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Old 10-28-2010, 06:53 PM
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Laminate floors on foam are meant to "float" to allow for expansion and contraction. If you weigh down the laminate floor permanently with an aquarium, you could notice buckling in other areas of the room.

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The stand only covers about 2 lengths, a few rows deep, and the other outer edges have lots of float room. I'm not sure that's a big concern??
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Old 10-28-2010, 07:19 PM
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Yeah, I'm not there and can't see it, I'm just saying what I know about some things...
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Old 10-28-2010, 08:29 PM
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Yeah, I'm not there and can't see it, I'm just saying what I know about some things...
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Too late, my lawyer says you're now liable for the tank landing on my tenant -lol

Ya, it's hard to say, and pics won't show enough detail to be any help, but so far, all good advice.
Well, except the part about Steve coming to my house
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Meh...you're good to go as far as support for the weight of the tank.

As far as making it pretty and down the road not saying "I should have done "****" differently - that's your call.

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Wide, hardwood shims every 5 to 6 inches and you're good to go.
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Wide, hardwood shims every 5 to 6 inches and you're good to go.
Except once in place, I won't be able to get to the back edge...but I think I should be ok, the reaer centre is sitting solidly, so shimming the corners should suffice. I hope
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Except once in place, I won't be able to get to the back edge...but I think I should be ok, the reaer centre is sitting solidly, so shimming the corners should suffice. I hope

The 4 corners are more important to be solid than the center, I really believe that doing the corners rigidly is better than shims that may give and leave the center as the main support.
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, I won't be able to get to the back edge...
thats what you said last time..

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