flooring it is and whether it would handle 200kg/m2. The building was constructed in 1938/1939.

Blueprints are included, one side mentions flooring and concrete etc., but I don't have the understanding to make an assessment.

I also have an image highlighted in yellow where my apartment is; it's "Hall" or "Room" where I'm planning to place this heavy object. The first choice is where the red square is marked with an x.

 

[Rickard.]

No problem. If you can jump there without it flexing remarkably, you can place 200kg there without issue

 

[basickarl]

No problem. If you can jump there without significant flexing, you can place 200kg there without any issues

Glad to hear! Now, I think it will weigh around 200kg by itself, but when I stand by it, it will go up to 300kg (I should have written that in my first post, DOH!). I'm curious, how much could it handle, if you know that? And thanks for the answer!

 

[Dizzy84]

300kg is nothing...


https://www.hemhyra.se/nyheter/han-fyllde-hela-lagenheten-med-20-ton-skrap-tvingas-flytta/

 

[basickarl]

300kg is nothing...


[link]

Haha, I read this the other day actually, crazy.

I also saw this video that some crazy Norwegians made:

 

[Anna_H]

What you're essentially wondering is if you can have an old-fashioned piano or a larger 300-liter bathtub in an apartment. Yes, you can.

 

[justusandersson]

The house was built before the first building codes were introduced in 1946. However, the Building Statute for the Kingdom's Cities from 1874 applied, which included requirements for local building regulations. What applied in Malmö can certainly be found out. The building's floors consist of alternating concrete (staircases, bathrooms, etc.) and wood (most of the apartments). It is evident from the section that the floor joists are consistently 5x10 inches, i.e., 125x250 mm. This corresponds to 45x350 mm in modern dimensions. Quite sturdy indeed! A point load of 300 kg is not much in that context.

 

[Henrik.woll]

A bit OT but what are you going to set up that weighs 200kg?

 

[FGLIN]

The house was built before the first building codes were introduced in 1946. However, the Building Charter for the Cities of the Realm from 1874 was applicable, which included requirements for local building regulations. What applied in Malmö can certainly be found out. The building's floors are alternately concrete (staircases, bathrooms, etc.) and wood (most of the apartments). It is clear from the section that the floor joists are consistently 5x10 inches, i.e., 125x250 mm. This corresponds to 45x350 mm in modern dimensions. Sturdy stuff indeed! A point load of 300 kg is not much in this context.

I assume you've seen the section drawing somewhere else because I can only see the plan drawing above. Interesting with such robust joists, it would be even more interesting to know their spacing distance and the maximum span they were used for.

 

[Guzzi]

Invite a couple of friends and stand close together to see if you fall through the floor.

 

[Anna_H]

Old thread, one wonders if it went well or if TS fell through the floor?

 

[MrJay]

Old thread, one wonders if it went well or if the OP fell through the floor?

He was online 9 months after the post so I would guess that he survived