240 gallon on the 2nd floor
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When I picked up my 180 from a fish show that glasscages was delivering to they had these huge suction cups with handles on them that really helped out a lot. Me and the two glasscages guys moved the 180 pretty easily. When I got it home three of my buddies and myself struggled to get the tank in the house and down a flight of about 15 steps with about 3 inches of room to manuever on either side. I am going to look into buying those suction rings unless they are way overpriced. They really made moving the tank a lot easier. I am done with glass tanks they are too heavy for me in my old age.
have a great story to tell. About two months ago, we moved a 215 gallon tank up to the third floor of this big home. It was quite the experience. At first glance the job looked to be impossible. It turned out that the 3rd floor used to be the attic, which was converted into this big entertainment room. The tank was going to serve as the divider of this great room. However the transition from the second set of stairs to the third set was impassable as the angle of the roof in that section was smaller than the dimensions of the tank. Also had limited space on the sides to grip the tank. We had a very stubborn homeowner who didn't want no for an anwser and demanded that we do anything and everything to get that tank up there. And get it up there we did, but not before cutting out a big part of the roof out in that section. We didnt go through the actual roof, but we did cut out the sheetrock and cut out a small notch out from the rafters to give us the needed clearance. Truly a MONSTER MOVE. We did have the suction handles as well, pretty standard in our business moving tanks. What seemed to great a task at the beginning turned out to be one of the greatest stories I have come acrosss moving tanks. I think it will be a while before we can top this one. Currently work for Exotic Reef Designs in Houston, Texas.
A couple of weeks ago a friend and I carried my 180 gallon up to my third floor apartment without much trouble. A 240 would be a bit heavier but nothing an extra friend or two couldn't handle. A 240 fully loaded is a fairly heavy tank. I have concrete slab floors so weight is not as much of an issue. I would be very careful where you place it as my 100 gallon made my floor sag in the last place I lived!
Cimmel1 said:
You and your friend must be beasts then. My 180 is from glasscages and I saw that oddball says they use thicker glass because of the lack of frame so i am hoping this is why it was so heavy and not the fact that me and my buddies are a bunch of weaklings. There is zero chance me and one other person could have moved this 180.
trust me when i say half of the posters on this thread know nothing about buildings. you ARE getting bad advice here!
a ton on any floor is nothing. one thing that might make any diffrence is way your floor joists run. im assuming the floor is floorboards and if this is the case then the tank needs to run in the same direction as the boards. this will put the weight across more joists. believe me when i say your floor will hold 6 ton easy if done this way.
now for all you that want to argue with me, before you reply please find me a news clipping where a tank has fallen through a ceiling.
a ton on any floor is nothing. one thing that might make any diffrence is way your floor joists run. im assuming the floor is floorboards and if this is the case then the tank needs to run in the same direction as the boards. this will put the weight across more joists. believe me when i say your floor will hold 6 ton easy if done this way.
now for all you that want to argue with me, before you reply please find me a news clipping where a tank has fallen through a ceiling.
danny boy said:
Structural failure in buildings is a lot more common than you may have believe. Just becuase it's not in the papers, doesn't mean it never happens. Ask any structural engineer. I'm not going to say to you, 'Oh, it will be fine', because i have never sen your house. My advice to you, and anyone with a large tank on a raised floor is to seek professional advice, and get you house checked. The hundred or so dollars it will cost you is nothing compared to risking the structure of your house and maybe even peoples lives. Good luck with what ever you choose to do!
dude you are like 17 yrs old!! if your house wont take a weight of one ton upstairs then its eitther 16th century building of which there are none in america or your house was built buy a journo or other none building related profession.
your advice would cost someone the price of a structural survey. when it would be fine. each to his own but more fool you if you think your floor wont take the equivelent weight of a sofa and 5 people standing around it.
your advice would cost someone the price of a structural survey. when it would be fine. each to his own but more fool you if you think your floor wont take the equivelent weight of a sofa and 5 people standing around it.
