Will my floor support a 300 gallon tank????

[Bderick67]

now add in the two people to your 314 gallons and ur well over the weight of the tank not to mention your probably over a safe amount of weight to put on a seccond floor according to alot of the posters on here. so i know say dont put a water bed in you home without beefing up your floor


no how dumb does that sound beef up your floor for a bed c'mon

Not to mention the framing and headboard add even more weight. Then you add some pretty heavy furniture within the same room. Whoa Nelly it's not even safe to sleep at night

 

[tylerperkins]

Not to mention the framing and headboard add even more weight. Then you add some pretty heavy furniture within the same room. Whoa Nelly it's not even safe to sleep at night

ur right i forgot about all the shoes and clothes and purses too good call not to mention a dresser and a jewlrey box and lamps


you should just never have a 2nd floor for the risk you might fall through if you fill your fridge with beer

 

[tankboy_taylor]

Get 18 of your buddies, cramp them into 18 square feet (it can be done, just don't get grabby) and have them jump. If you're still on the second floor, it will be fine. If you find yourself on the first floor, don't do it.

LoL

 

[murfy28]

would it be ok to put my 150 gallon setup, with a 55 gallon sump, totaling around a ton in weight with a 6 x 1.5 foot 9 sqft footprint in my apartment, i live on the twelth floor..used to be the roof and it has 8" concrete floors. any input? please help!

 

[killzmke]

8" concrete, you`re fine.

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[rickjames]

STOP! im getting flashbacks!

 

[zennzzo]

would it be ok to put my 150 gallon setup, with a 55 gallon sump, totaling around a ton in weight with a 6 x 1.5 foot 9 sqft footprint in my apartment, i live on the twelth floor..used to be the roof and it has 8" concrete floors. any input? please help!

you can park your his and hers SUV's on 8" of reinforced concrete...especially if it was once the cover (roof) of the building...

 

[murfy28]

thanx guys i'm loving this advice, i was pretty scared about it at first.

 

[Carefree_Dude]

I added floor joist to my 210 gallon tank in the crawlspace. I still didn't feel it was enough, so I called in a structural engineer. He said that all was good

 

[MartinBoy]

If it's a newer home than you don't have joists you have some kind of truss assembly using smaller cheaper lumber but more strength. You could probably call and ask a structural engineer for no cost.