wood foundation and a large tank

[super7]

what make is the tank, or is it custom.

[Delphinus]

I don't know the answer to the question but just thought I'd pipe in and say, "yeah, I've seen a house with wood for the basement walls instead of concrete." Bizarre eh? My parents were looking at buying it but that kind of freaked them out. I guess it's OK if it's OK but who knows how long it will last or is prone to problems in the event of a flood or who knows.

At any rate isn't the floor still concrete though? Seriously is the basement floor wood? If so, .. I dunno, you might want to consult a builder to see if there's anything that can be done to shore up the floor. I'm sure there's an option that isn't .. you know, too ridiculously expensive or something, hopefully.

Congrats on the engagement BTW!

Also, doesn't surprise me about the floor cracking. Unless you have a heated floor that concrete is a pretty thin layer over gravel ... these floors just crack on their own just due to settling.

[KrazyKuch]

chances are that if their is a wood floor in the basement it's just a subfloor and their should be concrete underneith it....

I had a 230G on the main floor of my house when I was in edmonton and had no problems!!

[kwirky]

I just had a realization last night. My fiance doesn't know what a "foundation" is. She thought the oak flooring of the basement is what the house is sitting on *slaps head*

And her dad's third language is english and the word "foundation" was lost in translation. I realized they HAVE to have a cement floor at least in the basement because their laundrey/furnace room has a cement floor. The tank would be going in the basement not upstairs so I'm pretty sure it would be safe.

[vazgor]

a friend of mine had a 108 fresh tank years ago and it broke the basement floor in an apartment the whole corner of the suite he was in broke the crack whent right up the walls it was bad in the summer he had bug comming in the whole nine yards needless to say he ddnt get his damage deposit back

[Delphinus]

Ah yeah, it should be a pretty safe bet that there's a concrete floor. Although, I guess it does depend. A buddy of mine used to live in one of those inner-city houses, I don't know how old it was but it was at least 80 years old, and it only had a wooden floor in the basement. Planks over dirt ... they weren't even nailed into anything, they were just pieced together and laid down. (Whee!)

[adidas]

Originally Posted by kwirky

I just had a realization last night. My fiance doesn't know what a "foundation" is. She thought the oak flooring of the basement is what the house is sitting on *slaps head*

LMAO

[BCOrchidGuy]

I'd seriously question the integrity of the rest of your present home if 1200lbs cracked the concrete floor. I've had 155s and such on the second floor with no ill effects (not that I noticed). Congrats, on the engagement.

Doug