Is it stupid..

[Phil D]

..To consider putting a power rack in an upstairs room?




I think i already know the answer:dead:

[n3m3s1s]

you could always try it and find out ;)

[Aiden Bloodaxe]

Do you get any specific yield strengths for ceilings when you buy / rent a house? Try & find one, or ring the people who built yourned house.

[Phil D]

Do you get any specific yield strengths for ceilings when you buy / rent a house? Try & find one, or ring the people who built yourned house.

its the house im moving into next year at uni, i dont think they will be too happy if i ask them if i can throw weights about upstairs:tongue:
I think the only thing that would cause damage would be deadlifting as i seem to have smashed all the slates under my carpet this year (ground floor bedroom)

hmmmm

[Inkrepid]

That would be a bad idea. If you drop a 350lb weight in the same spot it's bound to break. You might get away with using some serious foam pads, but I doubt it.

[Lees Dragon]

Man, just imagine if something went wrong...:dead:

[twist]

They have a basement? You could ask em if you could borrow a little space downstairs as well

[Jackamaideshwang]

What if you build yourself a real solid lifting platform out of the whole plywood and horse trailers mats thing? You could make it extra thick and maybe with extra rubber to try to dampen the noise a bit.

[Phil D]

They have a basement? You could ask em if you could borrow a little space downstairs as well

No me an 2 of my mates are renting the house not just a room

What if you build yourself a real solid lifting platform out of the whole plywood and horse trailers mats thing? You could make it extra thick and maybe with extra rubber to try to dampen the noise a bit.

I read somewhere about putting plywood down as it spreads the load out over the joists but i still dont know if i want to risk it.

The other option i to put it outside but that will pretty much suck balls

[n3m3s1s]

Man, just imagine if something went wrong...:dead:

That would be hilarious.

[Birch]

Yeah I would definatley not do this. The gym I work in is on the 2nd floor. We don't have powerlifting equip. soley for that reason. An old member of that gym once tried to squat about 250kg and dropped one end. The weights slid off (Im pretty sure he wasnt using collars either) One end of the bar put a whole in the roof and the other end went through the ground. The end that went through the ground was only just over 100kg.

[tuareg]

hahaha great.

[Ashtar]

Ask the architect, but generally no, not a good idea. There's a reason gyms are built in reinforced areas and stuff, generally on a ground/basement floor with nothing below it.

[Phil D]

Ask the architect, but generally no, not a good idea. There's a reason gyms are built in reinforced areas and stuff, generally on a ground/basement floor with nothing below it.

gyms have tonnes worth of equipment/weights in them im only talking about a total of around 280kg which is equivalent to 3 people.

Im pretty sure the guy who designed this house is dead as like most the houses in coventry its about a bazillion years old

[Caveman]

I think if you could spread the pressure out with some kind of platform it may not be too bad, I don't think the actual weight would be a problem as I've never seen a room full of people collapse.

[Phil D]

I think if you could spread the pressure out with some kind of platform it may not be too bad, I don't think the actual weight would be a problem as I've never seen a room full of people collapse.

it wouldnt be the total weight itd be bouncing 400lb+ off the floor whilst deadlifting which is highly likely to damage the ceiling below

[Caveman]

That's why I thought the platform may help, pressure = force/area, so if you have a decent large platform spreading the impact out on the floor it should reduce it.

Yeh I didn't think of the ceiling below, I was just thinking of the floor as a whole, even with a spread out force the plaster or whatever may not be happy.

[Phil D]

looks like il be back in the lame uni gym next year then

[tpvlyrm]

Get a house with a shed or garage, then

[tuareg]

looks like il be back in the lame uni gym next year then

i guess you'll be resting your rack for a year or two then :D