Under the floorboards

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Magenta16v
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Under the floorboards

Post by Magenta16v »

My upstairs has no carpet but floorboards . Anybody stored cans like this before ?
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not personally but i have seen it done! you have to remember that heat rises and could effect the cans with temp fluctuation .
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Echo Tigs.

Two other thoughts

1. make sure the ceiling of the room below is sound enough to take the weight (don't want to be sitting watching Paranormal Witness and a baked bean tin falls on your head!)

2. make sure the floorboards don't bounce
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Ceilings are designed to carry their own weight, plus a little leway, should you fill up a standard plasterboard ceiling with tin stuff you are taking a big risk, on the other hand if you batten alongside the joists and place wood between them, you can load it up to the max with little fear of collapse, it's long winded and work intenstive, but bear in mind the original idea could be a SHTF situation on it's own for you, it may work well for years, but then one stout bang on the floor above, someone falling over or out of bed for instance would probably bring the lot down and as it is generally in 8X4' sheets, you could be talking severve damage and injury. take care ;)
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Yeah I wouldn't advise this for all the reasons already mentioned! Best place is behind the kickboards below your cupboards in your kitchen, as some of the preppers on this forum do if you want it hidden but accessable and out of the way.
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Yeah , think I will scrub that idea
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Maddie_cat wrote:Echo Tigs.

1. make sure the ceiling of the room below is sound enough to take the weight (don't want to be sitting watching Paranormal Witness and a baked bean tin falls on your head!)
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