Heavy statue - ground floor

spluff · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:17

I have bought a 600kg marble statue. The base is 50cm x 30cm and height 180cm.

I am just wondering will it be okay to put it in my ground floor hallway without causing any problems?

I have also been told they will deliver it to front door so I have no idea how I will get this inside house

Any ideas...….

Cheers

CaptainRAVE · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:21

600kg! You must have a big hallway. Good luck moving that thing. I hope you don't have a step to get over.

spluff · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:30

yeah its a big hallway about 4m x 4m - it has no step but the door is raised from ground

vanpeebles · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:32

Is the floor concrete?

spluff · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:50

I am not sure I lifted carpet and saw a chipboard thing - not sure whats under that without doing major lifting of boards....

chroniclard · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:53

Pics of statue for lols.

spluff · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:54

but its in a grey black marble

vanpeebles · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:56

Will your house look like a set from Clockwork Orange?

I'd want a solid floor with 600kg on it

Terminal_Boy · 14 Jun 2019 at 08:58

Congratulations on your new garden ornament!

The Artfull Bodger · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:04

Hmm, would only put it on solid screed/concrete floor imo, or make some sort of plynth spanning multiple joists.

vanpeebles · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:05

Is it not 60kg? At 600kg, how are you gonna get into the hall?

Firestar_3x · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:10

Can't help but think this will look odd, hope it doesn't fall over and kill someone, you would usually have a pin in the floor for the statue to lock into.

chroniclard · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:10

vanpeebles said:
Is it not 60kg? At 600kg, how are you gonna get into the hall?

Possibly worth checking that.

vanpeebles · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:11

Firestar_3x said:
Can't help but think this will look odd, hope it doesn't fall over and kill someone, you would usually have a pin in the floor for the statue to lock into.

At 600kg if it fell over, it would knock the wall out

spluff · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:14

I am trying to check out with the shipping company about delivery into house.

vanpeebles · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:16

Having man handled a wood stove into the house, which I reckon is less than a 1/6th of that. It's gonna need either a crane, or a rugby team.

cheesyboy · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:19

600kg is lol for a suspended floor, but isn't impossible to be correct if it's a big statue

Play around with this material weight calculator:
https://www.amlinkmarble.com/weigtcalculator/weightcalculator.htm

A 150x40x40 square marble column would be about 600kg. So I reckon that's pretty accurate for the OP's one.

vanpeebles · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:26

thezappa · 14 Jun 2019 at 09:59

I reckon you’ll need to seriously beef up the floor. Unlikely it’s concrete if they’ve boarded over it so extra joists will need to be put in.

kinobestew123 · 14 Jun 2019 at 10:00

vanpeebles said:
Is it not 60kg? At 600kg, how are you gonna get into the hall?

A quick google tells me that marble weights 2,711kg per cubic metre. Using the OP's measurements given of 50cm x 30cm x 180cm gives 0.27m3 and which is a weight of 732kg. Then as the statue is a shape and not a solid block, it's entirely possible that it is about 600kg?

It sounds like you'd need the floor taking up and replacing with a solid block of concrete under where the statue is going but I have no experience in these things.