Where to put 350 Gallon Tank

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polish;4222714; said:
If it is on a slab you're fine. If there is a basement or crawl space you may want to add some braces depending how well the house was built.
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Quoting my own post...

Is the house on a concrete slab or not? If yes, then you're fine. You can put it anywhere on the first floor you'd like.

It doesn't matter what rooms are where and so on. It just matters what the floor is. If concrete, you are good. If it's wood with a crawl space or basement under then adding some bracing would be good. If you don't know the answer ask your Dad, he should know.
 
Nope, it's 360 actually.
8x2x2 is 240.
8x2x2.5 is 300.
8x2x3 is 360.
8x3x2.5 is 450.
8x3x3 is 540.

You can swap the height/width and it makes no difference.

8x2x3 and 8x3x2 are the same tank as far as gallons are concerned...
 
It is Crawl Space I forgot to say so. I'll lookup on how to do some bracing. And it is over 300 gallons according to the gallon calculator and at 100% it is actually 359 gallons. I think its correct saying it will be 350 leaving 9-20 gallons overflow water.
 
12 Volt Man;4222879; said:
but the pounds per square foot is only dependent on the square footage that your stand actually makes contact with the floor.
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True. I was breaking it down into psf to compare it to what the floor was (probably) designed for. Which is likely 60 psf (20psf dead and 40psf live). Bottom line is you're putting about 750 lbs on each truss assumng they are on 2' centers and are perpindicular to the footprint of the tank. Based on the sketch you provided it would seem they would be running this direction. Which is best case scenario. But that is still a lot of weight. You may be able to find out what company designed the trusses and ask them.
 
polish;4223003; said:
In that case some bracing would be ideal unless you can put it where the structure is already braced well. May have to crawl under and take a look.
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This is true. But this should be looked at carefully. You shouldn't put any supports under the bottom part of the truss for example. Building small studwalls between the trusses underneath the tank footprint would be ideal.
 
Being that the home was built in 2003, and that the tank is against an exteriror wall, you may not need to brace. As long as the joist are running perpendicular to the wall the tank will be against, it shoud be braced well enough to carry the load. Do you know which way the joist are running?
 
wheew just went down there to check things out... the walls have concrete standings but the joist are unfortunately parallel to the tank and the wall that I have it on. It looks like it will hold but its hard to judge the spot exactly while I'm under the house. Hmm... I just want to get the tank filled today and moving it is quite troublesome but manageable.
 
polish;4222982; said:
Nope, it's 360 actually.
8x2x2 is 240.
8x2x2.5 is 300.
8x2x3 is 360.
8x3x2.5 is 450.
8x3x3 is 540.

You can swap the height/width and it makes no difference.

8x2x3 and 8x3x2 are the same tank as far as gallons are concerned...
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thanks for the info
 
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