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  1. shades66

    ceiling load

    Thank You ChorasDen and XR250, That's all I was really asking. I ran into a situation where I needed to get a couple of my guys up on a ceiling of a built in room to hang a XFMR overhead. I pulled back enough GB to see what they had for ceiling and wall joists, I climbed up with my 200 lb self...
  2. shades66

    ceiling load

    The 2X4's are southern Pine, double top plate on the walls, this room is built on a concrete floor, GWB ceiling under the joists, and the 1/2" plywood is PT, the span is the 8ft lgnth supported on a 2x10 header anchored to a concrete wall I have hired a structural Engineer to have calcs of...
  3. shades66

    ceiling load

    well Im thinking from what I can read thru the paint the old sign says 400# max capacity,not sure 100%... so I'm close and
  4. shades66

    ceiling load

    I dont want to do anything, hopefully.. I feel it's plenty hefty for temp work to get the xfmr hung on the back wall of the building, xfmr will not be loading the roof, except while it sits there waiting to be installed, it's a small 80 lb xfmr.
  5. shades66

    ceiling load

    thnx jed, I assume whomever built the room did calcs, moons ago, I was up there and it "seems" sturdy enough for anything you might want walking around, but I cant red the load capacity sign on the wall, it's been painted over, there is an access ladder by the sign. I figure two big guys...
  6. shades66

    ceiling load

    could someone do a quick load calc on a 8ft x 11ft interior room, 2x4 wood construction, wall and ceiling joists at 16" o.c.. flat roof ceiling with 2 layers of 1/2" fire rated plywood . I need to get two men up there to install a transformer to adjacent block wall. 400#
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