I have 108 sheets of half inch drywall, 12 foot lengths, scheduled for delivery next week. I need to store this material for a period of weeks in a house that I’m currently remodeling. My health has declined, so I won’t be able to install it quickly. I bought this material back in November and I can’t postpone delivery any longer.
The house has wooden floors, inch and a quarter thick, on 12′ spans of 2×8 joists. How high do you think I can stack these sheets without doing permanent damage to the floor?
Thanks.
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My book says +/- 2 lbs/sf for 1/2"
A 1/2 inch 4'x12' sheet weights 81.6 pounds. http://www.buyezrip.com/Drywall-Facts.htm
Martin
You can always get your regular supplier to hold delivery or even do partials as you can handle the work. (At least I can)
Just grovel a bit, if need be.
Or stack on edge against the walls perpendicular to the joists and not all in the same room.
wow,thats 9000 lbs,i think your going to have to stock each room with 10-15 panels,and stack them on edge alond a outside wall or a wall with support below.108 sheets sure glad i'm not your next door neighbor:] .larry
i got into this sitiation with osb one time,i did what you did and had it del. and then stumbled and moved it a couple times. if that happens again i would just get a refund on it and buy it 3 months from now when i need it.
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I stock a lot of drywall. We are usually limited to 20 sheets of 5/8" in a stack on 2x10 w/ 1'1/4 ply.
If it isn't in the way, I'd lean stacks of 10 on the walls as steep as possible.
Can't your supply house hold it a while?
If you do lay it on the floor for very long make sure it is up on spacers.
Hope you are up and about soon.
Mike
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4x12 1/2 Drywall 64 lbs per sheet.
Just finished 200 plus sheets.
I wanted to know the same question,
So we took a sheet & a bath room scale.
This a.m. the 12 ft 5/8's weighed about 10-12 thousand pounds.
Each.
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You're talking about over 8000 lbs of rock distributed over 48 square feet laid flat, slightly more if on edge (and if my math is correct). Figure 166 PSF.... I'd NEVER lay that on your floor. If there's no way to spread it out then you need to bring it in 1/4 to 1/3 at a time.
roughly 80lbs.
First off I never stack all of the dry wall in one location.
Do a count for each room and spread it out accordingly. (Use a wall that runs perpendicular to the joists if you are stacking more than a dozen or so sheets )
I lean mine against walls, easier for me to work with that way, plus it keeps errant feet from tracking dirt and debris all over the sheets.
Keep the building dry and warm so the rock doesn't absorb moisture . Damp rock won't break clean and is a lot tougher to hang.
Hire some grunt labor to help the day it arrives.
Forgot to add : Start the stacking in the room furthest from the entry point, less steps when you are tired after moving the a lot of it plus you aren't walking past already stacked material , less damage.
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Not sure exactly, but I do know that when 30 of them that were standing on an outside wall fall on my leg I am not strong enough to get them off.