Any carpenter???? i need some help

Hi guys im planning on upgrading to a 75 gallon tank very soon. but before i do that im worry if my floor is going to handle it, its going to the living and i have only a basement no second floor. i pretty sure it can handle it but i rather be safe then oops i have a huge hole in floor . so i need some advise on reinforcing the floor. thanks guys

 

Make sure you put it on a "Load bearing" wall (spelling). Such as a wall in the middle of your house or a wall for the outside of your house. A 75g is a lot of weight, but proablly not enough to worry about, especially if the house is less then 30yrs old.

 

well my house is over 30yrs old :-/ im gonna place it by one of the wall but its not one of those walls u mentioned....... i sure its gonna hold up but i have a very jumpy nephew and he comes over my house quite often and hes not small either ;D. jumpy big nephew + 800+bls= equal to pretty big stress to the floor :-/

 

Generally the walls in the middle of the house are the load bearing walls. Look in the basement and see which walls are reinforced and choose one of those walls.

 

Its not that hard to reinfore a floor yourself since you have a basement and you will be out of the weather.

 

reinforce too, lol

 

oh, Im not a carpenter, but I have done a lot of wood working projects over the years, lol.

 

Floors can handle a lot of load. A 75 isnt that big IMO. I had a 120 and the floors held up fine... If your basement isnt finished you can always add a support beam where your tank is going to be or just a support post. But I wouldnt worry to much about it. JMO

Marc.

 

see the thing is i have a tiny house and where i have pick out for the tank is the only location i can put the tank, and that part of the floor doesnt have any major support only the basic beams running across the floor they are about two feet apart. i was thinking either double up on those beams for the section where the tank will sit or(and) a beam going from the basement floor to the basement ceiling where the tank sits.

 

Check this out all - one from the 3reef Links LIbrary:

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/aquarium_weight.php