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Beauty Salon Floor Live Load?

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TekEngr

Civil/Environmental
Feb 4, 2012
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I am designing a 2 storey small light gauge steel beauty salon (total area each floor 64m2), but i am confused in live load what should i consider live load for first floor.
First floor containing makeup area zone , facial persnol care, manicure area etc.


 
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Should be comparable to live load for office.
 
Defer to your local building code of course but the International Building Code has this to say about retail in the US. I don't actually see salon live loads getting anywhere close to these values but future, alternate retail occupancies may be worthy of consideration as well.

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Right now, it's zero (thanks to the virus)......but (for design purposes) I agree with Kootk, it does fall under the retail/store category in the applicable code.
 
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