Well I consider my house not too old, it was built in 1986.. does anyone know if the upstairs flooring of a house built in that year range could support a 150 gal? The stand also has legs as opposed to being flush on the ground. I can put the tank downstairs if needs be but I don't have a sink down there so WC would suck lol.
Weight of 150 upstairs..
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if it has legs I wouldnt, I think they would go right through the subfloor. If the stand was flush I would think you could.
150g is alot of weight. i think 1 gallon weights 8lbs. so thats like what 1200lbs? i think it also depends on the supports for your second floor. id be safe and put it on the ground level. so i dunno.
from what I've read, a full 150 glass and water weighs 1800 lbs.
I decided not to take my 150 home because of that weight (the house was once a single story house that someone once dug out the ground undernieth and made a drive in garage, the house now leans one way)
so I'm keeping my 150 at my business in the office on top of a concrete slab...
I decided not to take my 150 home because of that weight (the house was once a single story house that someone once dug out the ground undernieth and made a drive in garage, the house now leans one way)
so I'm keeping my 150 at my business in the office on top of a concrete slab...
http://www.thekrib.com/TankHardware/size-chart.html
this is a chart of dry and wet weights for glass aquariums might come in handy
this is a chart of dry and wet weights for glass aquariums might come in handy
By "upstairs", I assume you mean 1st floor as aposed to the basement. If you really want the tank on the 1st floor, w/o question you need to distribute the weight of the four legs. To do this you can build a honey comb pedisal sandwhiched between two pieces of plywood. Trim it out to match your canopy or your existing base trim--don't leave it gheto or you might as well leave it in the basement. You also must be perpendicular to the floor joists.
The best wall will be the one adjacent to your garage--less deflection due to proximety of the concrete (interior wall--less subject to temperature changes & exposure to direct sunlight). You may even wish to double your floor joist based on their spacing--its not hard if your basement ceiling isn't finished--just sister (place the new joists next to the existing (crown up) and nail to the existing).
If you are still concerned, frame out the section in the basement under the tank--again, nothing gheto--build that large display cabinet your wife has wanted--you win she wins everyone's happy.
Happy Building,
Kurt
The best wall will be the one adjacent to your garage--less deflection due to proximety of the concrete (interior wall--less subject to temperature changes & exposure to direct sunlight). You may even wish to double your floor joist based on their spacing--its not hard if your basement ceiling isn't finished--just sister (place the new joists next to the existing (crown up) and nail to the existing).
If you are still concerned, frame out the section in the basement under the tank--again, nothing gheto--build that large display cabinet your wife has wanted--you win she wins everyone's happy.
Happy Building,
Kurt
