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01-26-2007, 11:43 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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 |  Any carpenter???? i need some help
Hi guys im planning on upgrading to a 75 gallon tank very soon. but before i do that im worry if my floor is going to handle it, its going to the living and i have only a basement no second floor. i pretty sure it can handle it but i rather be safe then oops  i have a huge hole in floor  . so i need some advise on reinforcing the floor. thanks guys | 
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01-26-2007, 12:48 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Make sure you put it on a "Load bearing" wall (spelling). Such as a wall in the middle of your house or a wall for the outside of your house. A 75g is a lot of weight, but proablly not enough to worry about, especially if the house is less then 30yrs old. | |
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01-26-2007, 12:54 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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well my house is over 30yrs old  im gonna place it by one of the wall but its not one of those walls u mentioned....... i sure its gonna hold up but i have a very jumpy nephew and he comes over my house quite often and hes not small either  . jumpy big nephew + 800+bls= equal to pretty big stress to the floor | |
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01-26-2007, 12:59 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Generally the walls in the middle of the house are the load bearing walls. Look in the basement and see which walls are reinforced and choose one of those walls. | |
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01-26-2007, 01:00 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Its not that hard to reinfore a floor yourself since you have a basement and you will be out of the weather. | |
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01-26-2007, 01:00 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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reinforce too, lol | |
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01-26-2007, 01:01 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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oh, Im not a carpenter, but I have done a lot of wood working projects over the years, lol. | |
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01-26-2007, 01:14 PM
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| | Stylophora
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Floors can handle a lot of load. A 75 isnt that big IMO. I had a 120 and the floors held up fine... If your basement isnt finished you can always add a support beam where your tank is going to be or just a support post. But I wouldnt worry to much about it. JMO
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01-26-2007, 01:25 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
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see the thing is i have a tiny house and where i have pick out for the tank is the only location i can put the tank, and that part of the floor doesnt have any major support only the basic beams running across the floor they are about two feet apart. i was thinking either double up on those beams for the section where the tank will sit or(and) a beam going from the basement floor to the basement ceiling where the tank sits. | |
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