I have a gun safe that weighs 532lbs. on the top floor of my home, will it hurt my downstairs ceiling?
The safe weighs 532 lbs. with of course added weight inside. It isn't sitting on a wall downstairs. Is this safe and will it sag my ceiling you think? My home was built in 1978.
Building codes typically specify a residential loading weight of 50 pounds per square foot. Your safe is most likely 24x30 inches or about 720 square inches. About 5 square feet, the floor is designed to support about 250 pounds, your safe weighs 2.12 times times that weight. add some hardware and several boxes of .50 cal and you could easily crack the ceiling below. Is the safe sitting above a supporting wall? If not move it.
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Dec 27th at 2:00 am By: tennesseeglen
Building codes typically specify a residential loading weight of 50 pounds per square foot. Your safe is most likely 24×30 inches or about 720 square inches. About 5 square feet, the floor is designed to support about 250 pounds, your safe weighs 2.12 times times that weight. add some hardware and several boxes of .50 cal and you could easily crack the ceiling below. Is the safe sitting above a supporting wall? If not move it.
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