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Old 02-15-2009, 01:58 AM
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the black trim of the tank and the white of the stand are perfect.
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Old 02-15-2009, 02:14 AM
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Nice house!

Very chic with the concrete walls.
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Old 02-15-2009, 02:15 AM
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Hey.
how is the bottem of your stand built? Is it sheeted flat or are there 2x4's under it?
Just 2x4's if I understand your question right. There is no plywood on the bottom of the stand. Just 2x4's right on the concrete floor. Do you have shim ideas?

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Old 02-15-2009, 02:17 AM
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the black trim of the tank and the white of the stand are perfect.
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Nice house!

Very chic with the concrete walls.
Yeah its a nice place. Very small condo but we fell in love with the building and this is all we could afford. We love it though! It actually doesn't seem that small because its all open space (no walls dividing rooms) and 14' ceilings. Kind of makes it feel big.
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Old 02-15-2009, 02:19 AM
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How are you with a skill saw? you could cut shims 1/4" to nothing over the length of the bottem supports. 1 for each support. If you want to wait untill tues. I could do them for you. I work in Richmond.
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Old 02-15-2009, 02:20 AM
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sorry you would need 1 across the front aswell
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Old 02-15-2009, 03:13 AM
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Those drawer slides worked well for you I see =) How far does each door open? Stand looks killer in white I'd definitely leave it that way. I also think the light hardware should stay silver. Looks great as is!

As for the shimming I'm not too sure...

If you'd copied how I built the REST of my stand you'd see how it shimmed at the top =) Tagging along as I really like how this is coming together.
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Old 02-15-2009, 03:30 AM
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How are you with a skill saw? you could cut shims 1/4" to nothing over the length of the bottem supports. 1 for each support. If you want to wait untill tues. I could do them for you. I work in Richmond.
I may take you up on this...

Not sure when I can make it out to Richmond but this is not something I can do myself.

Apparently my contractor step father also has an idea though...just that he is always SOOOOOO busy, so getting him to help may take forever
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Old 02-15-2009, 03:31 AM
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Those drawer slides worked well for you I see =) How far does each door open? Stand looks killer in white I'd definitely leave it that way. I also think the light hardware should stay silver. Looks great as is!

As for the shimming I'm not too sure...

If you'd copied how I built the REST of my stand you'd see how it shimmed at the top =) Tagging along as I really like how this is coming together.
Yes they did...thanks for the inspiration/idea!

They open a total of 48" but the doors also come right off easily. So for day to day stuff, just sliding them open works but if I needed to take them off for any reason, it not hard. I will post some pics tomorrow of how they look open.

Our tanks are very similar, so its kind of cool to see what your doing with yours I would love to have the external overflow like yours.
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Old 02-15-2009, 07:59 AM
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Holy crap Justin, that thing looks amazing! Nice work on the stand. Finish it with high gloss paint, that will make it really "shine"
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