reinforcing floor

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The joists on this house are really small, I wanna say 2x6! Half the house is crawlspace and the other half is basement, happens that my room is over the crawl space so I refuse to crawl under (spiders!) I would probably just rip up part of my floor and access it that way hehe. But could I just throw some cylinder blocks on top of a board under the joists 6 feet apart and 6 feet down (6x6 pool) and have it support the full 210gals? The only other place for this is outside behind the garage (another room) but I would be worried about mice etc


Hmm I just thought also, I could make a mini wall with 2x4's and just pound them in underneath the joists to, easier
 
Dang, thats alot of work for a temporary solution. Maybe Ill HAVE to make the basement work!

Although I guess maybe I could just fill it 12" high, thats 140gal. 1400lbs spread out on 16 sq feet, rooms on the corner of the house I could just but it up against the 2 outter walls.....
 
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