CHAPTER IV. 

 MISCELLANEOUS LOADS. 



LIVE LOADS ON FLOORS. Live loads on floors for mill 

 buildings are very hard to classify and should be calculated for each 

 case. 



Floor loads ar specified in the building laws of various cities are 

 given in Table II, and the engineer should govern himself accordingly. 



TABLE II. 



FLOOR LOADS IN POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT AS SPECIFIED IN VARIOUS 



CITIES. 



Without reference to building laws the live loads per square foot, 

 exclusive of weight of floor materials, given below are about standard 

 practice. 



Dwellings 70 Ibs. per sq. ft. 



Offices 70 to loo Ibs. per sq. ft. 



Assembly halls 120 to 1 50 Ibs. per sq. ft. 



Warehouses 250 and up, Ibs. per sq. ft. 



Factories 200 to 450 Ibs. per sq. ft. 



