Floor Joist Safe

Floor joist span tables for various sizes and species of wood.

Floor joist safe.

Most often floor joists need to be sistered because of two problems either water damage which leads to rot or termite damage that crumbled the joist. Unlike some safes in this category heracles research corporation floor and wall safes are virtually impossible to carry off as they are designed to be professionally mounted directly to your buildings core structure either floor joists or wall studs. Also all of the floor and wall safes have a 1 hour fire wall. 2 grade of douglas fir are indicated below.

The fs051508 k is designed to be submerged in the floor and surrounded by concrete on all sides except top for maximum security or mounted between floor joists. Joist span table use these tables to determine floor joist spans based on grade of lumber size of joist floor joist spacing and a live load of 30 lbs ft 2 or 40 lbs ft 2 these tables can also be used to determine deck joist span. While you may be ok with the joist span at 24 inches the floor will be maxed out to the limits. This safe is perfect for small high dollar items that you don t want anyone to know about.

1 ft 0 3048 m. Dead load weight of structure and fixed loads 10 lbs ft 2. Live load is weight of furniture wind snow and more. 1 psf lb f ft 2 47 88 n m 2.

Maximum floor joist span for no. Spacing joists in your shed 16 inches on center will give you a firmer feel with less bounce and increase the load capacity of the floor.