It does not mean that a 300 lb.
Show slow half inch per foot show floor.
For example a properly designed office floor can support 50 pounds per square foot.
The dead load on a floor is determined by the materials used in the floor s construction.
A typical wood frame floor covered with carpet or vinyl flooring has a dead load of about 8 pounds per square foot.
Nearly all will say that if a floor slopes 1 and 1 2 inches in twenty feet or more that there should be further investigation.
A 2 slope will probably ensure better drainage we could also find no slope tolerance for use when a floor slope is specified.
This may seem light but this is 50 pounds over each and every square foot of floor space.
Shower floor slope to efficiently drain the recommended minimum slope for a shower floor is about 4 percent or a 1 2 inch drop per every 12 inches from the shower walls to the drain.
Floors that slope 2 or 3 inches in 20 feet would be a very serious concern.
If there s wall board covered ceiling suspended from the underside of that floor the dead load increases to about 10 pounds per square foot.
Lineman standing on one leg will fall through the floor.
Basically they are saying if a floor is sloping over a 1 2 to 1 inch in twenty feet then there is concern.