You're laying out an office and someone drops twelve lateral files along a corridor wall. Nobody checks the floor load until the structural engineer flags it — a fully loaded 5-drawer legal lateral weighs over 800 pounds, which is a concentrated point load on a floor system designed for 50 psf distributed. This configurator shows the cabinet dimensions, loaded weight, and resulting point load so you catch the problem before the furniture arrives.
Space allowance: 10 ft² for vertical and 36″ lateral files, 15 ft² for lateral files holding computer printouts. Clearance zone A (full open drawer + standing room) runs 106–120″ for vertical, 82–94″ for lateral. Files more than five drawers high are not recommended. Typical overfile storage is 26″ or 37″ high.