Tank Upstairs?

[Raphael]

I have a new 75-80 gallon tank that I want to put upstars and wanted to know if it would hold. It's total weight with everything inside is roughly 500kg.

 

[ruiny]

It will depend on the house and the structure.
And I don't know how stuff is build in London.
Here it would be fine.

 

[Raphael]

I have wooden cube planks running across the floor then a small hollow bit then the planks again.

 

[kwiker]

Sounds like 4X4's. It will hold.

 

[Raphael]

I have been told by someone that the wood will bend/curve and damage it.

 

[garvondavis14]

hmm...i don't know, at my house we have a 55, 30, and 150 gal stock tank upstairs

 

[Raphael]

That doesn't mean that your floor isn't curving. I found out that I have 6x2s.

 

[Sk8r]

You might get a broad platform of thick plywood and paint it, then put your tank stand on it: engineers please correct me, but that should distribute the weight over a wider area, if that is a concern, but if your floors will bear a well-loaded refrigerator, they should withstand your 70. It also helps to site the tank against a load-bearing wall, where the beams tie in head on, as opposed to room-dividing walls, where beams run parallel to the wall. The main thing is not to let the wood get soaked. Then it certainly will bend.

 

[Raphael]

BTW we don't keep a refrigerator upstairs so I wouldn't know.

 

[lovelylinda]

We moved the tank downstairs after 2 large floods- couldn't afford to keep repairing 2 stories.