wood foundation and a large tank

[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