nc_nutcase;3284777; said:
i understand this.. but if a normal apt building with no special building reinforcement and proper placement i can have a 300 gal .. i think that something SMALLER would have no problem in a similar situation
125 in apartment building?
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i understand this.. but if a normal apt building with no special building reinforcement and proper placement i can have a 300 gal .. i think that something SMALLER would have no problem in a similar situation
but how do you define 'normal'?
3000+ pounds is an enormous amount of weight in a relatively small area.
I have been inside apartment buildings near me in an older part of the city and I would be very surprised if that much weight would be perfectly fine and safe..
are newer apartment buildings built with concrete slabs at each floor? or steel beams instead of wooden ones?
how does a typical apartment floor structure differ from a normal residential wooden one? that I would like to know.
perhaps the construction gurus can help.
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i am no guru but not only do i have a lot experience but have done a tun of research and have talked to the guys who designed and build the apt building i live in.
no there is nothing special about how my building was built. It has normal floor joist. its just about the placement. and with talking to the architect who designed it and the contractors who built it we decided that it would be within the safety factor they have for the building.
now that is my building and the one location that we checked so im not saying that its that way for EVERYONE but it is more of a way to give people a better idea that its possible to have larger tanks in a place they would might not think they could.
it never hurts to ask (other then "its easier to ask for forgiveness then permission" ) so ask the people who built it ... or someone to come take a look that would know about building construction.[/FONT]
12 Volt Man;3285006; said:
i am no guru but not only do i have a lot experience but have done a tun of research and have talked to the guys who designed and build the apt building i live in.
no there is nothing special about how my building was built. It has normal floor joist. its just about the placement. and with talking to the architect who designed it and the contractors who built it we decided that it would be within the safety factor they have for the building.
now that is my building and the one location that we checked so im not saying that its that way for EVERYONE but it is more of a way to give people a better idea that its possible to have larger tanks in a place they would might not think they could.
it never hurts to ask (other then "its easier to ask for forgiveness then permission" ) so ask the people who built it ... or someone to come take a look that would know about building construction.[/FONT]
glad to hear you checked it out first.
I think you are setting the MFK record for the largest above ground level tank on an un-reinforced floor.
just don't tell the people below you about it
I think you are setting the MFK record for the largest above ground level tank on an un-reinforced floor.
just don't tell the people below you about it
depends on the building. I used to live in a 300 year old house that had been converted to apts. A file cabinet fell through the floor of the office downstairs while I was living there. The floors were shaped like a bowl, and there was atleast an inch gap between the wall and the floor. Would i have put a 125 there? No
Where I live now it's all steel beam contstruction. I don't think a 125 would make a bit of difference considering there are no less than 10 floors above me, and 5 below...
Where I live now it's all steel beam contstruction. I don't think a 125 would make a bit of difference considering there are no less than 10 floors above me, and 5 below...
