Hello,
I have relatively recently moved into a house built in 1977. The house stands on a crawl space foundation and is built on 1.5 stories (165 sqm).
During our renovation this fall, we used 13mm plasterboard throughout the house as we felt the walls were very flimsy and hollow with single plasterboard. However, it strikes me that we've added a lot of extra weight to the house, so I'm a bit nervous about how the beams can handle the weight. The plasterboard is supposed to weigh 9kg per sqm and we've used about 150 sqm of it, which means an increase of about 1.5 tons in weight.
Additionally, we remodeled the laundry room this spring with tiles, floor tiles, leveling compound, etc., which likely added another 1 ton. There are already 2 tiled bathrooms.
How concerned should one be with houses built on crawl space foundations? One might think it should be designed for double plasterboard, but I would like some input on my thoughts.
Thanks!
I have relatively recently moved into a house built in 1977. The house stands on a crawl space foundation and is built on 1.5 stories (165 sqm).
During our renovation this fall, we used 13mm plasterboard throughout the house as we felt the walls were very flimsy and hollow with single plasterboard. However, it strikes me that we've added a lot of extra weight to the house, so I'm a bit nervous about how the beams can handle the weight. The plasterboard is supposed to weigh 9kg per sqm and we've used about 150 sqm of it, which means an increase of about 1.5 tons in weight.
Additionally, we remodeled the laundry room this spring with tiles, floor tiles, leveling compound, etc., which likely added another 1 ton. There are already 2 tiled bathrooms.
How concerned should one be with houses built on crawl space foundations? One might think it should be designed for double plasterboard, but I would like some input on my thoughts.
Thanks!
Not at all.
Staffan
Staffan
To get a concrete answer to your question, we need to know all the conditions. Such as the length of the floor joists, dimensions, etc.
There is hardly any risk of it collapsing.
However, the increased weight can contribute to an already existing problem with, for example, uneven/sloping floors due to insufficient dimensioning. Or that the floors feel unstable and are not sufficiently rigid.
Did you get any wiser?
There is hardly any risk of it collapsing.
However, the increased weight can contribute to an already existing problem with, for example, uneven/sloping floors due to insufficient dimensioning. Or that the floors feel unstable and are not sufficiently rigid.
Did you get any wiser?
Since it is a distributed load, it has less impact than if a person is standing in one spot on the floor.
A normal house of 100-150 square meters should be designed for a total snow load of at least 20-30 tons, so an extra ton of plasterboards is nothing to worry about.
A normal house of 100-150 square meters should be designed for a total snow load of at least 20-30 tons, so an extra ton of plasterboards is nothing to worry about.