The imposed loading on a office commercial use building is generally 3 kpa 3000 kg per sqm.
3 kpa floor loading.
Or b a concentrated load or line load q k in kn or kn m as appropriate.
The dead load on a floor is determined by the materials used in the floor s construction.
Therefore if you plan on converting a commercial property to residential the floor is capable to withstand the higher loads and meet the requirements.
Floor loading also referred to as ground pressure is an industry term used to determine whether a given floor.
For example historically uk office buildings have been designed and marketed with live loadings of 3 5 4 0 kn m2 however this may be an over provision.
A typical wood frame floor covered with carpet or vinyl flooring has a dead load of about 8 pounds per square foot.
Add an allowance for partitions normally added on top of the imposed floor loading for example you might have a total imposed floor load 3 5kn m2 made up of 2 5kn m2 1 0kn m2 for partitions change the utilisation factor from 1 00 assumed here see note 3 to 0 80 commonly assumed by designers.
4 kpa is 4 kn m.
And a residential use building is 1 5 kpa 1500 kg per sqm.
Design parameters armed with this information it becomes easier to understand why a deck or balcony might need to be designed to a higher floor loading than a domestic floor.
3 1 4 the uniformly distributed load q k and the concentrated load or line load q k shall be.
3 1 3 the imposed loads as given in clause 3 2 to 3 5 shall be.
4 kn m x 1 m 4 kn weight you can convert to kg by dividing by 9 8 so that is 408 kg.
They are likely to carry a large number of people at one time such as in social situations.
1 0 m 2 of floor the loading over the 1 0 m area is 2 0 kpa.
3 6 kpa 115 psi 792 9 kpa maximum 1075 lb 487 6 kg 141 9 psf 6 8 kpa 215 psi 1482 4 kpa maximum wheel load the maximum pressure that any one tire exerts on the floor while supporting its rated load this is relevant to.
Floor live loads excluding storage loading 3 0 kpa offices class rooms laboratories etc excluding carparking code beam size mm floor joist spacing mm 300 338 360 400 450 600 t257ap10 248 x 71 5 74 5 41 5 24 4 97 4 69 4 06 t257bp10 248 x 71 5 89 5 54 5 37 5 10 4 81 4 16 t259ap10 248 x 88 6 12 5 87 5 73 5 43 5 12 4 44.
Whichever shall produce the most adverse effect.
If there s wall board covered ceiling suspended from the underside of that floor the dead load increases to about 10 pounds per square foot.
A a uniformly distributed load q k in kpa.
