Gun safe floor supports

[Souperphly]

42"x28" footprint 8.17 SQFT 1115LBS/8.17 = 136.5 LBS/SQFT even with a 1000lbs of guns and ammo youre still at 259 LBS/SQFT. If your floors are sound you should be ok.

 

[Old Fart]

42"x28" footprint 8.17 SQFT 1115LBS/8.17 = 136.5 LBS/SQFT even with a 1000lbs of guns and ammo youre still at 259 LBS/SQFT. If your floors are sound you should be ok.

Don't you dare bring math into this discussion.




But almost exactly what I was thinking, only in lbs per sq inch.

 

[O4L]

42"x28" footprint 8.17 SQFT 1115LBS/8.17 = 136.5 LBS/SQFT even with a 1000lbs of guns and ammo youre still at 259 LBS/SQFT. If your floors are sound you should be ok.

This!

Haven't you ever seen a waterbed set up on paper cups?

 

[JonDough]

I just KNEWWWWWWWWWWWWW some smarty pants would come in here spewing numbers and mathmatical evaluations and STUFF. lolol : )

 

[JonDough]

So when his house tips over....it's YOUR fault...HHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA : )

 

[A5Sooner]

260 lbs/sq. ft. Is a lot.

International building code requires armories to have a minimum uniformly distributed live load capacity of 150 #/sq. ft. Concentrated load (as in your safe) isn't specified because of how quickly the weight can add up and these areas; they need to be designed specifically for what will be stored.

If I were you, shore it near the corners to the ground and add joist hangers. That's a lot of stress on wood floor joists. Better safe (get it?) than sorry.

 

[BReeves]

260 lbs/sq. ft. Is a lot.

Naw.. From what I gather half the guys on this board would exceed that just standing with feet together.

 

[O4L]

Naw.. From what I gather half the guys on this board would exceed that just standing with feet together.

Zactly!

 

[JonDough]

Big gun safe = FN Heavy
Just being safe = SMART