Theater Curtain Weight
Theater Curtain Weight
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Does anyone know how much in psf a typical high school theater curtain weighs? It looks like the velour kind in the existing theater we are remodeling.
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RE: Theater Curtain Weight
In lieu of going to a fabric store, getting a sample and weighing it (lining too), I would assign 1 psf times the height and fabric length, applied accross the length of the rod, plus the extra lead weights.
Mike McCann
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Another good site to investigate is http://www.mainstage.com/default.asp?id=61
In looking at some of the fabrics, 1 to 1.5 psf is not unreasonable. Coupling that with the pleating and 3 to 5 psf is the range. Depending on the height of the curtain, you could be looking at 100 to 150 plf to the rod.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: Theater Curtain Weight
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Or big enough to add as a separate "live load" like on a roof or crane rail?
RE: Theater Curtain Weight
RE: Theater Curtain Weight
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto: KISS
Motivation: Don't ask
RE: Theater Curtain Weight
F-----G heavy!
RE: Theater Curtain Weight
design for the distributed load, and for it to be bunched up and any point along the span.
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