The Weight
Posted by: Chris Metcalfe on 23 September 2003
Hopefully the structural engineers out there can answer this one.
Having recently moved to a very nice house built circa 1989 (not an estate – a two-off by a local builder to a fairly high standard), I managed to persuade the better half that I should house my extensive (1200+) LP collection in a new set of IKEA Bonde shelving at the far end of the ‘difficult’ third bedroom. Shelving has now been erected and the first tranche of albums are finding their way out of the boxes in the garage to their place up the stairs, so I’ve started worrying about their weight vs strength of upper floor.
As far as I can see, there’s a steel beam lenghways along the house. The shelving is against a wall, above the point where the living room divides from the dining room by a square double-door (with lintel), to the right of which is a concrete corner pillar adjoining said steel beam. Presumably such rooms are built to withstand a couple of 20-stone adults plus heavy furniture, so should 1000-2000 LPs plus shelves pose a problem?
Having recently moved to a very nice house built circa 1989 (not an estate – a two-off by a local builder to a fairly high standard), I managed to persuade the better half that I should house my extensive (1200+) LP collection in a new set of IKEA Bonde shelving at the far end of the ‘difficult’ third bedroom. Shelving has now been erected and the first tranche of albums are finding their way out of the boxes in the garage to their place up the stairs, so I’ve started worrying about their weight vs strength of upper floor.
As far as I can see, there’s a steel beam lenghways along the house. The shelving is against a wall, above the point where the living room divides from the dining room by a square double-door (with lintel), to the right of which is a concrete corner pillar adjoining said steel beam. Presumably such rooms are built to withstand a couple of 20-stone adults plus heavy furniture, so should 1000-2000 LPs plus shelves pose a problem?