Quote: my best guess it 12-15,000 comics and comic-related magazines, but that could be too high. I will have a better sense of things when I set up my comic room!
Does anyone think that this could strain the structure of a solidly built, but 100 year old, Victorian, if I spread it out over one room on an upper floor? Would that really weigh more than some heavy pieces of furniture and what not? I guess we're talking about the equivalent of 60-70 long boxes.
I wouldn't reccommend stacking them high...or at all... It depends on the floor joists span, depth, etc... My guess would be the depth and spacing on the upper floor of an old Victorian would be taxed...You really wouldn't want to put more than 30 pounds per sqare foot up there MAX; 20 psf better...you can see where a box of comics would quickli approach that figure. Failure by stacking of boxes of books is actually a pretty common cause of failure in buildings; wharehouses usually. You should probably get the opinion of a local structural engineer...
