Flooring support for a 200 gal elos
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savethereef
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is your house sitting on a foundation? Do you have a crawl space under your house?
boozeman
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Hi mmfish,
I have always found this article to be helpful... http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article28.html
For my Elos 160xl I placed a laminated crossbeam supported by two jacks running perpendicular to the floor joists .... gives me good peace of mind
I have always found this article to be helpful... http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article28.html
For my Elos 160xl I placed a laminated crossbeam supported by two jacks running perpendicular to the floor joists .... gives me good peace of mind
Itaysworld
Premium Member
I had a structural engineer come out and design a floor support for my 180 gallon and sump, because based on his calculations the load would have been too much for the floor to support.
The project was not cheap by any means and may have been a little overkill, but it gives my wife and I total peace of mind about the tank staying put and not appearing in the basement one day and have us come home to a hole in the living room.
I think my situation was a bit different. My tank is placed along an exterior wall, with the floor joists running parallel to the tank and with a finished basement underneath.
The reinforcement consisted of sandwiching the first 2 floor joists along the entire living room with 2 additional joists on each side, as well as adding 2x10 cross sections under where the tank would be placed in the room.
One end of the joists goes to the end of the house, and the other rests on the steel beam and was also reinforced with 2x4s and a double toplet under the joists.
I guess I will never know if it would've failed but it wasn't a chance we were willing to take!
Hope this helps.
Regards, Itay.
The project was not cheap by any means and may have been a little overkill, but it gives my wife and I total peace of mind about the tank staying put and not appearing in the basement one day and have us come home to a hole in the living room.
I think my situation was a bit different. My tank is placed along an exterior wall, with the floor joists running parallel to the tank and with a finished basement underneath.
The reinforcement consisted of sandwiching the first 2 floor joists along the entire living room with 2 additional joists on each side, as well as adding 2x10 cross sections under where the tank would be placed in the room.
One end of the joists goes to the end of the house, and the other rests on the steel beam and was also reinforced with 2x4s and a double toplet under the joists.
I guess I will never know if it would've failed but it wasn't a chance we were willing to take!
Hope this helps.
Regards, Itay.
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