Floors - Live Loads

Floors and minimum uniformly distributed live loads.

Use	Live Load
Attics, no storage with roof slope no steeper than 3 in 12	10	479
Attics, limited storage	20	958
Balconies	60	2873
Decks	40	1915
Fire escapes	40	1915
Garages, passenger cars	50	2394
Sleeping rooms	30	1436
Stairs	40	1915

If you have the mass in kg - the load in N can be calculated as

F = m g (1)

where

F = load (N)

m = mass (kg)

g = gravitational acceleration (9.81 m/s²)

The load from a pallet with mass 800 kg can be calculated as

F = (800 kg) (9.81 m/s²)

= 7848 N

= 7.8 kN

Beams - Fixed at Both Ends - Continuous and Point Loads - Stress, deflections and supporting loads.
Beams - Fixed at One End and Supported at the Other - Continuous and Point Loads - Supporting loads, moments and deflections.
Beams - Supported at Both Ends - Continuous and Point Loads - Supporting loads, stress and deflections.
Beams Natural Vibration Frequency - Estimate structures natural vibration frequency.
Building Foundations - Loads - Typical loads on building foundations.
Concrete Slabs - Load Capacity - Load capacity of simply supported concrete slabs.
Floor Joist Capacities - Carrying capacities of domestic timber floor joists - Grade C - metric units.
HE-A Steel Beams - Properties of HE-A profiled steel beams.
Horizontal Roof Rafters - Maximum Spans - Douglas Fir in horizontal roof rafters and maximum spans.
Low-Frequency Vibrations Effects on Building Constructions - Effects of low-frequency vibrations on building constructions.
Mass vs. Weight - Mass vs. weight - the Gravity Force.
Maximum Floor Joist Span - No. 1 and No. 2 Grade of Douglas fir and maximum span floor joists - imperial units
Typical Floor Loads - Uniformly and concentrated floor loads
W Steel Beams - Allowable Uniform Loads - Allowable uniform loads.
Wood Beams - Strength of Material - Bending and compression strength of wood species used in beams.
Wood Headers - Max. Supported Weight - Weight supported by a double or triple wood headers.

Use	Live Load
Use	(psf)	(N/m²)
Attics, no storage with roof slope no steeper than 3 in 12	10	479
Attics, limited storage	20	958
Balconies	60	2873
Decks	40	1915
Fire escapes	40	1915
Garages, passenger cars	50	2394
Sleeping rooms	30	1436
Stairs	40	1915