| Re: Sub floors & preparing for your new aquarium
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Originally Posted by Canar  The room below the tank is the basement.
The 2X10's are sitting on a wall on one side and on cement foundation on the other.
I think when I figure it out there would be about 750 pounds per 2X10
That is taking the 6k weight and dividing it by the number of 2X10's it sits on.
I thought about just adding an I beam in the middle of the room with a couple posts. Someone told me if I did that I would be putting all 6k pounds on the two posts and could punch holes in the cement.
Ted | Yes you will be doing that! Your foundation has to be reinforeced for "point-loads" like that. It's called a "thickened slab". There are MANY ways to redistribute loads and most aren't that expensive or elaborate. You just really NEED someone to come calculate what's already loading where and then add in your new tank. It sounds a LOT more complicated and EXPENSIVE than it usually is. I tend to over complicate EVERYTHING but then again that's what I DO!! I'm a NERD!! 
Hang in there and don't get your hopes down! It's all good!!
Allen  |