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    Floor Load for "heavy" filing cabinets

    Hello again & thank you for your replies. The loaded cabinets are not quite as scary as estimated thankfully! They're about 330kg fully loaded, after test weighing one shelf of tightly filed paper at 20kg multiplied by 4 shelves. Does this alter your thinking at all? One thought from our...
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    Floor Load for "heavy" filing cabinets

    Dear all, I hope you can help me with a question on office floor strength. We are moving to a 4th floor office in London, UK. We will have 6-to-8 "heavy" fire-resistant cabinets bunched together back-to back. Each is about 250kg (550 lb) empty, perhaps 300kg full. Dimensions 53cm x 68cm...

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