Loft roof safe ?

2cent

2cent

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So totally boarded out on a strong framed loft real Timbers not these old waney edge planks you sometimes see

boarded out and grown on for years and need to add 150kg of water and I am concerned for the loft as I’m told there not made to carry weight ?

I have 4x 100l pots and 150kg water with 100kg of tent n lights etc all in 2.4x1.2m

so looking at like 700kg
The loft guys online says 10kg per m2 that’s not even my soil weight lol
 
mudballs

mudballs

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They're talking about the dead loads and live loads of what that loft is made from. The 2x10s are 16" OC? The spacing the builder used matters....all that stuff tells them they can't agree to anything more than that safely. Ur rafters are bowed by now and stuff is stretching and things are moving in the walls, the floors. Ur redlining her billy!
 
2cent

2cent

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mudballs said:
They're talking about the dead loads and live loads of what that loft is made from. The 2x10s are 16" OC? The spacing the builder used matters....all that stuff tells them they can't agree to anything more than that safely. Ur rafters are bowed by now and stuff is stretching and things are moving in the walls, the floors. Ur redlining her billy!
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Yeah 16inch 2x6 timbers with 18mm tung n groove flooring

house is only 4x20 meters terraced all sat on giant timbers with 4 rooms and walls below that believe it or now and a landing lol
The big timbers are ones that that run straight through all houses lol can hear em next door if I stamp hard enough

what did you mean above I’m a little confused ?
move not had a wall crack or ceiling bow ever not a creek or a crack ?

First I thaight you was saying they mean heavy direct loads in 1 spot and spread out is fine
But then you agree with them and say I’m already fucked lol??
did I read right !?
so adding my new water system will be an issue ?
 
mudballs

mudballs

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You sound as if you understand structural load limits and I've inched you closer to learning if you can actually put that additional weight up there....see what i did there...inched closer.oh come on!
 
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