Structural Damage Question

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Wed Oct 27 08:38:25 1999

>I live in a 29 story building. I have 2000 pounds of racks with CPUs in my
>"lab" (a room 20' X 20'). I am going to move in another 2-3 thousand pounds
>of minis as I am going through my storage and moving them up here. I am also
>picking up more minis from a plant in the US. I am placing the mini racks
>along the walls in the hope that there is more support there. A real serious
>question I have is... Can a room in a building like this support 5000 pounds
>or more? If someone here has experience with this please tell me if this is
>okay.

The trouble I think is in the difference between these three words; can,
should, and will. The rule of thumb I go by is, what weight of "people"
would fit in the same space. 5000 lbs is about what you might expect from
25 to 30 people in a room.

OTOH you might have substantial liability risks from putting all this
"commercial" stuff in an apartment building.
Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 08:38:25 BST