135 gallon on 2nd floor
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sorry i have the grammer and spelling of a small childHog wash. A 135 is FINE for anywhere in house by a load bearing wall. My 55 gallon is on one joist ( I ran it the wrong way when I was a noob and have not moved it). 135 is pushing the limit on new houses though before bracing needs to be put to attention. Older houses use stronger wood for the joists as opposed to pine that the newer houses are built on. And worst comes to worst, the floor will sag a tiny bit. Imo go for it you have nothing to loose.
FSM;1780730; said:
I agree, but the room orientation along with furniture, dinning room table with the rest of the other stuff, I can only place the tank along the wall and it so happens that the joists run parallel.
I measured the joist and its 2x7. I am thinking since the distance between each joist is 16" and if I place a 24" x 72" board under the tank so that the tank would at least resting on 2 joist and the width of the board is not too big to look arkward would that be ok?
I really don't want to remove part of the 1st floor ceiling to place a couple more supporting beam because directly under is my 300 gallon glass and its REALLY HEAVY.
Id think you would be fine on a 2nd floor the weight will be spread out over 6 feet. I wouldnt think anything under 150g would be a problem unless the house is not structurely sound
With a 135 you will have 4 joists supporting the tank if in fact they are 16" on center If its on the load bearing wall I wouldnt worry about it. Set it up and bounce on the middle of the floor a little. It will give you a idea of how much weight it to much and see if the tank will break with the stress of people walking around up there.
If you can get under the floor to measure the joists then why not block them up and add some support. Get 2x8 blocks and place them every 16" between the two joists the tank will be on. What that will do is create a solid span right there in that section of floor, interlocking it in both ways will make it solid. JMO as a framer....
morgancouple;1781561; said:
I was able to measure the joist because when my in-law ran new electrical wire and outlet for the 300 gallon, he had to cut small piece of sheet rock where the joist is to get to the room where the fish tank is located.
