Arapahoe County teen house party collapses into basement

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[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Hey, Babe...did you feel the earth move, too?”

[Drew68]

As a teen growing up in the suburbs of Denver in the 1980s, I attended many a raging kegger at someone's house while their parents were away.

Threw a few myself.

Never even considered that the floor collapsing into the basement was a possibility.

[wally_bert]

Built by the Bluth company?

Arrested Development nod.

[alternatives?]

Can you imagine being in the apartment next door or above?

[dynachrome]

Will the insurance cover it? Asking for a friend.

[cableguymn]

The party song jump around was playing..

This was the end result.

(Bet building codes get updated for this nonsense)

[FlyingEagle]

Those Rappin’ Arapahos know how to bring the house down.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember reading of a wedding party in France, maybe fifty years ago in which the floor gave way and collapsed into a basement. What made it worse was there was a well in the basement and the floor acted like a funnel sending the party into the well.

Many died.

[BenLurkin]

Also, recently...

13 die in village well collapse at wedding in India
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/13-die-village-collapse-wedding-india-82945445

[gloryblaze]

It looks like a nice house, too.

I saw a DIY show on fixing up an old house and they were bringing in a 700 pound kitchen island countertop. I wondered about sitting a fat family of six or eight around there chowing down ... How much can you ask of a poor floor?

[FreedomPoster]

When you get lots of bodies all jumping up and down in rhythm to the music, you can really put some nasty dynamic loads on a structure.

[SamAdams76]

Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

[21twelve]

Probably will sue the homeowner for not having one of those “Occupancy Limit” signs on the front door.

[the_daug]

Engineered floor joist with to much span. Just a guess.

[BozoTexino]

Fast Times’ Spicoli wisdom.

[steve86]

I have worried about that when just one very obese person comes to visit (but a very nice person).

[CA_soon_gone]

We once had some friends that lived in an upper middle class housing development. One of the homes on their street was owned by another family to be used for their teenagers “party house”. That’s right, the kids had a place just to hold parties.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

In other news, juvenille obesity rates are skyrocketing.

[HKMk23]

Not what we meant by “gettin’ down.”

[ApplegateRanch]

>>700 pound kitchen island countertop. <<

most residential floors are 40 pound live load, so that needs a minimum of 17.5 square feet of floor to support it at max load.

Hope they shored up by upgrading the joisting, and/or shortening spans.