Hey everybody,
I'm working on a show at the moment and its the first time I've had to build a deck that needs to support the weight of a genie as thats the only way to hang and focus in the space. We've got a awp 30 so I've been working with a 1000 pound figure (its 777lbs and then capacity is 350, but we don't have any one that will push that limit.) what precautions should I take? My worry is having that weight focused on the feet of the 4 outriggers. I'm not worried about the overall support being an issue since the deck is only 8 inches tall and will be sitting on top of the floor. I did the math and it comes out much higher than the typical 40psf from 16 inch on center. Is 12 inch on center the way to go or does someone have a better solution?
or am I calculating the psf of the genie wrong? since its 1000 distributed to 4 points.
I'm working on a show at the moment and its the first time I've had to build a deck that needs to support the weight of a genie as thats the only way to hang and focus in the space. We've got a awp 30 so I've been working with a 1000 pound figure (its 777lbs and then capacity is 350, but we don't have any one that will push that limit.) what precautions should I take? My worry is having that weight focused on the feet of the 4 outriggers. I'm not worried about the overall support being an issue since the deck is only 8 inches tall and will be sitting on top of the floor. I did the math and it comes out much higher than the typical 40psf from 16 inch on center. Is 12 inch on center the way to go or does someone have a better solution?
or am I calculating the psf of the genie wrong? since its 1000 distributed to 4 points.