One of the engineers I work with used to be a plan checker and told me about a phone call he got one time from a concerned tenant regarding a water bed on a second floor. My friend explained that waterbeds are obviously quite heavy and that a certain amount of deflection could be expected, depending on a number of factors. Before he could start explaining what these factors were he was interrupted by the tenant saying, 'Okay, I see it', referring to the sagging floor! He managed to get the garden hose connected and the bed drained before the floor collapsed.ICE said:How about fat Yolanda and her king size water bed? We're talking some pounds now. I had a case where there was a shower pan built that lasted about six months and leaked. This was a redevelopment project. There was a meeting at city hall where I met the owner for the first time, all 600 pounds of him. When a new contractor came to the counter to get a permit I told him that his best bet would be to put a foundation under the shower pan or it will fail again. I was summoned to the city managers office and asked: "Are you calling the citizens fat?" I said, "Well yes, yes I am."