Stand Building-Do you treat the wood?
 

Just wondering for those that have built their own stands, Do you treat the wood with anything. Stain, Pant, Wood sealants?

Yes.

Stained and polyurethaned the outside.
Painted the inside with White Epoxy Paint to make it waterproof.

Polyurethane inside and out.

mine is untreated inside, seems fine over the last 6 years.

Ok Let me tell you my delema.

The stand was built in place, right in front of my current tanks. This was because there was no way to bring the completed stand into the house due to door widths. So now I'm faced with treating the tank in the house. I'm worried about the fumes and my current tank as well, we have a Parrot and fumes of stains and what not have been proven fatal to birds.

Oh BTW. The tank will have to come in through a door 30inches wide. the tank is 30inches tall and 36 wide. So some demo of the house is required. My wife is going to kill me :0

J

Just an idea, have no idea if it would work, but if you have a bay window or something in the house, would it be easire/cheaper to pay a window company to remove the glass for you then re-install afterwards?

How about removing the door AND door frame.

That should get you enough clearance - and if your careful no one will be able to see how you did it!

no
 

jason
not unless you plan to submerge the wood in water for extended periods of time.
put it this way - the joists and framework of your entire house is not treated........ so treating the stand to your tank is not needed.

Sure its not needed but because i waterproofed the inside of my stand it saved me from having a minor flood.
Had about 4" in the bottom of my stand to soak up though.. :mrgreen:

Ya this is what I will do.

Thanks all. I think I will leave it.

BTW Sorry Chin I didn't call you during the build. I did it while on Vacation on Tuesday and part of Wed and I figured you'd be working