Do I Need Floor Supporting?!?

[dwinston33]

Floor is not worthy carrying for the weight of aquarium some how

 

[FishLvR]

I have a good rule of thumb for people. If your house was built between 1880 and 1950 then you can put a tank anywhere. If the house was built between 1950-1970 then maybe. It wouldn't hurt to have a contractor look at it. 1970-today, heck no, brace the every loving crap out of that floor in every way possible. :face-with-tears-of-joy:

 

[Th0rn]

Can anyone help me here I want to out a 300 gallon tank in my living room snugged up to the center load bearing wall. It 72”L x 36”W. Will my floor support it? It comes to about 40” out from the load bearing beam and has 4 joists running underneath it.

 

[Chemjab]

Good info! Thanks for taking the time to explain this to us.

 

[chopper320]

I’m going to post this here. I started a separate thread but I’m not getting a ton of input

I am on a crawl space. Right now I have a 4’ 80 gallon tank with 30 gallon sump running perpendicular to the joists.

I’m wanting to upgrade to a larger tank. Somewhere in the range of 100-150 gallons but I would also need to place it on a wall running parallel with the joists.

It would be in the corner of 2 exterior walls. The joists are 10x2s spaced 16” apart. I don’t think I’m handy enough to do any work under the house to support the joists. What are everyone’s thoughts?

If not bigger, would I be safe to at least have a similar sized tank in the new location running parallel with the joists?

Thanks!

 

[kalare]

You need to provide the length on the floor joists and where the tank will sit in the joists. I can check with that info.

 

[chopper320]

The joists are 14' to a triple wood beam. I drew up a quick diagram to hopefully show everything. The aquarium would be about 20 inches from the corner of the house where 2 exterior walls meet.

 

[chopper320]

I don’t know if it matters but the full length is 20’. So 14’ before the beam and then 6’ after the beam

 

[chopper320]

You need to provide the length on the floor joists and where the tank will sit in the joists. I can check with that info

Hey kalare does my diagram give you what you need to check on that? I really appreciate your help.

 

[Genell]

Very helpful, learned a lot. Thanks.

 

[arowana718]

The joists are 14' to a triple wood beam. I drew up a quick diagram to hopefully show everything. The aquarium would be about 20 inches from the corner of the house where 2 exterior walls meet.

I have the same setup almost. Putting a basement jack stand. To help a little