I am going to build a pond in a spare room on the second floor of my house. The size all depends on the weight the floor will hold. The floor original floor joists are 2x10's every 16 inches apart. I just added 2x10 laminate floor joists every foot apart along with the original joist and also added 3/4 inch plywwod on top of that. So if there is any structural engineers or carpenters out there, i sure would appreciate any input. Oh yeah this will be right above where i sleep lol.
Floor weight question
- Thread starter micknjen1o1
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if the orig spacing is 16", how do you add another one every foot? it won't be evenly spaced unless i'm missing something. got a pic?
whats the span of the orig joist? thats your limiting factor. also find out what the joist sit on, you need to also make sure the column or wall can support the additional load.
b-man;1897119; said:
the original spacing is 24" not 16", i messed up. the span is 14'. The guy who did it for me said the engineer he talked to said it would work. I talked to another contractor and he said it was over kill. i just still have a bad feeling about it. the original plan was for a 8x4x2 pond. i would just like to go bigger if i can.like a 9x5x2 or something like that. here are some pics.
If the pond is shallow enough I think you could have as big of a pond as you wanted because the weight would be distrubuted throughout the floor. I'm planning on making a pond on the second floor, and I think as long as I keep it under 18" deep then it should be okay.Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
stingray94;1903358; said:
i would suggest re-doing your floor with the laminate floor joist.
i talked with the sales rep at a building supply place. he had some kind of computer program. he said i can do 160lbs per sq ft, not including the joist that were already there. he said i would be fine with a 9x5x2 pond. so after a get some more juice ran up there i will get started.
You need to vent that room the humidity will be killer on you and the walls and ceiling but your floor sounds great . O wait do you live in an eathquake zone !!!! not a joke sorry I see your in carolina hurricans arent as bad on structres you should be good DO you live on the first floor as well thats a sweet spot for a filter or just shut off valves thats what i'd do put drains in the bottom to gravidy feed water sprinkler system for the lawn easy water changes and you'll have the cleanest pond and the greenest lawn around thanks for putting up with my info and good luck with the project please post regular updated photes of progress