Hello everyone, im thinking of building a stand out of concrete blocks for a (36" x 18") frameless tank, i have some granite and
4x4's laying around waiting to be used, all i need to buy is the concrete blocks and a couple of top caps, they're all less than 1 dollar a piece at my local home depot. the rest just needs to be cut to size. Total cost is going to be something like $8
but im not sure about a couple of things.
one is..the tank is 18 inches deep (front to back) the concrete blocks are only 16 inches long, i was thinking of laying the 4x4's on top of the concrete top caps (like in the picture attached) and cutting the granite top 18-1/4 inches wide (front to Back) then laying a closed cell foam mat on top of the granite and finally putting the tank on top of the
foam mat, centering the granite leaves me with 1-1/8 of overhang on the front and back sides....is it ok to leave it like that or is that
1-1/8 of overhang going to be a problem?
The other thing is...i live in southern california on the second floor of an apartment building. how much should i worry about
this thing falling on its side in case of an earthquake? its going to be roughly 43 inches high in total (including the tank) and about 500 to 600-lb, its going to be sitting on top of carpet, if that makes any difference.
should i add plywood in between the concrete blocks for more stability or is that unnecessary? id rather not add plywood if i dont need to.
if you have better ideas about how i should go about this please me me know.
thanks for your help.
4x4's laying around waiting to be used, all i need to buy is the concrete blocks and a couple of top caps, they're all less than 1 dollar a piece at my local home depot. the rest just needs to be cut to size. Total cost is going to be something like $8
but im not sure about a couple of things.
one is..the tank is 18 inches deep (front to back) the concrete blocks are only 16 inches long, i was thinking of laying the 4x4's on top of the concrete top caps (like in the picture attached) and cutting the granite top 18-1/4 inches wide (front to Back) then laying a closed cell foam mat on top of the granite and finally putting the tank on top of the
foam mat, centering the granite leaves me with 1-1/8 of overhang on the front and back sides....is it ok to leave it like that or is that
1-1/8 of overhang going to be a problem?
The other thing is...i live in southern california on the second floor of an apartment building. how much should i worry about
this thing falling on its side in case of an earthquake? its going to be roughly 43 inches high in total (including the tank) and about 500 to 600-lb, its going to be sitting on top of carpet, if that makes any difference.
should i add plywood in between the concrete blocks for more stability or is that unnecessary? id rather not add plywood if i dont need to.
if you have better ideas about how i should go about this please me me know.
thanks for your help.