Basement reinfocement

[sphelps]

Removing tile is not only pointless but it could hurt resale of the house, 95% of the time buyers aren't going to want the fish tank so it will have to be removed, if that's the case finding the same tile to put back in will be challenging and on top of that the grout will have to match. In a buyers market that could cost you the sale.

Also I'll note once more that butting up support walls tight from your main floor to the basement slab is bad idea. When you frame basements you're suppose to leave expansion gaps and even though most people don't the walls are rarely slug to the point they become load bearing. If you want to crack tile frame up your walls so tight there's no room for expansion then with the change in seasons you can watch your basement slab movement transfer straight into you main floor. Many places in NA require as large as a 3" gap for expansion by building code due to huge insurance claims in those areas. While we don't have such regulations in Alberta our slabs still move and it should be considered.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Removing tile is not only pointless but it could hurt resale of the house, 95% of the time buyers aren't going to want the fish tank so it will have to be removed, if that's the case finding the same tile to put back in will be challenging and on top of that the grout will have to match. In a buyers market that could cost you the sale.

Also I'll note once more that butting up support walls tight from your main floor to the basement slab is bad idea. When you frame basements you're suppose to leave expansion gaps and even though most people don't the walls are rarely slug to the point they become load bearing. If you want to crack tile frame up your walls so tight there's no room for expansion then with the change in seasons you can watch your basement slab movement transfer straight into you main floor. Many places in NA require as large as a 3" gap for expansion by building code due to huge insurance claims in those areas. While we don't have such regulations in Alberta our slabs still move and it should be considered.

you wont match the tile 5 yrs later, at best you could hope for a different dye lot but as the years go by they tend to only continue products that are very common and they stay with trends......if they by chance did carry the same tile it would be a different dye lot for sure

id have to agree that tile and subfloor and just about everything framing are made with expansion in mind if you take that away your asking for trouble this is why i said to build a platform as opposed to doing a load bearing wall underneath the tank.

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by sphelps

95% of the time buyers aren't going to want the fish tank

And that's being crazy generous.

Why make work for yourself and remove the tile? Best case scenario you someday take the tank down and it didn't break. Nice your floor is still perfect.

Worst case some tiles broke and you're as screwed as you will almost certainly be if you take the tiles out (unless I suppose if you were able to take them out all in one piece or mostly in one piece and the builder left you extras...)

I'd leave the tiles in. Mine did just fine under my 225.