800 32 25 sheets.
Floor sheathing weight per square foot.
A simple trick would be place your weight machine on a 8 foot x 4 foot 3 4 inch piece of plywood.
For example if the area to be covered in plywood is 800 ft 2 then 25 sheets of plywood will be needed to cover it.
Softwood plywood is typically used as structural plywood roof decking sheathing flooring.
Depending on the thickness of the flooring 3lb would be average for 3 4 inch thick flooring.
Maple wood weighs aprroximately 48 lb cubic foot and so the flooring should weigh about 3 lb sq.
Divide by the total square footage by the square footage of a sheet of plywood to find the number of sheets required to cover the space.
The apa standard weights are not the weights of actual products and tend to be somewhat heavier than the weights of any real softwood plywood you will find.
Below is a guide to the building materials weights for typical supplies used during the construction of your walls ceilings and floors.
Acme 496 acme.
Soundproofing company recommends 5 8 gypsum drywall for its heavy weight at 2 5 lbs per square foot.
Weight of roofing materials.
Ft kilograms per square meter kg m 2 source.
1 inch 25 4 mm 1 pound per square foot 0 0479 kn m 2.
These are the weights of typical actual products.
Anyone care to speculate on how much weight a floor in a house with a crawl space not a concrete slab might hold.
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The dead load on a floor is determined by the materials used in the floor s construction.
A typical wood frame floor covered with carpet or vinyl flooring has a dead load of about 8 pounds per square foot.
The screw count is a bit high at times but this will allow for losing some.
I figure it will weigh about 300 pounds per square foot with a 10 square foot base.
This simple sub floor materials calculator will provide you with the lineal feet of floor joist needed the number of sheaths to cover the floor and how much glue and how many screws it takes to attach the sheathing to the joist.
This would distribute the weight over a big area 800 32 25 lbs ft 2.
This is much below the 50 lbs ft 2 load designed in most homes.
Asphalt shingles 3 tab or strip 1 95 lbs.
Uniform load deflection limitations 1 180 of span under live load plus dead load 1 240 under live load only.
1000 32 31 25 lbs ft 2.
Applies to panels 24 inches or wider.
A 4 x 8 sheet of 1 2 inch apa standard plywood would weigh 48 lbs.
A 4 8 sheet of plywood is 32 ft 2.
The weights of other actual products of the same type may vary.
If you weigh 200 lbs.
