3 tank,2600 gal. system room build

[Reefski's]

wouldn't it have been cheaper to pay a structural engineer to do the load calcs?

maybe not as much fun though.

i have never seen a 6 gallon bucket.

Carl

 

[birch03]

Very impressive hmm glad I missed that phonecall lol JK bud

 

[jnarowe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14978427#post14978427 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefski's
wouldn't it have been cheaper to pay a structural engineer to do the load calcs?

maybe not as much fun though.

i have never seen a 6 gallon bucket.

Carl

I use a 6 gal. bucket for my skimmate collection bucket.

 

[serpentman]

Wow, are your friends still speaking to you?

 

[searey]

nicks back hurts and has asked for pain killers,spencers wrist hurts and delmar is not talking to me. i havent told them yet that we will need to remove the sand soon.

 

[Reefski's]

what does the deflection look like?

how are you measuring it?

you still need to get about twenty to thirty people gathered around like they are looking at the tank and measure the deflection too!

Carl

 

[jnarowe]

With full beers.

 

[Barky]

hows the floor holding up dean? any more movement from yesterday?

 

[paola98santana]

Only says from Puerto Rico:" Waooooooooooooo, a huge project....the best thing is foundation..always do your work to prevent any big hurt in the future"

Congratulations...

 

[Ian]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14977820#post14977820 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by searey

thats 17000lbs of sand on my dining room floor. sweet. will measure the joist deflection tomorrow.

You're nuts Bro!! :eek1: :lol: :eek1:

 

[toddy boy]

looking great thanks for sharing wow thats alot of sand lol

 

[2farNorth]

Wow, that looks like it was alot of work... even more work getting the sand out..... Maybe you can raise ground hogs instead!! An indoor Ground Hod ranch!! :lol:

I take it the floor didn't move?

I also like the suggestion about getting a bunch of people over, have them wander between the vats of sand holding beers... while you go downstairs and check for any sagging....

Otherwise looks good!

 

[RonMidtownStomp]

I just did a very rough power budget. I get approximately 40kWh/day for lighting, 20kWh/day for closed loop, 10kWh or 20kWh/day for skimming, I couldn't figure out if "total" was per tank or for both tanks, and 10kWh/day for "other. That totals 80-90kWh/day. At $.16/kWh, that's $15/day in electricity alone, or $450/month.

Unless I'm doing something wrong in my math, I calculate a need for 13 dedicated circuits and a max power draw of 82 amps. That plus my AC unit and clothes dryer would blow my main breaker.

I'm glad I went with a 72x30x24.

I'm curious if you're ordering the tanks with Starphire glass. If so, how many sides?

 

[Ritten]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14980112#post14980112 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by searey
nicks back hurts and has asked for pain killers,spencers wrist hurts and delmar is not talking to me. i havent told them yet that we will need to remove the sand soon.

:lol:

 

[Barky]

2farnorth I talked to dean friday night , he mentioned the floor joist sagged 3/8 on an inch that day.
I'm suprised we have not heard from him since then. Hope everything is alright.

 

[RonMidtownStomp]

It may say "Electrical" in front of "Engineering" on my degree and not "Structural", but I know I wouldn't sleep well without pillars between the slab and the first story floor.

Ron

 

[2farNorth]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14986265#post14986265 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Barky
2farnorth I talked to dean friday night , he mentioned the floor joist sagged 3/8 on an inch that day.
I'm suprised we have not heard from him since then. Hope everything is alright.

Heck, I woulda had the tanks and water in there by now!!



Honestly I don't really think that is too bad....I've seen most floor joists sag that much when groups of people walk above.....

but if room permits, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to have some floor jacks underneath....... that is ALOT of weight.....

Kinda like Ron said, 'Structural' is not before the Engineer on our degree...... Oh wait.. I ain't got one of dose dugree things!!! :lol:

 

[jnarowe]

I thought he did add floor jacks?

 

[RonMidtownStomp]

I'm sure static and dynamic loads have to be accounted for differently. I read the thread and only saw a big steel I-beam, no floor jacks. I could have missed them, but I doubt he'd get 3/8" sag with floor jacks.

 

[Barky]

no he has no floor jacks, 3 I beams every third floor joist on a 13' wide room span.
the problem is it's dead weight on that floor always