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The Floating World
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 Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:57 am Post subject: Sleeping in officetel loft - safe?? |
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So this is my first officetel. very nice and spacious and well built it is too (real wood floors yo..)
But I feel nervous for a few seconds when going to bed on my mattress up in the loft. It SEEMS pretty solid but really there's only the kitchen wall and bathroom wall holding it up and I swear that last night and the night before I heard some squeeks when I tossed and turned in bed getting comfy.
You're meant to sleep up there right? I'm 79 kilos which isn't too heavy...
Anyone ever heard of them collapsing or anything...?
They're safe to sleep in....? What if you had a lady friend also up there and things got 'busy...?' |
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PeteJB
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| You can sleep anywhere you like. I find most people put beds downstairs and use the loft for storage / guests. |
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The Floating World
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| So are they meant for sleeping in or not? |
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| They're fine for sleeping. I've slept in several. |
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SeoulNate
Joined: 04 Jun 2010
Location: Hyehwa
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| The Floating World wrote: |
| So are they meant for sleeping in or not? |
are you being serious? |
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Gamecock
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Did my fair share of sleeping and other, ahem, rigorous activity in an officetel loft, and together we were double your weight. Don't worry about it. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:46 am Post subject: |
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| SeoulNate wrote: |
| The Floating World wrote: |
| So are they meant for sleeping in or not? |
are you being serious? |
No, I just started this thread because I WOULDN'T rather be doing something else like having a beer and a smoke...
Seriously anyone who has seen an officetel didn't feel nervous about sleeping what essentially is a ceiling? Well I guess a house is the same, now I think about it, but in a house you DON'T think about it as you can't see the room underneath you lol... |
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PeteJB
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Just don't sleep up there drunk. The stairs are the bigger concern.  |
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fortysixyou
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Here's something to consider about your loft. In my experience, fumes from car exhaust can come in through your open windows and just sort of sit up there. In my loft in Ilsan, the air didn't circulate at all. I was sick with a serious cough for three months before it occurred to me that the bag smell up there was bad fumes. I moved my bed back downstairs and things got better. So, if you open your windows a lot and live in a busy area, that's something to think about.
I miss having a loft though, so much storage space! And yeah, those stairs can be treacherous whilst inebriated. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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I lived in the Doosan We've near Yeoksam Station a couple years ago.
If you stood by the elevators, you could feel the floor moving up and down. Seeing small cracks running down the walls and in the hallways didn't help matters either. |
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chamank
Joined: 01 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Sleeping in officetel loft - safe?? |
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Seem safe.
| The Floating World wrote: |
So this is my first officetel. very nice and spacious and well built it is too (real wood floors yo..)
But I feel nervous for a few seconds when going to bed on my mattress up in the loft. It SEEMS pretty solid but really there's only the kitchen wall and bathroom wall holding it up and I swear that last night and the night before I heard some squeeks when I tossed and turned in bed getting comfy.
You're meant to sleep up there right? I'm 79 kilos which isn't too heavy...
Anyone ever heard of them collapsing or anything...?
They're safe to sleep in....? What if you had a lady friend also up there and things got 'busy...?' |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| PeteJB wrote: |
| Just don't sleep up there drunk. The stairs are the bigger concern. |
i second that.
anyway, i had a loft in my last place and there was never a problem. i'd have friends over and a couple of us would be hanging around up there and we didn't break the ceiling.
my biggest problem was just that it was freezing in the winter. i had an ondol heating system, so it never really reached up to the loft (crappy insulation). anyway, if u sleep up there in the winter, maybe invest in a portable heater. |
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