Thread: Powerrack in apartment?!

i would find out the loading weight on the floor.....

it might not take the weight of a decent loaded barbell

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Originally Posted by Slamdog

i would find out the loading weight on the floor.....

it might not take the weight of a decent loaded barbell

lol just amended my post without seeing your reply! I'll maybe have to try and check out the maximum load somehow.

are you on the ground floor?

I remember a similar question being posed at an architect, I can't remember what he said, but it probably depends on the age and how it was build.

I'd suspect it would be ok, but you may risk damaging the flooring, and also annoying neighbours with the noise. Also sounds like something that might sound good initially, until you realise you're stuck with a great big power cage in your front room.

The total weight is only that of about 4 people, and I suspect many floors can take that loading just fine. Think about stuff like your kitchen, washing machine, marble worktops etc weigh, and they are fine. You could put some wooden and rubber flooring down to distribute and absorb the impact of any dropped weights.

I've got a CF475 heavy power rack, FID bench and oly weight set in my 2nd bedroom (upstairs) and it's fine.

Cheers,
Ian.

Originally Posted by sc0tt

lol just amended my post without seeing your reply! I'll maybe have to try and check out the maximum load somehow.

it isn't just the flooring but the joist size that makes a difference. it also depends on joist spacing.


you might have to position the rack with the feet on two or more separate joists or even put in a huge sheet of blockboard underneath the rack to spread the load over multiple joists..

Originally Posted by gerg

are you on the ground floor?

I remember a similar question being posed at an architect, I can't remember what he said, but it probably depends on the age and how it was build.

I'd suspect it would be ok, but you may risk damaging the flooring, and also annoying neighbours with the noise. Also sounds like something that might sound good initially, until you realise you're stuck with a great big power cage in your front room.

The total weight is only that of about 4 people, and I suspect many floors can take that loading just fine. Think about stuff like your kitchen, washing machine, marble worktops etc weigh, and they are fine. You could put some wooden and rubber flooring down to distribute and absorb the impact of any dropped weights.

Cheers, yes I am planning to put down rubber matting to help absorb the impact from dumbbells etc. As for neighbours, that's not a worry as its a top floor apartment over two floors so it is only our bedrooms underneath and no one either side of the room which is good. I may just opt for two squat stands (19kg) if I am unsure but by the sounds of things it should be able to cope with the weight. Will speak to one of the building guys in my work at lunchtime...