floor loads
floor loads
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We have a back porch that's been enclosed and converted into a mud room. One of the piers is cracked, and another has settled. I'm calculating footing sizes for the replacements.
My wife wants to eventually move the laundry from the basement to the mud room. What would be a suitable live load value for a full washing machine? I've seen a range 155-230 lbs online, but it's not clear if that's empty or full. Also, I should probably consider live load from a front loading washer on the spin cycle. We don't have one now, but we might someday.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
My wife wants to eventually move the laundry from the basement to the mud room. What would be a suitable live load value for a full washing machine? I've seen a range 155-230 lbs online, but it's not clear if that's empty or full. Also, I should probably consider live load from a front loading washer on the spin cycle. We don't have one now, but we might someday.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!





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New footings and piers is just the start of your issues.
My hunch is that you will need to sister all of the joists, maybe going to deeper timbers also.
And then the perimeter will need to be beefed up, and so on.
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Why in the heck would anyone publish load rating values for an empty washing machine? Would this be for a decorative, non-functioning laundry room? Or maybe just for appliance stores?
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Since the capacity is 4.2 cuft, if that were all water, it would add 250 lb to the weight. I don't think they're anywhere near that full during operation, though.
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RE: floor loads
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TTFN (ta ta for now)
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For something like this I would go with the FGT (fat guy test). Build something which seems fairly strong then get a well built friend to come and do a"proof" test on it. If it doesn't crack or falk down you'll be ok.
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RE: floor loads
Bill
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"Why not the best?"
Jimmy Carter
RE: floor loads
Remember - More details = better answers
Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.
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SkiisAndBikes, I'm using 40 psf, plus assuming a future tile floor and using the full 40 psf ground snow load rather than the 30.8 that I get adjusting for roof pitch. I talked to the building department before, but another conversation wouldn't be a bad idea.