Would this be alright for a tank.

at room temp or cooler I wouldn't worry too much about evaporation. If the appliances are on a GFCI circuit I wouldn't worry about the toaster or microwave being close by either.

I think you will be fine


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Two things:

1) when people design kitchens they 'typically' do so with specific ideas of how they will be used.

2) it's unlikely that counter was designed to hold 200 lbs of water and those cabinets were designed to sit above 200 lbs of warm water.

3) the doors to the cabinets above and below would not have needed to be designed with a lot of tolerance, so even a small amount of warpage could affect them.

Now that doesn't mean it won't be fine. It just means that if it is fine, it would be by chance. The people building it would not have needed larger screws (or perhaps screws at all), thicker wood or stronger supports for that weight (as they do underneath bathtubs) and the cabinets would not have needed to be water-proofed or mold-proofed (as walls are in bathrooms.)

I would consider reinforcing the counter top and covering the cabinets with water repellant. I might even consider moving it a bit to the right (about 10 inches) and placing lumber support directly underneath the counter. You'd have more support, more space above the tank, and less effect on cabinets above and below.

But if by chance, you don't have to, than excellent.

HarleyK said:

You've never stood on top of a kitchen counter and you've never boiled water in a kitchen?
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1) http://timber.ce.wsu.edu/Supplements/LoadDuration/ Quoting from the source:

"Another of these properties is duration of load. This is the ability of wood to resist higher stresses when loads are applied for a short duration of time. In other words, wood has a higher strength when a load is applied instantaneously than it does when the load is applied for a long period of time."

Loads that are instantaneous, like getting on top of a kitchen counter, are not the same as loads that are constant, like putting 200 lbs of water on top of a kitchen counter for a year.

2) As for the issue of humidity in the kitchen, it's an empirical question for the OP. If the kitchen is already borderline, this is an issue. If not, it's fine. Whether or not I boil water in my kitchen has nothing to do with OPs kitchen since we all have different local humidities to deal with.

Me and a buddy have had a 28 gallon tank on the kitchen counter/island for over a year. But I guess building material strength could vary. Btw it's more around 110-160 for a 15-20 gallon. That extra 50 lbs less can you help you feel a lot safer I guess haha.


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Btw really doubt the tank is going to raise humidity if he has a good cover for that tank.


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