Gym on "classic" hayloft? Load-bearing capacity?

[Novisfixaren]

I am too, that's why I'm asking about the construction. Joking aside, but sure each machine weighs about 200 kg + dumbbells etc...

 

[larsbj]

The only thing is that the point load will be higher than with hay, but if you use 145s in cross with the beams, you have eliminated that risk.

 

[Novisfixaren]

Yes, you mean the same length direction as the bärlinorna are placed? Should one use kortlingar between the 145s?

 

[Norrhyttan]

I have stored about 25 cars, mostly heavy classic cars, in my loft. Yes, plus a lot of other junk. Hay weighs as well, it was packed all the way up to the ceiling, basically.

 

[Norrhyttan]

This means that if I assume that you have an average ceiling height of 3m, it can accommodate 40-50 tons of hay, which also sounds reasonable when I think about the hay barns I've helped load hay into

The loft of my barn is just over ten meters at the ridge. At the wall, the height is four meters. Admittedly, the building area is larger than the thread starter's, but three meters in average height sounds low.

 

[Novisfixaren]

Yes, surely it is 6 meters.. Interesting what people have filled their lofts with..

 

[larsbj]

Yes, at the ridge, it is probably 6 meters.. Interesting what people have filled their attics with..

You could say that everyone has their santas in the attic

 

[Norrhyttan]

Interesting what people have filled their lofts with..

The only one who has written about what's stored in the loft is me, so I assume it was me you meant. If you find enthusiast car storage "interesting" then you must not have looked into many barns, sheds, and lofts in the country.

 

[larsbj]

The only one who has written about what is stored in the loft is me, so I assume you meant me. If you think enthusiast car storage is "interesting," then you haven't peeked into many barns, sheds, and lofts in the country.

Now you misunderstood me firstly, the whole thread is about a person planning to fill the loft with gym equipment. Additionally, I included myself as I have three outbuildings with what I consider good-to-have things, everything from horses and woodworking machines to boat molds and Saab parts.

I was merely trying to point out that even though many of us have things in the attic, our interests are different

 

[larsbj]

There is even an endangered group called farmers who use the attic to store hay they use a hay press instead of a bench press

 

[Norrhyttan]

Now you misunderstood me

But it was Novisfixaren I quoted. Or are you the same person?

There is even an endangered group called farmers who use the loft to store hay then you use a hay press instead of a bench press

Yes, but in today's large-scale operations, unfortunately, not many farmers have hay in the hayloft. Hardly anyone uses small bales anymore. Large bales are heavy and difficult/impossible to handle on conveyor belts, and today's tractors are too clumsy to drive up to the loft.
That's when people like me take over, filling it with all sorts of junk. Or building the world's coolest home theater (an old dream that never materializes)! :wow:

 

[Novisfixaren]

I meant as much about myself as about anyone else, wonder what the person who built my loft in 1920 would say about the hayloft becoming a gym..

 

[Novisfixaren]

I would need your opinions on a new issue that has arisen. Some of the beams supporting the old hayloft are a bit holey from insects or the like and also a bit "crumbly" on the surface if you hit them with an axe. A little further in, however, they are solid and hard. Do these probably need to be replaced?

 

[Novisfixaren]

Can someone try to give me a hint about how bad it is if SOME of the beams have "small" wormholes and "crumble" on the surface if you hit them hard with a hammer, inside they seem quite solid though? How bad do they need to be before they should be completely replaced? As previously mentioned, they are 100x200mm. The support beams are in significantly better condition.

Replacing all the joists is not an option as it would be too expensive.

Is there any way to reinforce a slightly weaker joist?

Thanks in advance!