I live in a one story single family house and there are houses in the neighborhood where I live that are getting second floors all of the time and I am just curious as to,how does the first floor support and hold all of the weight of a second floor sitting right on top of it.
I am in the basement right now and we have a lot of heavy furniture up stairs and how does the first floor level... UGH!!
Simple answer, whether it is a one story or five story house it is the same standard construction. There are engineers, if something needs to be reinforced it should be, but overall, adding a second story will be fine. Usually floors are designed to carry a thousand pounds a square foot, should be safe unless they have lead furniture.
Adding supports, or whatever is necessary to keep the house structurally sound.
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