good advice,thank you. It is a double wide, I live in florida and under the house there seems to be a TON of cinder block piers holding this house up. No sure if there is plywood under the carpet or OSB but i can ask my landlord
Can my Floors handle this?
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AndrewMack;3251683; said:
Maybe somebody else can chime in but I think it being a double wide changes things as the weak point is likely the junction. Also, do I understand correctly the each individual half of a double wide is not required to be towable like a standard mobile home? That may mean it has different, fewer or even a different orientation of beams.
The good news is that you might be able to add your own support underneath. I would get advice from a local building inspector.
Take a picture from underneath at the area where the tank will be. Maybe somebody can help more.
ill get a picture tomorrow of underneath the house, both sides are towable and have two steel beams running down them for a total of 4
Why do you want such a large tank? If it is only for an aro, lima and oscars you would be fine with a 300 wide (6x3x2). I would think you could build a much smaller tank and not have any problems. I understand the desire to have a huge tank, I just dont think one that large is safe in a moble home. Honestly I wouldnt even put a 300 on anything but a concrete slab. Good luck
AndrewMack;3251714; said:
Well the main question remaining for me is how are the two halves connected together and what sort of load can that junction handle. Or perhaps more imporantly, how can you add support from underneath so that junction is not stressed.
Also, what is the spacing, center-to-center, of the beams on each half and then also what is the center-to-center spacing of the two inside beams to each other.
You probably will be best off bridgeing the distance between the two closest beams. If the two closest beams are 5' apart, for example, and you have a 4' tank inbetween them the results could be really bad regardless of the load capacity of the beams.
ill get some pics and measurements tomorrow. I am wanting a large tank cause I plan on putting more fish in there then that. Those are just what I want now.
get a couple of these
http://www.vestilmfg.com/products/mhequip/basement_jacks.htm
put them on a concrete pad and put a steel plate on top of them and position 4 at the corners of the aquarium. as you fill level the jacks. fill a little and level. it takes awhile but it is portable, cheap and totally removable when you leave.
http://www.vestilmfg.com/products/mhequip/basement_jacks.htm
put them on a concrete pad and put a steel plate on top of them and position 4 at the corners of the aquarium. as you fill level the jacks. fill a little and level. it takes awhile but it is portable, cheap and totally removable when you leave.
Ok well i can use scissor jacks. their mechanical and I used them when i put a 125 in a house i had a few years back, the house was well over 100yrs old and it worked out well
