75kg punch bag - ok upstairs.?

[kingrollo]

Brought my son a punch bag for Xmas - to keep it stable the base had to be filled with 75kg of sand.

It's set up in the garage at the moment - potentially taking up the space of another bike.

Would this sort of weight be ok upstairs in his room - or overtime would it bend the the floorboards - house built 1967 ?

 

[vickster]

Leave it where it is and keep the bike warm and safe in his room

 

[Slick]

Timber floors, 6x2 and dwanged ar 600 centres?

Will be fine but better if you could spread the weight as much as possible.

 

[kingrollo]

Timber floors, 6x2 and dwanged ar 600 centres?

Will be fine but better if you could spread the weight as much as possible.

That's the point it's pretty much static and the base is tall rather than wide.

 

[keithmac]

Our lad makes enough noise with his racing seat/ steering wheel setup, could imagine a punching bag would be even worse upstairs..

 

[Slick]

That's the point it's pretty much static and the base is tall rather than wide.

Yeah but can you sit the base in something with even a slightly bigger footprint?

Truth is, the floor should be able to withstand that weight without too much trouble or I certainly wouldn't be able to visit.

 

[TissoT]

Timber floors, 6x2 and dwanged ar 600 centres?

Will be fine but better if you could spread the weight as much as possible.

Floor joists are spread @ 400 centres.

Perfect for a punch Bag

 

[Slick]

Floor joist a spread a 400 centres.

Perfect for a punch Bag

House built in 67 suggests different to me.

 

[Sharky]

Another thought,

How old/heavy is your lad? As @keithmac says above, if he starts shuffling his feet and bouncing up & down, you're going to feel and hear it throughout the house. And when he gets a set of weights to go with it !!!!

My view - keep it in the garage.

 

[Beebo]

I had a punch bag hanging off the rafters in my dad’s garage. It would make the roof bounce when I hit it and the floor was solid concrete.

 

[ColinJ]

I had a punch bag hanging off the rafters in my dad’s garage. It would make the roof bounce when I hit it and the floor was solid concrete.

A previous owner of this house had wanted to fit a dishwasher in the kitchen so they had the bright idea of making room for it by plumbing the washing machine into the upstairs bathroom. My machine weighs about 80 kg and it almost shook the bathroom floor/kitchen ceiling to pieces when spinning anything other than light, perfectly-balanced loads. That taught me that having heavy moving/vibrating objects on an upstairs wooden floor was not a good decision.

(I gave the dishwasher away and moved the washing machine back to the kitchen in its place. Peace has been restored!)

 

[Proto]

I always think of these situations in terms of 'fat grannies'. 75kg = one fat granny.

Is a visiting fat granny at risk of falling through your ceiling if she jumps around a bit?

 

[Slick]

I always think of these situations in terms of 'fat grannies'. 75kg = one fat granny.

Is a visiting fat granny at risk of falling through your ceiling if she jumps around a bit?

Is 75 kg really that heavy for anyone?

 

[ColinJ]

Is 75 kg really that heavy for anyone?

It would be REALLY heavy for my 48 kg friend!

She is actually shorter than she looks there - she is on tiptoes! The rest of wouldn't exactly be unhappy to be 75 kg again though...

 

[JhnBssll]

I'm 110kg... when I'm in the bath I'm probably well over 200kg... I've only fallen through the floor 7 times so should be fine