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Old 05-23-2003, 03:46 PM
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Hi there everyone....

I am in the process of building a new house and I had orrginaly planned a tank upgrade to coencide with the new house.

I would like to go to a 200+ gal tank.

The problem is where to put it.

I was originaly planing to put it in the bonus room above my garage. I checked with the company that designed the house and asked them if they thought that the floor could handle a 2k - 3k lb weight. Where I want to put the tank is almost directly on top of one of a 2X6 wall below. I was wondering if doubling up a couple of the 2X6 studs and possibly adding a few more floor joists would be enough to support the tank.

I am considering a tank aprox 30" wide and the supporting wall below is 36" from the wall that the tank will be against

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||Tank here aprox 30"
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|########## 10" TGI joist
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========||Supporting wall


Thoughts anyone?

Joel
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Old 05-23-2003, 03:58 PM
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my 150 gal with 50 gal sump is nearly directly above a large beam and i chose to reinforce anyways, as even without being full of water, the tank rocked significantly if i jumped up and down. it wasn't something i wanted to risk.
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Joel, I think you'll be fine. Are the TGI joists on 19" centers? Maybe have the contractor add a few more between the outside wall and the 2x6 wall (span the 36" space).
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