largest tank safe for second floor of my home?

[ChrisG23]

its a stud wall, but either way it will help to support the weight. what i want to do is try to distribute the weight over both the first and second floor joyces.

 

[stotty]

its a stud wall, but either way it will help to support the weight. what i want to do is try to distribute the weight over both the first and second floor joyces.

If it was a load baring wall I would say no problem but a stud wall has no structural use at all. Having the tank in the middle of the room is also not going to help things. You really need to know the size of the joists and how many you have in the vicinity.

 

[ChrisG23]

whats the difference between a stud or load bearing wall/ they both have the same 16" between studs? the only diff. is that the outer wall (im guessing ur refering to as 'load bearing' ) is sitting on the foundation. Thisd is fine but even if the stud wall is transfering weight to the first floor im happy.

 

[MilitantPotato]

Call an engineer.


Or if you can afford repairing your home after a major floor failure, water damage, and replacing the tank/inhabitants, just set it up.

Also, just because it holds for a day dosn't mean six months-5 years down the road it won't fall through.


Read through this entire article.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article28.html

 

[stotty]

whats the difference between a stud or load bearing wall/ they both have the same 16" between studs? the only diff. is that the outer wall (im guessing ur refering to as 'load bearing' ) is sitting on the foundation. Thisd is fine but even if the stud wall is transfering weight to the first floor im happy.

A wall which is supporting its own weight and some other structural elements of the house such as the joists.
or
Wall that supports the weight of the structure above it. These walls cannot be removed without providing an alternative source of support.


a stud wall

A stud partition is an easy way to divide an internal room, it is really a temporary structure which can be removed if the use of the area changes.



As I said at the start large tanks upstairs are very touch and go

 

[dr_sudz]

If you have access to the basement and the landlord is cool with you putting that up there figure out where the tank is going and simply put in the metal support poles right under where its going and it will be more then fine.