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To: BenLurkin
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?

30 posted on 02/27/2022 3:21:33 PM PST by gloryblaze
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To: gloryblaze

>>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.


40 posted on 02/27/2022 10:01:51 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Hey, hey, ho, ho Fidel Trudeau Has got to go!)
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