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Well... i have a weight bench upstairs, it weights 61kgs, and combined with me and the weight im lifting your looking at 220 kgs total.

The below ceiling (kitchen/dining room) has started to show a few cracks where the coving is, is this just normal (moving) like a heavy weight upstairs would cause, or can it be that my ceiling is about to cave in? the weight bench is suported by 3 points, http://www.ukfitnesssupplies.co.uk/mall/productpage.cfm/UKFitnessSuppliesLtd/TSA5762/55756

is it, on the joists so its not inbetween floorboards and the joists seem to be about 1.5 ft away from eachother throughout the room,

Do you think this could be just moving in the house then?

2007-03-21 02:47:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden Decorating & Remodeling

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It all depends on the condition of the joists supporting your ceiling and the age of your house...houses built in the seventies for example were often built to meet minimal building regulations and therefor often had less joists than a better built house. An older house may have decayed joists ,in any case I would advise you to remove the equipment and check under your floor boards etc.

2007-03-21 03:05:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The floor boards spread across the joists should disipate the the effect of the weight over the whole floor. The joists are pretty thick. From my experience of fitting coving it often shows signw of falling down as the filler comes away from the coving and the ceiling surface. Try filling in the gaps and see if they open up rapidly or not. Also if the weight is a problem then there would be other signs of cracking across the ceiling.

2007-03-21 03:00:47 · answer #2 · answered by ANF 7 · 0 0

The ceiling will not give way but to lessen future cracking stick a sheet of half inch ply wood under the bench to help even out the load and avoid breaking a floorboard. The joists will take an enormous weight before they break - probably fifty times what you have on them

2007-03-21 02:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by Professor 7 · 0 0

The same happened to me only not a bench press - it was a punch bag and sparing around caused cracks on a new ceiling I had plastered about a week after - so I would find another place to put it to be honest.

2007-03-21 07:40:26 · answer #4 · answered by deep in thought 4 · 0 0

The acid test is to move the equipment downstairs and see what happens. This is a common problem with people using the loft space for storage.

2007-03-21 02:50:59 · answer #5 · answered by MANCHESTER UK 5 · 0 0

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