Another Flooring Question

[Grace's Dad]

The tank will be in the basement on a wood sub-floor. Where the tank will sit, under the sub-floor are three 2x4's that run parallel to the way the tank will sit. I am pretty sure they are laying flat and not on end (the sub-floor only sits about 1.5" off the concrete). These will pretty much be directly under the tank. I tore up the carpet and the nail heads to the 2x4's measure about 11" apart. Tank is 72x30x30 and where I measured the 2x4's nail heads is 23" so with them laying flat probably at 25" is where the outer boards lay. Do I need to worry about having enough support since the 2x4's sit directly on concrete?

Sorry for a repeated question if this has been answered elsewhere. Everything with flooring and support I could find dealt with tanks on 1st or second floors.

-Brian

 

[BadOleRoss]

I dont see any problem with setting the tank on the subfloor.

 

[HarrsCars]

There should be no problem your 2x4 floor load is about 5 lbs per sq. inch. That is no problem for the 2x4 just make sure you square up your stand all the way around so the load is not hyper loaded in one section with extra weight.

Good luck.
Mike

 

[cmulawka]

You could also laydown another piece of plywood for extra suppot even though the load weight is supported you dont know exactly how those 2x4s are sitting the could be uneven with the floor The extra wood would also help if you cannot get the tank perfectly square on the 2x4 and whats a peice of plywood cost