Question for anyone that knows about house construction

[Linflas]

How would I go about finding out what the maximum load bearing capacity is in an upstairs room in our house? Is this something that is specified in the building codes that I could go look up? Specifically I want to find out if 350 pounds spread out over an area of 6' X 3' would be ok in an upstairs room. I figure that with the average person weighing between 150 to 200 pounds it would probably not be that big a deal but given that it would be in 1 spot I want to be sure before I do anything.

To be more specific we are thinking of moving this into the same room we used to keep the turtles in an aquarium in because there is a lot more sunlight up there than in our basement. We probably have around 40 gallons of water in it which should roughly weigh about 334 lbs.

 

[faZZter]

I'm no expert here, but I would certainly think the upstairs room should hold alot more than that 350 lbs to be anywhere near safe.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: faZZter
I'm no expert here, but I would certainly think the upstairs room should hold alot more than that 350 lbs to be anywhere near safe.

 

[psiu]

yes. fine

 

[Crusty]

What kind of turtles do you have?

 

[NickelTitanium]

just don't stand your fat ass next to the tank and you'll be fine biotch!

 

[Blieb]

When building a multi-level home ... they usually put the drywall flats inside before they throw on the windows. I can't imagine the stacks I've seen to weigh under 1k ...

 

[HappyPuppy]

I had a king size waterbed in the upstairs master bedroom for many years. I figured it weighed at least 1500 lbs. My house is very old, too. Maybe that's a plus.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
What kind of turtles do you have?

Red eared sliders. One of them is about the size of a small dinner plate and the other 2 about half that size. Since my computer room is right beneath that room the last thing I want is 40 gallons of water coming down on my PCs. Waterbeds were the first thing I thought about when we started talking about moving the pond and I vaguely recalled that the weight of them was a concern in some situations. This thing weighs a heck of a lot less than a waterbed so tomorrow upstairs it goes.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: MCrusty
What kind of turtles do you have?

Red eared sliders. One of them is about the size of a small dinner plate and the other 2 about half that size. Since my computer room is right beneath that room the last thing I want is 40 gallons of water coming down on my PCs. Waterbeds were the first thing I thought about when we started talking about moving the pond and I vaguely recalled that the weight of them was a concern in some situations. This thing weighs a heck of a lot less than a waterbed so tomorrow upstairs it goes.

do the turtles stay in the pond or do they cruise around the house turtling about? do they need a heatlamp?

/me knows crap about turtles

 

[db]

350 pounds is nothing. Now 3500 pounds.......

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: MCrusty
What kind of turtles do you have?

Red eared sliders. One of them is about the size of a small dinner plate and the other 2 about half that size. Since my computer room is right beneath that room the last thing I want is 40 gallons of water coming down on my PCs. Waterbeds were the first thing I thought about when we started talking about moving the pond and I vaguely recalled that the weight of them was a concern in some situations. This thing weighs a heck of a lot less than a waterbed so tomorrow upstairs it goes.

do the turtles stay in the pond or do they cruise around the house turtling about? do they need a heatlamp?

/me knows crap about turtles

They stay in the pond and they need a heat lamp over an area they can come out of the water and bask in. There are all sorts of ways to make a basking area. We are using rocks for ours. The lamp is over the rocks and heats them a bit and the turtles sit up there, sometimes piled on top of one another basking.