Would your stash make the floor cave in?
#11
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Orchard Park, NY (near Buffalo, which is near Niagara Falls)
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Well... funny you should ask...
Some 20 years ago I had my stash in a back bedroom in the apartment I rented. It was an old house - 1930's vintage - upper & lower flats. Plaster walls (not insulated), plaster ceilings. I and my stash were upstairs.
The ceiling of the bedroom directly below my sewing room developed some cracks, and the landlord tried to blame it on my stash.
Hmmm... I only had 100 half-bolts at the time, so...
Weighing it all out, and figuring that the furniture (shelves + sewing machine) that I had weighed about as much as a typical set of bedroom furniture, to say that the stash was the cause of the cracks would have been the same as saying that if four average-sized people were in that room, it would have been sufficient to cause the problem.
'Course... it's not likely that four persons would have STAYED in the back bedroom round-the-clock...
Oh, let's not even GO there!
Some 20 years ago I had my stash in a back bedroom in the apartment I rented. It was an old house - 1930's vintage - upper & lower flats. Plaster walls (not insulated), plaster ceilings. I and my stash were upstairs.
The ceiling of the bedroom directly below my sewing room developed some cracks, and the landlord tried to blame it on my stash.
Hmmm... I only had 100 half-bolts at the time, so...
Weighing it all out, and figuring that the furniture (shelves + sewing machine) that I had weighed about as much as a typical set of bedroom furniture, to say that the stash was the cause of the cracks would have been the same as saying that if four average-sized people were in that room, it would have been sufficient to cause the problem.
'Course... it's not likely that four persons would have STAYED in the back bedroom round-the-clock...
Oh, let's not even GO there!
#12
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Murray, Ky. Looking for a nice cushy pillow to rest my head on!
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I couldn't imagine something like that happening. Must have been an old house with weak floors. Plus it would have had to been a crazy amount of fabric.
#14
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Boone, Iowa
Posts: 417
I don't have a huge stash, but my quilting room is quite small so I have my stash...stashed in different areas of the upstairs. I don't think I have a problem, but I am hoping to get a lot of sewing done this winter.
#17
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 9,312
I have a close friend who is a Structural Engineer. He pointed out to me that residental housing is not build to support the kind of weight, that a sizable amount of fabric can weigh. It is the weight that is not spread over the entire floor to dispurse the load that is the biggest concern. Shelving loads with fabric will create loads at a very specific point. For example if you have a shelf with four posts the weight is on the exact point where each of the four posts rests. To make matters worse I had it all on one wall ( really not a good thing to do). It was the furthest thing from my mind about the weight of fabric ( and it is heavy if you add it up).
Anyway... I moved all of my fabric and extensive amount of books to the basement and bought a de-humidifier. Now I can continue to "build" with out worry.
Anyway... I moved all of my fabric and extensive amount of books to the basement and bought a de-humidifier. Now I can continue to "build" with out worry.
#19
I don't think so, but my books caused my main joist to bow at my old house - so much so that our kitchen contractor told us to put an extra house jack in.
If my books and piano aren't going to make this house crumble, my fabric surely won't either.
This place was built in 1915 with dimensional lumber which is at least 1 inch bigger than current code.
If my books and piano aren't going to make this house crumble, my fabric surely won't either.
This place was built in 1915 with dimensional lumber which is at least 1 inch bigger than current code.
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