I am picking up a 265 84*1*24 tomorrow and am wanting to put it on my second floor. It will be going against an exterior wall perpendicular to the joists. My basement is unfinished so I can see that I have 2*6 floor joists in a relatively new house. I currently have a 125 there with no problems. Do you all think this will work out for me or am I going to blow out my floor. I have insurance on the house and am willing to risk it if it is calculated. Do you all think it will be ok, and more importantly are there any of you out there doing this successfully? I haven't bought it yet so if it is a definite no I can back out. The basement isn't finished and I never go down there so putting it down there isn't an option.
265 on 2nd floor
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my bad my 3 key is bad on my number pad. 84*31*24 is what it was listed as. It will go over 6 joists.
Hello; here is the web address of an article that talks about the issue.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article28.html
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article28.html
Awesome dimensions, hope it works out for you!
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I would not trust it that thing is too heavy in my opinnion. But just my 2 sents. I had a 200 break upstairs so Iam kinda shell shocked. I would remodle basement and use it for piece of mind. Good luck in what you do.
Well I went to go pick it up today and the guy had the dimensions switched where it is 24 inches wide and 31 tall. I still bought it, but was a little disappointed. skjl47 that was a great reference you posted. I checked it out but it seems inconclusive. On one end I am putting the tank in the best place it could be put if I feel like I have to have one on the second floor. On the other end this could cause some extensive warping. Luckily if it does warp I can always just look up in the basement and sell the thing if necessary. I bought the thing so I'll let you all know how it goes. The house is 13 years old and was built by Drees Homes.
Hello; Yes it is not going to answer questions about a specific place. A person who knows about structure will have to actually take a look to see what you have and also determine its current condition. Good luck and keep us posted on the progress.
I say go for it if it on an exterior wall. If need be, you can use some posts to sure up the joists in the basement under the tank. Good luck finding someone who knows about structure. The reason I say is that I had a similar issue and brought over a few structural engineers, one being my father and a few contractors. The structural engineers said it would not be a problem. The contractors said no way Jose.