Floating Floor

[bcmlondon]

Hi guys,

our client has asked us to provide him with a floating mezzanine floor in his penthouse apartment. One structural engineer advised us that the only way to support this would be to have beams running underneath the floor. one problem is that the client would like this floor to be glass and it would look horrible if beams were to pass underneath it.

This kind of design, with a max. weight of 1 ton -is it possible to use steel rope which will also keep the floor from swaying.

I shall be uploading the plans in due course. Thanks in advance guys.

 

[engineertipsman]

Glass isnt especially good in tension, so not sure how you would get that to work....I guess plans will be the storyteller

 

[MiketheEngineer]

Look at the glass "horse shoe" hanging out over the Grand Canyon.

I am pretty sure what you want to do could be done if you have enough money - but obviouly need more info. Like can you have steel mullions with rods on the interior??

 

[csd72]

bcmlondon,

Agree with the two above. Possible interpretations of your description are near infinite.

 

[bcmlondon]

Hey guys,

thanks for your messages and sorry for the delay in getting the plan to you.

the floor construction is no more than 100mm thick. we have to be careful of the weight.

Also if you have any suggestions on the staircase there, minimizing space is the clients object of works.

Thank you!

 

[engineertipsman]

Is that about a 8' span?

 

[paddingtongreen]

I think that it will be expensive glass if you want to see through it at 100mm. It will probably have to be multi-layered similar to windshields. Perhaps you could talk to someone who has designed room sized aquariums.

Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

 

[ACtrafficengr]

It's interesting to watch people on the glass floored balcony at the Corning Museum of Glass. the glass is frosted, except for the outer half of the last row of panels. People will toe the line of the frosting, leaning forwards to peer at the interpretive sign hanging on the opposite wall, even though they could take another step forward. It's the same panel of glass, but many won't walk on the clear part.

"...students of traffic are beginning to realize the false economy of mechanically controlled traffic, and hand work by trained officers will again prevail." - Wm. Phelps Eno, ca. 1928